Get Support
Facebook Support
For moderated, peer-to-peer support, you can join one of our two dedicated Facebook Support Groups. We offer one focused on recovery and support for survivors, and another for those who have been bereaved as a result of sepsis.
Sepsis Trust NZ Recovery Support & Connect - Join recovery support here
Sepsis Trust NZ Bereavement Support & Connect - Join bereavement support here
Quarterly Online Support Group
Our Support Nurse holds support group meetings via Teams for anyone who is recovering from sepsis or for those who have previously had sepsis. These meetings are one hour in duration and they are held quarterly (late January, April, July, and October)
To register for our next quarterly support meeting scheduled for 7pm 23rd April 2026, please complete the form below, and you will be sent the Teams link to join the meeting 48 hours before the meeting is due to start.
What we can do in our meetings:
Listen to your experience
Help you to understand sepsis and critical illness recovery
Direct you to appropriate services
Connect you to other sepsis survivors
Bereavement support
What we cannot do in our meetings:
Provide specific pharmaceutical or medical advice
Replace the relationship between you and your healthcare professional
Offer treatment, diagnosis, or tests
Provide financial support
Intervene in complaints or legal issues
Dedicated Support Team
Facebook Support Moderator: Carol Goldie-Anderson
Carol is a support and education specialist in the field of change, loss and grief. She is also a sepsis survivor.
Meeting Host: Cam Howard
Cam has been a registered nurse for over 20 years and is NZ’s first sepsis clinical nurse specialist.
Contact Info
Sepsis Trust NZ
PO Box No 565
Waikato Mail Centre
Hamilton 3240
info@sepsis.org.nz
Charity No. CC56078
Helpful Links
With thanks to funders
ACC
Potter Trust
Nelson Pine Industries Limited
Southern Cross Healthcare
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