At The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, we are committed to providing a safe environment for our patients and staff, ensuring that the right staff, with the right skills, are in the right place at the right time (National Quality Board, 2016). [PDF on NHS England Website]
Guidance issued by NHS England stipulates that all NHS hospitals are required to publicly display nurse staffing data. This is part of the NHS response to the Francis Report, [PDF on UK parliament website] which called for greater openness and transparency in the health service. The monthly safer staffing report includes the following data, split into registered and unregistered staffing groups:
- Planned vs. Actual staffing hours
- Care hours per patient day
We review our nursing staffing levels at least twice a year, utilising data from The Safer Nursing Care Tool (a national validated nursing workforce tool), a review of patient outcomes and quality indicators, and the professional judgement of our senior nursing teams. This allows us to ensure that our staffing levels are appropriate for the needs of our patients, and this will vary from ward to ward.
Planned and actual staffing level data
- Safe staffing levels report [PDF - 155KB]