Using the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) outside acute hospital settings: a qualitative study of staff experiences in the West of England.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Early warning scores were developed to improve recognition of clinical deterioration in acute hospital settings. In England, the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) is increasingly being recommended at a national level for use outside such settings. In 2015, the West of England Academic Health Science Network supported the roll-out of NEWS across a range of non-acute-hospital healthcare sectors. Research on the use of NEWS outside acute hospitals is limited. The objective of this study was to explore staff experiences of using NEWS in these new settings.

Design

Thematic analysis of qualitative semi-structured interviews with purposefully sampled healthcare staff.

Setting

West of England healthcare settings where NEWS was being used outside acute hospitals-p

SUBMITTER: Brangan E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6224740 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature