Customer partnership Early Warning Score reduces incidence of serious events in general ward Nurses on general wards at Ysbyty Gwynedd, the General Hospital in Bangor, faced the same pressures felt by general ward staff in many hospitals: manual patient health audits took up a lot of their time, and the growing number of hospitalized patients with multiple chronic conditions added to that strain. Thanks to Philips monitoring and notification systems, nurses at Ysbyty Gwynedd are now able to detect patient deterioration much quicker. There has been a reduction in serious events by 35% 1 , and a cardiac arrest reduction of more than 86%. 1 Who/where Ysbyty Gwynedd, the General Hospital in Bangor, Wales Challenge • Earlier detection of patients developing critical illness, allo

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