National Early Warning Scores: National Survey Headline Findings Wessex January 2018

The National NEWS Survey NHS Improvement tasked the 15 Patient Safety Collaboratives with supporting the NHS in all sectors in their region to adopt the National Early Warning Score The PSMU ran a baseline survey to map current use of NEWS in acute settings in November 2017

The National Patient Safety Measurement Unit NEWS Survey This slide set contains: Headline results of the survey from a national view point More detailed results from Wessex

The National NEWS Survey: national headlines Of 127 trusts, 82 report using NEWS in all or part of the trust 18 report using adapted versions of NEWS in all or part of the trust 25 using another EWS in all or part of the trust 2 trusts reporting not using any EWS Variation in NEWS usage between regions 27% of returning organisations use electronic systems, 35% a mix of paper and electronic systems and 37% use paper based systems only to calculate and record EWS Key themes in challenges of implementation: Staffing issues (training, engagement and understanding) Technology (software, hardware, provision and use thereof) Financial issues Early warning score methdologies (scoring levels, collection methods and measurement)

The National NEWS Survey: local headlines In Wessex 4 returning trusts report using NEWS across the whole of the trust, 1 reports using an adjusted version of NEWS across the whole of the trust and 2 report using another EWS across part of the trust 43% of trusts use a mix of paper and electronic systems to calculate and record NEWS; 29% are wholly electronic and 29% use paper only systems Key challenges identified in implementing NEWS were primarily related to staffing issues A range of support requirements for consideration

National summary

National detail

National detail

National detail

Local detail

Local detail

Local detail

Next steps Ongoing analysis of the NEWS survey data; full analysis available on the PSMU website Ambulance NEWS survey will be sent out in mid to late-January 2018 The Suspicion of Sepsis Dashboard (produced by the PSMU in partnership with Imperial College Health Partners) will also be released an February to give all trusts a clear view of their Hospital Episode Statistics in relation to infection and sepsis

Thank you Thanks to all trusts for completing the survey If you have any questions or queries then please send them to local.contact@ahsn.net If you have any specific queries with regard to the data or would like to request any further analysis please contact psmu.improvement@nhs.net