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Safe Patient Care Act
The Safe Patient Care (Nurse to Patient and Midwife to Patient Ratios) Act 2015 provides for safe patient care in hospitals by establishing requirements for a minimum number of nurses or midwives per number of patients in specified wards or beds, recognising that nursing workloads impact on the quality of patient care.
28 February 2024
Beaufort
Skipton
Acute, Residential and Transition Care Program: 25 beds
Total number of occupied beds
Acute: 6 beds
TCP: 4 beds
Residential Aged Care: 15 beds
Nurse to Patient Ratios
Acute/TCP
AM shift: 1:6 plus in charge
PM shift: 1:7 plus in charge
ND shift: 1:10
Residential Aged Care
AM shift: 1:7
PM shift: 1:8
ND shift: 1:15
Expected number of occupied beds during the next 6 months
Acute: 4 beds
TCP: 4 beds
Residential: 15 beds
Acute, Residential and Transition Care Program: 17 beds
Total number of occupied beds
Acute: 3 beds
TCP: 3 beds
Residential Aged Care: 11 beds
Nurse to Patient Ratios
Acute/TCP
AM shift: 1:6 plus in charge
PM shift: 1:7 plus in charge
ND shift: 1:10
Residential Aged Care
AM shift: 1:7
PM shift: 1:8
ND shift: 1:15
Expected number of occupied beds during the next 6 months
Acute: 2 beds
TCP: 3 beds
Residential: 11 beds
