Quality report 2021-2022

Safer Staffing

The Safe Staffing levels indicator is a national quality measure that was introduced in 2014. It looks to measure and ensure that a hospital’s nursing staffing requirements are being met. The measure focuses on two distinct groups of staff, registered nurses and non-registered care staff. The data collected each day for both Day & Night shifts allows a member of the public to see whether the actual number of staff on duty met what was planned on a ward. This data is then submitted at ward & Trust level nationally and is made visible on the NHS choices website as well as the Trust’s internet site. The data is also made visible to patients and visitors in real-time on each ward. The monthly data on our safe staffing levels and the six monthly reports can be seen in the public Board papers which can be seen at: or https://www.christie.nhs.uk/about-us/the-foundation- Trust/about-the-Trust/board-of-directors-meetings/ From May 2016, all acute Trusts with inpatient wards/units began reporting monthly care hours per patient day (CHPPD) data to NHS Improvement. CHPPD is calculated by adding the hours of registered nurses and the hours of healthcare support workers and dividing the total number of patients at midnight. CHPPD is reported as a total and split by registered nurses and healthcare support workers to provide a complete picture of care and skill mix. CHPPD data is now being used for peer comparison to act as a ‘sense check’ on professional judgements concerning nursing requirement alongside triangulated quality measures and data. This is subsequently reported to the board bi-annually.

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