Footnotes

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• Contributors SO created the survey questionnaire, participated in the concept and design, performed the analysis and interpretation of the data and drafted the manuscript. KM, SA, RJM, OR and WT participated in the concept and design, interpretation of data and revised the manuscript. All authors approve the final manuscript as submitted and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

• Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

• Competing interests The authors are all members of the British Association of Perinatal Medicine Working Group for revision the Newborn Early Warning Score.

• Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.