Jason Watkins speaks about Maude's death on May 10 TV appearance

Jason Watkins spoke on Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh on Sunday May 10 about the death of his daughter Maude. He said he would soon attend an event at parliament to address sepsis and sepsis care, tying the appearance to the campaign he has pursued since 2011.

Watkins said, "I have such a personal story, and I hope people connect with that." He added, "My journey of pain, and my daughter Maude, and Clara my wife, my family what we've endured, I hope people connect with that."

Maude and the sepsis diagnosis

Watkins and his wife Clara lost their two-year-old daughter to sepsis in 2011. He discovered Maude deceased in her bed on New Year's Day after she had been battling flu, and her symptoms concealed sepsis despite two visits to hospital.

That account remains central to his public campaign. Watkins has been speaking about the loss for 15 years, and the May 10 appearance added a new on-air statement to a story he has continued to discuss in public.

Clara Watkins and the 2023 documentary

Watkins and Clara produced the ITV documentary Jason and Clara: In Memory of Maude in 2023. They also discussed their daughter's death on Giovanna Fletcher's Happy Mum, Happy Baby podcast that year, where Clara said, "I think it's important to say, some parents are listened to."

Clara also said, "That makes it so much more painful to me because this is a death that could have been avoided." She added, "Why didn't I scream at shout at the hospital and demand they keep her there?"

Parliament and sepsis care

Watkins's next public step is the event at parliament he said he was due to attend shortly after the television appearance. He framed it around sepsis and sepsis care, keeping the focus on how the family's experience now feeds into that effort.

For readers following his campaign, the practical point is straightforward: Watkins is not drawing the issue closed with the television interview. He is using it to carry the same message into parliament, where he said he would speak about sepsis care in person.