More than two years after Savita Halappanavar’s death, the Department of Health has published three new guidelines designed to help hospitals deal with sepsis in patients.

Four new national clinical guidelines are being drawn up following the death of Savita Halappanavar in a Galway hospital last year.

New clinical guidelines have been launched to prevent the spread of a potential killer hospital superbug.

A national early warning system designed to trigger an early response to deteriorating patients has yet to be applied to maternity care, it emerged yesterday.