Graham Fox

“The standard NEWS documentation contains a list of scores on the left, and corresponding clinical responses in a column on the right. My understanding of the system was that when the relevant score was reached, the corresponding clinical response was mandatory. The impression | gained from listening to the majority of the nursing staff was that there was an element of discretion / clinical judgment to be applied in determining whether the clinical responses that were 'required' when the relevant”

“did not have the benefit of any expert evidence about the process of "re-triggering" patients under NEWS, and | am therefore unable to comment on whether it is clinically appropriate. | did hear evidence that the practice was commonplace within the hospital.”