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Safe staffing levels

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Patient Safety Huddle Board on Ward B5

Our Patient Safety Huddle Boards

It is now a national requirement for all NHS trusts to publish information about the number of nursing and midwifery staff working in inpatient areas. The percentage of shifts that meet the agreed safe staffing levels is also required to be published.

This initiative was part of the NHS-wide response to the Francis Report which called for greater openness and transparency in the health service.

Here at The Dudley Group we take the safety of our patients very seriously and are committed to making sure we provide all of our patients with the highest quality care possible.

We publish information about our staffing levels on a monthly basis and it is taken to our monthly Board of Directors meetings. We also display real-time information about our staffing levels on our Patient Safety Huddle Boards on our wards.

Overall, we are pleased to report that the Trust achieves the minimum guidance ratio of one nurse to eight patients. On occasions, where ward staffing does not meet patient dependency, this is escalated to the matron and extra support staff are sought from the Trust’s internal staff bank and in extreme situations staff are moved from a ward with less dependent patients to ensure safe care at all times.


Monthly nurse/midwife staffing position from Board papers:

2019 
Nurse/midwife staffing position for December 2019 
Nurse/midwife staffing position for November 2019
Nurse/midwife staffing position for October 2019
Nurse/midwife staffing position for September 2019
Nurse/midwife staffing position for August 2019
Nurse/midwife staffing position for July 2019
Nurse/midwife staffing position for June 2019
Nurse/midwife staffing position for May 2019
Nurse/midwife staffing position for April 2019
Nurse/midwife staffing position for March 2019
Nurse/midwife staffing position for February 2019
 Nurse/midwife staffing position for January 2019
2017/18
Nurse/midwife staffing position for December 2018
Nurse/midwife staffing position for November 2018
Nurse/midwife staffing position for October 2018 
Nurse/midwife staffing position for September 2018 (published November 2018)
Nurse/midwife staffing position for August 2018 (published October 2018)
Nurse/midwife staffing position for July 2018 (published September 2018)
Nurse/midwife staffing position for May 2018 (published July 2018)
Nurse/midwife staffing position for April 2018 (published June 2018)
Nurse/midwife staffing position for March 2018 (published May 2018)
Nurse/midwife staffing position for February 2018 (published April 2018)
Nurse/midwife staffing position for January 2018 (published March 2018)
Nurse/midwife staffing position for December 2017 (published February 2018)
Nurse/midwife staffing position for November 2017 (published January 2018)
Nurse/midwife staffing position for October 2017 (published December 2017)
Nurse/midwife staffing position for September 2017 (published November 2017)
Nurse/midwife staffing position for August 2017 (published October 2017)
Nurse/midwife staffing position for July 2017 (published September 2017)
Nurse/midwife staffing position for June 2017 (published August 2017)
Nurse/midwife staffing position for May 2017 (published July 2017)
Nurse/midwife staffing position for April 2017 (published June 2017)
Nurse/midwife staffing position for March 2017 (published May 2017)
April 2017: Chief Nurse Report 
March 2017: Chief Nurse Report 
February 2017: Chief Nurse Report
January 2017: Chief Nurse Report
2016
December 2016: Chief Nurse Report
November 2016: Chief Nurse Report
July 2016: Chief Nurse Report
June 2016: Chief Nurse Report
May 2016: Chief Nurse Report
April 2016: Chief Nurse Report
March 2016: Chief Nurse Report
February 2016: Chief Nurse Report 
January 2016: Monthly Nurse/Midwife Staffing Position

2015
December 2015: Monthly Nurse/Midwife Staffing Position (including six monthly report)
November 2015: Monthly Nurse/Midwife Staffing Position
October 2015: Monthly Nurse/Midwife Staffing Position
September 2015: Monthly Nurse/Midwife Staffing Position
July 2015: Monthly Nurse/Midwife Staffing Position 
June 2015: Monthly Nurse/Midwife Staffing Position
May 2015: Monthly Nurse/Midwife Staffing Position
April 2015: Monthly Nurse/Midwife Staffing Position
March 2015: Monthly Nurse/Midwife Staffing Position
February 2015: Monthly Nurse/Midwife Staffing Position
January 2015: Monthly Nurse/Midwife Staffing Position

2014
December 2014: Monthly Nurse/Midwife Staffing Position
November 2014: Monthly Nurse/Midwife Staffing Position
October 2014: Monthly Nurse/Midwife Staffing Position
September 2014: Monthly Nurse/Midwife Staffing Position
July 2014: Monthly Nurse/Midwife Staffing PositionJuly 2014: Minutes
June 2014: Monthly Nurse/Midwife Staffing Position
May 2014: Hard Truths Commitments Report and Update on Nurse Staffing ToolMay 2014: Minutes
February 2014: How to ensure the right people, with the right skills, are in the right place at the right timeFebruary 2014: Minutes

2013
December 2013: How to ensure the right people, with the right skills, are in the right place at the right timeDecember 2013: Minutes