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

BMJ Open

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2018, Pages

  Brangan, Emer ^a,b   Banks, Jonathan ^a,b   Brant, Heather ^a,b   Pullyblank, Anne ^c,d   Le Roux, Hein ^c,e   Redwood, Sabi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Health Science Network   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

mental health; primary care; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL WELFARE; STAFF; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; DETERIORATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INTERVIEW; PROCEDURES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL DETERIORATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 85055627757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022528     Document Type: Article

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