NEWS score over-reliance

Delayed infection diagnosis due to over-reliance on National Early Warning Score (NEWS) without comprehensive assessment.

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NEWS score over-reliance has been flagged across 1 independent accountability source:

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F243 — Recording of routine observations

Mid Staffs Inquiry

Recommendation: The recording of routine observations on the ward should, where possible, be done automatically as they are taken, with results being immediately accessible to all staff electronically in a form enabling progress to be monitored and interpreted. If this cannot …

Gov response: The government published "Hard Truths: the Journey to Putting Patients First" (Cm 8777) on 19 November 2013, responding to all 290 recommendations of the Francis Report. This followed an initial response "Patients First and Foremost" …

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