Table 2.

Percentage of missed and delayed observations for each of the 32 study wards

Ward	All observations		High acuity observations
	% Delayed	% Missed	% Delayed	% Missed
Surgical: gynaecological	19.8	10.4	38.2	30.3
Medical: gastroenterology	42.9	25.8	61.0	52.3
Medical: gardiology/gastroenterology	45.5	24.7	62.8	52.2
Medical/surgical: cardiac high care	25.6	14.0	48.8	39.7
Surgical: emergency orthopaedic (spinal)	33.2	19.1	46.9	37.4
Medical: general	40.9	22.4	64.1	55.1
Medical: general	30.8	14.4	39.8	32.0
Surgical: emergency orthopaedic (head injury)	24.3	10.9	44.4	35.9
Surgical: elective orthopaedic	21.3	11.9	29.8	23.3
Surgical: older people	31.9	17.4	39.7	30.7
Surgical: general urology, vascular, plastic	29.2	15.0	45.9	34.4
Surgical: head and neck	29.1	12.9	53.2	43.7
Surgical: general, upper Gastro Intestinal	21.0	8.8	36.3	27.9
Surgical: general/colorectal	23.5	10.6	44.1	36.2
Medical: respiratory high care and step down	52.6	38.5	71.8	64.2
Medical: respiratory	47.7	30.7	63.5	53.4
Rehabilitation: neuro	61.2	45.2	56.2	47.9
Medical: older people	28.0	15.2	51.0	41.8
Rehabilitation: stroke (older people)	52.5	35.8	53.1	44.1
Medical: acute stroke	40.9	19.3	58.7	49.9
Medical: radiotherapy haematology/oncology	24.3	11.5	54.8	44.7
Medical: older people	32.8	16.4	56.2	45.5
Medical: older people	39.6	19.0	58.4	47.3
Medical: older people	38.2	20.6	59.7	49.7
Medical: older people	36.7	17.2	60.6	48.9
Medical/surgical: elective and investigations	18.7	8.8	37.1	30.5
Medical: renal high care	25.6	13.2	45.8	36.4
Medical: renal	21.9	10.8	46.5	38.4
Surgical: renal transplant	16.3	7.6	38.3	31.5
Medical: emergency admissions	19.7	9.1	50.4	39.0
Surgical: admissions	15.4	5.6	39.1	31.7
Surgical: high care	9.8	5.5	31.0	22.4