NEWS2 (National Early Warning Score 2)
NEWS2 (RCP 2017): respiratory rate, SpO2 (Scale 1, or Scale 2 for hypercapnic respiratory failure), supplemental oxygen, SBP, pulse, ACVPU consciousness, and temperature scored per parameter.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Respiratory rate
- 14 breaths/min
- SpO2
- 98 %
- Use SpO2 Scale 2
- No
- On supplemental oxygen
- No
- Systolic BP
- 124 mmHg
- Pulse
- 78 bpm
- Consciousness
- A - Alert
- Temperature
- 37.0 C
Result: NEWS2 0 - Low band (continue routine monitoring per RCP 2017 Table 2).
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What the result means
- 0
- Minimum 12-hourly monitoring; continue routine monitoring per RCP 2017 Table 2.
- 1-4
- Minimum 4-6-hourly monitoring; registered nurse assesses whether escalation is required per RCP 2017 Table 2.
- single parameter scoring 3
- Minimum 1-hourly monitoring; urgent review by clinician with competencies in acute illness per RCP 2017 Table 2.
- >=5
- Minimum 1-hourly monitoring; urgent review and consider continuous monitoring and critical-care review per RCP 2017 Table 2.
- >=7
- Continuous monitoring; emergency assessment by critical-care team; usually transfer to higher-acuity area per RCP 2017 Table 2.
What you enter
- Respiratory rate
- SpO2
- Use SpO2 Scale 2 (hypercapnic / chronic type II respiratory failure)
- On supplemental oxygen (+2)
- Systolic BP
- Pulse
- Consciousness (ACVPU; anything but A scores 3)
- Temperature
How this is calculated
Royal College of Physicians. National Early Warning Score (NEWS) 2: Standardising the assessment of acute-illness severity in the NHS - Updated report of a working party. London: RCP, 2017. Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.