1. Safe Staffing Reports / NQB
11 April 2019
Safe Staffing Reports / NQB
Where we want to be :targets and benchmarks
Target: Planned staffing levels are 100%, planned skill mix 71.1% RN:28.9% HCSW ratio
Trends and Patterns
The evidence collected for March indicates that overall staffing levels have decreased from 99.0% to 98.7% compared to planned levels.
The planned skill mix increased in March for Registered Nurses (RNs), however the actual skill mix for the Trust was 65.2% RNs with 34.8% Health Care Support Workers (HCSWs) indicating a 1.0% richer skill mix than in February.
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, and close working with NHSP continues to resolve this issue.
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