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Rasik is the main carer for his sister. He shares the story of supporting her through a first hospital admission for surgery, and through many subsequent admissions over the following five years.

This template forms apart of the patient deterioration preparation and implementation guide.

Use these posters to promote the launch of the national vital signs chart with early warning score in your hospital.

New Zealand early warning score and national vital sign chart audit form.

This template forms part of the patient deterioration preparation and implementation guide, and will assist teams with the development of a project charter.

This policy 'adult vital sign and early warning score measurement, recording and escalation', is provided as an example only and will need to be adapted to reflect expectations for local practice and processes.

This mapping exercise will help you to develop your own local escalation pathway for recognition and response to patient deterioration.

A clinical governance committee is needed to provide oversight and expert advice about the safety, effectiveness, and ongoing improvement of the recognition and response system.

The Health Quality & Safety Commission held a webinar on 27 July 2018 about modifications to the New Zealand early warning score (NZEWS).

This report addresses the impact that the survey and reporting may have on individual privacy, and outlines steps to assess and minimise potential areas of risk along with compliance with the information privacy principles.