Written question asked by Baroness Berger (Labour) on Wednesday, 27 June 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 2 July 2018 (named day). It was answered by Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative) on Monday, 2 July 2018 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Psychiatric Nurses
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the safe nursing to patient ratios are for each high dependency unit in each high-security psychiatric hospital; and on how many occasions such ratios have been breached at each hospital in each of the last three years.
- Answer
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Safe nursing to patient ratios in each high dependency unit within the high-security hospitals are determined by the hospitals themselves.
To determine the safe nursing to patient ratios required, the hospitals will take into consideration the number of patients on each individual ward, the acuity and dependency of the patients and known security risk factors associated with each patient.
As there is no prescribed safe nursing to patient ratio, there is no way to quantify a “breach”. Data on nursing to patient ratios in high dependency units in high-security hospitals is not collected centrally by NHS England or the Care Quality Commission.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 158226
- Session
- 2017-19
- Subjects
- Patients Psychiatric hospitals Safety Psychiatric nurses
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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