Parental Concern Within PEWS: Auditing and Exploring Current Practice

There is great variation in Paediatric Early Warning Scores (PEWS) across the country, with 47 different parameters used in various combinations and a new national standardised tool in development. One parameter that is not always used is parental concern and our audit and questionnaire of staff and parents/carers showed there is considerable scope to improve use of parental concern within PEWS; both in compliance and in the way we ask the question allowing for a more nuanced query, reply and response.