Amber indicates that caution and additional support is needed while green signifies that all is normal.
Ms Fitzpatrick said: “These indicators have been used for along time to monitor the general population.
“But it has sometimes been assumed that young, healthy women do not need this sort of monitoring. As a result, there have been cases in other hospitals in the UK where women have died unnecessarily because there was no system in place for picking up quickly on warning signs that could be acted upon.
“By identifying problems early on, obstetrics staff can take the necessary steps which in some cases could save lives.”
All staff on Liverpool Women’s Obstetrics Unit have been trained to carry out and act upon the scoring system.
Ms Fitzpatrick, who has now been invited to go to Australia to talk about MEWS, has already given presentations on the system to the Royal College of Gynaecologists and the National College of Midwives.
