Comparing number of patients with low, medium and high scores under NEWS vs NEWS2 per day in each hospital (York Hospital and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust hospitals) based on 702 days of data. Values for NEWS2 are based on pooled estimates from 20 iterations.
| Characteristic per day | YH | NH | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean number of patients, n (SD) [minimum, maximum] | 365.2 (30.5) [289, 463] | 384.3 (31.7) [287, 475] | ||||
| NEWS | NEWS2 | Change in mean | NEWS | NEWS2 | Change in mean | |
| Mean number of patients with low scores (0–4), n (SD) [minimum, maximum] | 302.8 (25.8) [234, 381] | 286.2 (24.7) [217.7, 361.1] | –16.6 (–5.5%) | 312.1 (31.5) [224, 407] | 296.0 (30.1) [210.5, 386.2] | –16.1 (–5.2%) |
| Mean number of patients with medium scores (5–6), n (SD) [minimum, maximum] | 55.3 (10.2) [29, 105] | 69.5 (11.3) [41.0, 122.3] | +14.2 (+25.7%) | 64.1 (10.5) [38, 99] | 77.4 (11.2) [49.0, 114.4] | +13.3 (+20.7%) |
| Mean number of patients with high scores (7+), n (SD) [minimum, maximum] | 27.3 (6.5) [10, 56] | 34.4 (7.4) [15.6, 68.9] | +7.1 (+26.0%) | 29.9 (7.5) [12, 52] | 37.7 (8.2) [16.7, 63.6] | +7.8 (+26.1%) |
| NH = Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust hospitals; SD = standard deviation; YH = York Hospital. | ||||||