Consultant and Associate Lecturer in Paediatric Immunology and Allergy Dr Louise Michaelis joins Emma Lim to discuss penicillin allergy and sepsis. They explore how common penicillin allergy actually is, cross reactivity, alternative choices and de-labelling.

Emma is joined by Monica Parker, Caroline Wild and Karen Horridge in considering the parent experience and sepsis and children with complex care needs.

Part 2 of bugs and drugs considers NICE guidelines, delivering bundles of care, empirical antibiotic choices and antibiotic stewardship.

Andrew Riordan and Lucia Pareja-Cebrian join Emma to consider what sepsis investigations to undertake and why you need to give antibiotics in one hour.

Emma Lim and junior doctor Monica Parker talk about what sepsis actually is, the importance of early diagnosis and why sepsis is so hard to spot in children.