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There are many myths surrounding patient, family and whānau escalation of care. This factsheet outlines the common myths and explains where you can find further information about them.

Between July 2017 and June 2018, we worked with Ko Awatea’s Dr Lynne Maher and the four Kōrero mai lead sites to co-design patient, family and whānau escalation of care processes.

This infographic from the Health Quality & Safety Commission's patient deterioration programme provides information about recognition and response systems.

This factsheet from the Health Quality & Safety Commission's patient deterioration programme provides guidance to clinicians on modifying the New Zealand early warning score trigger for patients receiving supplemental oxygen.

A clinical governance committee is needed to provide oversight and expert advice about the safety, effectiveness, and ongoing improvement of the recognition and response system.

This summary sheet provides information about the recognition and response system workstream for the Health Quality & Safety Commission's patient deterioration programme.

This mapping exercise will help you to develop your own local escalation pathway for recognition and response to patient deterioration.

These factsheets describe the patient deterioration recognition and response systems. There is a factsheet for senior clinicians and another for hospital executives.

This measurement guidance will support hospitals to implement their recognition and response system, monitor progress, and identify areas for continuous quality improvement.

This policy 'adult vital sign and early warning score measurement, recording and escalation', is provided as an example only and will need to be adapted to reflect expectations for local practice and processes.