Safe staffing
To ensure that our ward areas and departments are staffed safely, our senior nurses
and midwives complete regular as
sessments 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.
Safe staffing levels poster
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
Safe staffing reports - 2024
January 2024
1. Inpatient wards fill rates - January 2024
February 2024
2. Inpatient wards fill rates - February 2024
Safe staffing report - February 2024
March 2024
3. Inpatient wards fill rates - March 2024
April 2024
4. Inpatient wards fill rates - April 2024
Safe staffing report - April 2024
May 2024
5. Inpatient wards fill rates - May 2024
June 2024
6. Inpatient wards fill rates - June 2024
Safe staffing report - June 2024
July 2024
7. Inpatient wards fill rates - July 2024
August 2024
8. Inpatient wards fill rates - August 2024
Safe Staffing Report August 2024
September 2024
9. Inpatient wards fill rates - September 2024
Safe Staffing Report September 2024
October 2024
10. Inpatient Wards Fill Rates - October 2024
Safe Staffing Report October 2024
November 2024
11. Inpatient Wards Fill Rates November - 2024
Safe Staffing Report November 2024
December 2024
Safe staffing reports - 2023
January 2023
1. Inpatient wards fill rates - January 2023
February 2023
2. Inpatient wards fill rates - February 2023
Safe staffing report - February 2023
March 2023
3. Inpatient wards fill rates - March 2023
April 2023
4. Inpatient wards fill rates April 2023
Safe staffing report - April 2023
May 2023
5. Inpatient wards fill rates - May 2023
June 2023
6. Inpatient wards fill rates - June 2023
July 2023
7. Inpatient wards fill rates - July 2023
Safe staffing report - July 2023
August 2023
8. Inpatient wards fill rates - August 2023
September 2023
9. Inpatient wards fill rates - September 2023
October 2023
10. Inpatient wards fill rates - October 2023
Safe staffing report - October 2023
November 2023
11. Inpatient wards fill rates - November 2023
December 2023
12. Inpatient wards fill rates - December 2023
Safe staffing report - December 2023
Safe staffing reports - 2022
January 2022
1. Inpatient wards fill rates - January 2022
February 2022
2. Inpatient wards fill rates - February 2022
March 2022
3. Inpatient wards fill rates - March 2022
April 2022
4. Inpatient wards fill rates - April 2022
May 2022
5. Inpatient wards fill rates - May 2022
June 2022
6. Inpatient wards fill rates - June 2022
July 2022
7. Inpatient wards fill rates - July 2022
August 2022
8. Inpatient wards fill rates - August 2022
September 2022
9. Inpatient wards fill rates - September 2022
October 2022
10. Inpatient wards fill rates - October 2022
November 2022
11. Inpatient wards fill rates - November 2022
December 2022
12. Inpatient wards fill rates - December 2022
Safe staffing reports - 2021
January 2021
1. Inpatient ward fill rate - January 2021
February 2021
2. Inpatient ward fill rate - February 2021
March 2021
3. Inpatient ward fill rate - March 2021
April 2021
4. Inpatient ward fill rate - April 2021
May 2021
5. Inpatient ward fill rate - May 2021
June 2021
6. Inpatient ward fill rate - June 2021
July 2021
7. Inpatient ward fill rate - July 2021
August 2021
8. Inpatient ward fill rate - August 2021
September 2021
9. Inpatient ward fill rate - September 2021
October 2021
10. Inpatient ward fill rate - October 2021
November 2021
11. Inpatient ward fill rate - November 2021
December 2021
12. Inpatient ward fill rate - December 2021
Safe staffing reports - 2020
January 2020
Safe staffing report - January 2020
February 2020
Safe staffing report - February 2020
March 2020
Safe staffing report - March-2020
April 2020
Safe staffing report -April 2020
May 2020
Safe staffing report - May 2020
June 2020
Safe staffing report - June 2020
Safe staffing reports - 2019
January 2019
Safe staffing report - January 2019
Report on nursing, midwifery and care staff levels - January 2019
April 2019
Safe staffing report - April 2019
September 2019
Report on nursing, midwifery and care staff levels - September 2019
October 2019
Report on nursing, midwifery and care staff levels - October 2019
November 2019
Report on nursing, midwifery and care staff levels - November 2019
December 2019
Safe staffing report - December 2019
Safe staffing reports - 2018
April 2018
Report on nursing and care staff levels - April 2018
May 2018
Report on nursing, midwifery and care staff levels - May 2018
June 2018
Report on nursing, midwifery and care staff levels - June 2018
July 2018
Report on nursing, midwifery and care staff levels - July 2018
August 2018
Report on nursing, midwifery and care staff levels - August 2018
September 2018
Report on nursing, midwifery and care staff levels - September 2018
October 2018
Report on nursing, midwifery and care staff levels - October 2018
November 2018
Report on nursing, midwifery and care staff levels - November 2018
December 2018
Report on nursing, midwifery and care staff levels - December 2018