Patient outcomes
| Ward* | Prestrike months | Strike months | Poststrike months | Strike to prestrike | Strike to poststrike | |||||
| Admissions | Death (rate) | Admissions | Deaths (rate) | Admissions | Deaths (rate) | OR (95% CI) | P values | OR (95% CI) | P values | |
| Newborn nursery | 786 | 20 (2.5%) | 434 | 42 (9.7%) | 174 | 6 (3.4%) | 4.1 (2.4 to 7.1) | <0.0001 | 3 (1.2 to 6.9) | 0.017 |
| Paediatric ward | 792 | 30 (3.8%) | 271 | 36 (13.3%) | 104 | 4 (3.8%) | 3.9 (2.3 to 6.4) | <0.0001 | 3.8 (1.3 to 11) | 0.013 |
| Paediatric surgical | 842 | 6 (0.7%) | 372 | 20 (5.4%) | 195 | 2 (1.0%) | 7.9 (3.2 to 20) | <0.0001 | 5.5 (1.3 to 23.7) | 0.023 |
| Obstetrics | 576 | 1 (0.2%) | 1077 | 6 (0.6%) | 452 | 3 (0.7%) | 3.2 (0.4 to 27) | 0.28 | 0.8 (0.2 to 3.4) | 0.8 |
*Prestrike data are for 12 months (December 2015–November 2016 for NB Nursery, paediatric ward and paediatric surgical and September–November 2016 for obstetrics). Admissions for obstetrics are total deliveries.