Shaping Sepsis Care is an Australian study that brings together patients, carers, and healthcare professionals to identify and rank the most important unanswered research questions about sepsis.

Led by the National Critical Care Research (NCCR) Collaboration, it is part of a new Priority Setting Partnership in conjunction with the UK’s James Lind Alliance (JLA).

The aim of Shaping Sepsis Care is to highlight research that could significantly improve sepsis treatment and patient outcomes.

The study is using surveys to determine a Top 10 list of key research priorities in sepsis care to inform the development of the Australian Sepsis Research Roadmap – a guide for researchers and funders to focus on the most impactful studies.

A heartfelt thanks to all our partners and participants who shared, promoted, and completed Survey 1. We received more than 1300 questions.

We’re now inviting sepsis survivors, carers and healthcare professionals to participate in Survey 2 to select their most important unanswered questions about sepsis.

Please share the survey with your colleagues and networks to help us reach diverse participation across Australia.

The survey closes 12 January 2026.