1. Safe Staffing Reports / NQB
24 April 2019
Safe Staffing Reports / NQB
Where we want to be :targets and benchmarks
Target: Planned staffing levels are 100%, planned skill mix 70.2% RN:29.8% HCSW ratio
Trends and Patterns
The evidence collected for April indicates that overall staffing levels have increased from 98.7% to 100.6% compared to planned levels.
The planned skill mix decreased fractionally in April for Registered Nurses (RNs), and the actual skill mix for the Trust was 64.4% RNs with 35.6% Health Care Support Workers (HCSWs) indicating a 0.8% poorer skill mix than in March.
Root Cause analysis and insights
Despite increases in ward based nursing establishments being put in place to improve staffing, a number of vacancies remain due to difficulty in recruiting qualified nurses.
Actions and progress to date
Recruitment continues locally, nationally and internationally, additional health care support workers are being used to supplement staffing numbers, Assistant Practitioner roles are in development and close working with NHSP continues to resolve this issue.
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