Useful links
Necrotising Fasciitis severely affects sufferers and those close to them. This section seeks to provide useful links for necrotising fasciitis help and resources for those affected as well as the professionals that treat them.
Need urgent help?
For more information about the signs and symptoms of Necrotising Fasciitis and what you should do if you think you or someone you know has this life threatening condition click the button below as a matter of urgency.
UK emergency numbers:
999: UK Emergency services
111: Emergency medical advice in the UK 24 hours a day
Links for those affected
Necrotizing Fasciitis Foundation
The Necrotizing Fasciitis Foundation are an organisation based in the USA. Their mission is to advocate for Necrotizing Fasciitis (NF) survivors and their families by providing emotional support and resources, to raise awareness of NF by helping to educate the general public and the medical community about NF, and to work toward achieving an earlier diagnosis of this disease to help save lives.
NHS
The Toxic Shock Syndrome Information Service (TSSIS) provides both members of the public and medical professionals with factual and balanced information on TSS.
Strep Group B Support
This Trust aims to save 12,500 lives every year in the UK from sepsis, a condition which arises when the body’s response to an infection, including NF, damages its own tissues and organs.
Contact
Contact provides support, advice and information for families with disabled children, no matter what their condition or disability. Their vision is that all families with disabled children are empowered to live the lives they choose to live, and achieve their full potential, for themselves, for the communities they live in and for society.
Toxic Shock Syndrome
Information Service
The Toxic Shock Syndrome Information Service (TSSIS) provides both members of the public and medical professionals with factual and balanced information on TSS.
The UK Sepsis Trust
This Trust aims to save 12,500 lives every year in the UK from sepsis, a condition which arises when the body’s response to an infection, including NF, damages its own tissues and organs.
ICUSteps
ICUsteps is a charity set up by former intensive care patients and their family members. It aims to promote better support and rehabilitation after a critical illness.
Patient
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The UK Sepsis Trust
This Trust aims to save 12,500 lives every year in the UK from sepsis, a condition which arises when the body’s response to an infection, including NF, damages its own tissues and organs.
Links for medical professionals
British Infection association
The society exists to promote the science and practice of medicine in relation to infection, and provides support for all infection specialists.
Isabel Healthcare
Isabel Healthcare’s mission is to improve the speed and appropriateness of patient care across the world by providing clinicians with practical diagnosis decision support solutions.
The Infection Prevention
Association
The Infection Prevention Society exists to promote the advancement of education in infection prevention and control for the benefit of the community as a whole, in particular by the provision of training courses, accreditation schemes, education materials, meetings and conferences.
Healthcare infection society
The HIS exists to foster the advancement of knowledge and education of all those who have an interest in the important field of hospital infection.
Their members are creating and disseminating a body of scientific knowledge about the prevention and control of hospital and other healthcare associated infections.
Isabel Healthcare
Isabel Healthcare’s mission is to improve the speed and appropriateness of patient care across the world by providing clinicians with practical diagnosis decision support solutions.
The Infection Prevention
Association
The Infection Prevention Society exists to promote the advancement of education in infection prevention and control for the benefit of the community as a whole, in particular by the provision of training courses, accreditation schemes, education materials, meetings and conferences.
Related information
Necrotising Fasciitis research
Dedications to those lost to Necrotising Fasciitis
Real life experiences
Support for parents and carers of children with Necrotising Fasciitis
Caring for a child who has suffered from Necrotising Fasciitis can be tough, but you’re not alone. In this section Lucy, a mother, shares her experiences.
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