To ensure that our ward areas and departments are staffed safely, our senior nurses
and midwives complete regular assessments of how many staff are needed on each shift to care for our patients.
The number of nurses and midwives needed is calculated by how many patients we are caring for and how unwell these patients are. For example, patients who have complex health needs will need more intensive nursing care and support.
Twice a year, we review the number of registered and unregistered nurses on all of our wards. We also compare our staffing levels with similar size hospitals and make recommendations to our trust board.
Every month, we review the number of nurses and midwives who work in our ward areas and departments and also review how many nurses and midwives we required throughout the month, compared with the number we acutally had.
The monthly review helps us to form a safe staffing report and recommendations, which is shared with our trust board.
You can view the reports via the links below.
Each of our wards has a safe staffing poster at the entrance to the ward.
Our senior nurses update the posters regularly so that our people, patients and visitors can see the number of planned staff, and how many staff we actually have working.
This also includes nurses, student nurses, clinical support workers, ward clerk and housekeeper. The posters also show the named nurse in charge of the ward that day and when the poster was last updated.
Safe staffing reports – 2025
January 2025
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – January 2025 (22kB xlsx)
Safe staffing reports – January 2025 (4MB docx)
March 2025
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – March 2025 (22kB xlsx)
Safe staffing reports – March 2025 (3MB docx)
Safe staffing reports – 2024
January 2024
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – January 2024 (17kB xlsx)
February 2024
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – February 2024 (17kB xlsx)
Safe staffing report – February 2024 (545kB pdf)
March 2024
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – March 2024 (14kB xlsx)
April 2024
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – April 2024 (18kB xlsx)
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – April 2024 (767kB pdf)
Safe staffing report – April 2024 (767kB pdf)
May 2024
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – May 2024 (19kB xlsx)
June 2024
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – June 2024 (18kB xlsx)
Safe staffing report – June 2024 (692kB pdf)
July 2024
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – July 2024 (19kB xlsx)
August 2024
Safe staffing report – August 2024 (6MB docx)
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – August 2024 (19kB xlsx)
September 2024
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – September 2024 (21kB xlsx)
Safe staffing report – September 2024 (5MB docx)
October 2024
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – October 2024 (22kB xlsx)
Safe staffing report – October 2024 (5MB docx)
November 2024
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – November 2024 (18kB xlsx)
Safe staffing report – November 2024 (5MB docx)
December 2024
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – December 2024 (18kB xlsx)
Safe staffing report – December 2024 (3MB docx)
Safe staffing reports – 2023
January 2023
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – January 2023 (18kB xlsx)
February 2023
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – February 2023 (17kB xlsx)
Safe staffing report – February 2023 (2MB pdf)
March 2023
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – March 2023 (17kB xlsx)
April 2023
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – April 2023 (17kB xlsx)
Safe staffing report – April 2023 (478kB pdf)
May 2023
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – May 2023 (18kB xlsx)
June 2023
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – June 2023 (17kB xlsx)
July 2023
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – July 2023 (18kB xlsx)
Safe staffing report – July 2023 (360kB pdf)
August 2023
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – August 2023 (17kB xlsx)
September 2023
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – September 2023 (17kB xlsx)
October 2023
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – October 2023 (17kB xlsx)
Safe staffing report – October 2023 (427kB pdf)
November 2023
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – November 2023 (23kB xlsx)
December 2023
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – December 2023 (26kB xlsx)
Safe staffing report – December 2023 (658kB pdf)
Safe staffing reports – 2022
January 2022
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – January 2022 (17kB xlsx)
February 2022
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – February 2022 (17kB xlsx)
March 2022
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – March 2022 (17kB xlsx)
April 2022
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – April 2022 (17kB xlsx)
May 2022
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – May 2022 (17kB xlsx)
June 2022
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – June 2022 (17kB xlsx)
July 2022
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – July 2022 (18kB xlsx)
August 2022
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – August 2022 (18kB xlsx)
September 2022
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – September 2022 (17kB xlsx)
October 2022
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – October 2022 (18kB xlsx)
November 2022
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – November 2022 (17kB xlsx)
December 2022
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – December 2022 (18kB xlsx)
Safe staffing report – December 2022 (3MB docx)
Safe staffing reports – 2021
January 2021
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – January 2021 (16kB xlsx)
February 2021
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – February 2021 (17kB xlsx)
March 2021
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – March 2021 (17kB xlsx)
April 2021
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – April 2021 (17kB xlsx)
May 2021
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – May 2021 (17kB xlsx)
June 2021
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – June 2021 (18kB xlsx)
July 2021
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – July 2021 (18kB xlsx)
August 2021
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – August 2021 (17kB xlsx)
September 2021
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – September 2021 (17kB xlsx)
October 2021
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – October 2021 (18kB xlsx)
November 2021
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – November 2021 (17kB xlsx)
December 2021
Inpatient Wards Fill Rates – December 2021 (18kB xlsx)
Safe staffing reports – 2020
January 2020
Safe staffing report – January 2020 (892kB pdf)
February 2020
Safe staffing report – February 2020 (891kB pdf)
March 2020
Safe staffing report – March 2020 (408kB pdf)
April 2020
Safe staffing report – April 2020 (386kB pdf)
May 2020
Safe staffing report – May 2020 (328kB pdf)
June 2020
Safe staffing report 2020 (451kB pdf)
Safe staffing reports – 2019
January 2019
Safe staffing report – January 2019 (1MB pdf)
Report on nursing, midwifery and care staff levels – January 2019 (1MB pdf)
April 2019
Safe staffing report – April 2019 (1MB pdf)
September 2019
Report on nursing, midwifery and care staff levels – September 2019 (945kB pdf)
October 2019
Report on nursing, midwifery and care staff levels – October 2019 (1MB pdf)
November 2019
Report on nursing, midwifery and care staff levels – November 2019 (1MB pdf)
December 2019
Safe staffing report – December 2019 (886kB pdf)
Safe staffing reports – 2018
April 2018
Report on nursing, midwifery and care staff levels – April 2018 (353kB pdf)
May 2018
Report on nursing, midwifery and care staff levels – May 2018 (345kB pdf)
June 2018
Report on nursing, midwifery and care staff levels – June 2018 (1MB pdf)
July 2018
Report on nursing, midwifery and care staff levels – July 2018 (2MB pdf)
August 2018
Report on nursing, midwifery and care staff levels – August 2018 (1MB pdf)
September 2018
Report on nursing, midwifery and care staff levels – September 2018 (808kB pdf)
October 2018
Report on nursing, midwifery and care staff levels – October 2018 (2MB pdf)
November 2018
Report on nursing, midwifery and care staff levels – November 2018 (1MB pdf)
December 2018
Report on nursing, midwifery and care staff levels – December 2018 (1MB pdf)