Developing a national PEWS

SPSP Maternity and Children Quality Improvement Collaborative (MCQIC)

We work with clinical and improvement teams involved in the delivery of maternity, neonatal and paediatric care across the NHS boards in Scotland to support the use of quality improvement methods to improve outcomes for women, babies, children, and families in Scotland.

The following are recordings from the MCQIC Paediatric Care sessions on developing national PEWS.

Chapter 1

The role of PEWS in the care of the deteriorating patient. Presented by Dr Neil Spenceley, Paediatric Clinical Lead at HIS.

Chapter 2

Current PEWS in Scotland. Presented by Dr Linda Clerihew, Consultant Paediatrician at NHS Tayside.

Chapter 3

Presented by Dr Neil Spenceley, Paediatric Clinical Lead at HIS.

Chapter 4

What are within the normal range observations? Presented by Dr Roger Alcock, Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine at NHS Forth Valley.

Chapter 5

Adding in human factors to create the best chart. Presented by Dr Linda Clerihew, Consultant Paediatrician at NHS Tayside.