Claims extracted
21
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5%
1 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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not political
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Publisher signals
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Health
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A new early warning system is being introduced in hospital emergency departments in England to help busy NHS staff identify sick children who are dangerously deteriorating.
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who → publish → children
It comes after Health Secretary Yvette Cooper promised to stop "corridor care" for sick children because of long waits for hospital beds.
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Cooper → come → beds
The new National Paediatric Early Warning System (PEWS) asks staff to check, log and grade vital signs, such as blood pressure, heart rate and oxygen levels.
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System → ask → pressure
A high overall score means a child needs more urgent attention.
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child → mean → attention
Concerns from staff, parents, carers or the child themselves will trigger an immediate escalation of care.
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Concerns → trigger → care
Early warnings to save lives
The initiative is designed to save lives ahead of winter, when pressure on the NHS is at its highest.
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pressure → save → highest
On the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Cooper recently talked about the case of two-year-old Finlay Roberts, who died in 2024 after spending hours in a hospital corridor before being discharged.
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who → talk → corridor
Cooper apologised to Finlay's parents on behalf of the NHS, saying: "No child should be treated in a corridor.
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child → apologise → corridor
No patient should be treated in a corridor."
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patient → treat → corridor
Whittington Health NHS Trust, where Finlay waited for treatment, extended its condolences to the family and said it continued to experience periods of exceptional demand across emergency care and, at times, some patients may receive care in temporary clinical areas, including corridors.
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patients → wait → corridors
Every moment matters
A similar "early warning" system to identify acutely ill adults, including those with sepsis, is already in use in emergency and general NHS hospital wards.
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system → matter → wards
More than 90 hospitals across England have been using the alert system in children's wards, with different age-appropriate assessments available for babies through to teenagers.
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assessments → use → teenagers
The NHS has already said it will expand Martha's Rule to all hospital emergency departments in England.
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it → say → England
The rule gives patients, families and carers the right to request a rapid review if they are worried that a patient's condition is getting worse and their concerns are not being responded to.
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concerns → give → review
The initiative is named after Martha Mills, who died aged 13 in 2021 after developing blood poisoning, or sepsis, in hospital following a bike accident.
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who → name → accident
A coroner ruled that her family's concerns about her worsening condition were not listened to and she would probably have survived had she been moved to intensive care earlier.
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she → rule → care
Martha's parents Merope and Paul came up with the idea of the rule in a bid to change the culture that contributed to her death.
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that → come → death
A&E units will have a dedicated phone number that can be called to trigger an urgent review of a patient's care.
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that → have → care
Duncan Burton, chief nursing officer for England, said the new early warning system for children in emergency departments was an "important next step in improving care for children and young people across England for this winter - and beyond".
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system → say → winter
He added: "In fast-paced emergency departments, staff need to spot quickly when a child's condition is deteriorating.
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condition → add → departments
This standardised approach will help them recognise the warning signs, communicate concerns, and make timely decisions when every moment matters."
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moment → help → decisions
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