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10 June 2024
Health and Care Staffing Scotland Bill as introduced
Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Bill 3 Part 2—Staffing in the NHS 12IB Duty to follow common staffing method (1) In relation to health care of a type mentioned in section 12IC, a Health Board or the Agency (as the case may be) must follow the common staffing method set out in subsection (2). 5 (2) The common staffing method means that a Health Board or the Agency (as the case may be)— (a) uses the staffing level tool and the professional judgement tool as prescribed in regulations under subsection (3) and takes into account the results from those tools, 10 (b) takes into account, in so far as relevant, any measures for monitoring and improving the quality of health care which are published as standards and outcomes under section 10H(1) by the Scottish Ministers, (c) takes into account— (i) its current staffing levels and any vacancies, 15 (ii) the local context in which it provides health care, (iii) any assessment by HIS, and any relevant assessment by any other person, of the quality of health care which it provides, (iv) comments by patients which relate to the duty imposed by section 12IA, and 20 (v) comments by its employees which relate to the duty imposed by section 12IA, and (d) having followed the steps described in paragraphs (a) to (c), and having additionally— (i) taken into account patient needs, 25 (ii) identified and taken all reasonable steps to mitigate any risks, and (iii) taken into account appropriate clinical advice, decides what changes (if any) are needed as a result to its staffing levels, and to the way in which it provides health care. (3) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations prescribe— 30 (a) a “staffing level tool” designed to provide quantitative information relating to workload, based on patient needs, in order to assist in determining the appropriate staffing levels for a particular kind of health care provision, (b) a “professional judgement tool” designed to provide quantitative 35 information relating to professional judgement in order to assist in determining the appropriate staffing levels for a particular kind of health care provision, and (c) the frequency at which such tools are to be used as part of the common staffing method. 40 (4) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations amend subsection (2) so as to change the description of the common staffing method. 4 Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Bill Part 2—Staffing in the NHS 12IC Common staffing method: types of health care (1) The types of health care are those described in the first column of the table below, in so far as they are provided at a location and by employees of a kind listed in the corresponding entries in the second and third columns. 5 Type of health care Location Employees Adult inpatient provision Hospital wards of 15 beds Registered nurses or more Clinical nurse specialist Hospitals and community Registered nurses who provision settings work as clinical nurse specialists 10 Community nursing Community settings Registered nurses provision Community children’s Community settings Registered nurses nursing provision Emergency care Emergency departments in Registered nurses and 15 provision hospitals medical practitioners Maternity provision Hospitals and community Registered midwives settings Mental health and Mental health and learning Registered nurses learning disability disability units in hospitals 20 provision Neonatal provision Neonatal units in hospitals Registered midwives and registered nurses Paediatric inpatient Paediatric wards in Registered nurses provision hospitals 25 Perioperative provision Operating theatres in Registered nurses hospitals Small ward provision Hospital wards of 14 beds Registered nurses or fewer 30 (2) In the third column of the table in subsection (1), references to— (a) registered nurses, (b) registered midwives, and (c) medical practitioners, Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Bill 5 Part 2—Staffing in the NHS include other persons providing care for patients and acting under the supervision of, or discharging duties delegated to the person by, the registered nurse, registered midwife or medical practitioner (as the case may be). (3) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations amend subsections (1) and (2) so as 5 to add, remove, or change the description of a type of health care (including by amending any column of the table in subsection (1)). 12ID Training and consultation of staff In complying with the duty imposed by section 12IB, every Health Board and the Agency must— 10 (a) encourage its employees to give views on its staffing arrangements for the types of health care described in section 12IC, (b) take into account and use any such views it receives to identify best...
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10 June 2024
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Universities Scotland, the representative body of Scotland’s HEIs has reported that positive progress has been made towards the commitment: • as of August 2016, there will be equal numbers of men and women in the position of chair of governing body at Scotland’s HEIs; • nine of the last 12 appointments to the position of chair of governing body have been women, each appointed as the best person for the job; • seven institutions have a minimum of 40% of either gender among their independent governors and a further two governing bodies have 60% women among their appointed members; • across the sector, women make up 39% of independent governors.
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23 May 2024
ASH Scotland follow up evidence on Tobacco and Vapes LCM
JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(3):e231799. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.1799 ix Haw S, Currie D, Eadie D, Pearce J, MacGregor A, Stead M, Amos A, Best C, Wilson M, Cherrie M, Purves R, Ozakinci G, MacKintosh AM. (2023) The impact of the point-of-sale tobacco display ban on young people in Scotland: before-and-after study.
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7 May 2024
Letter from the Minister for Parliamentary Business dated 30 April 2024
However, there may be circumstances where this restriction impedes the needs of voters themselves - for example multiple members of one family might need support but have only one relative available to assist. Professional carers may also be best placed to support their clients at the polling station, because of their understanding of their clients’ individ...
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2 May 2024
Carbon Management Plan
Research and innovation is an important part of the budget to ensure we can make best use of new technologies which will arise.
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22 April 2024
Agriculture Bill Participation Workshop Report 2024
Facilitated by: Arianne Burgess MSP Carousel discussion themes: • There is a need to share best practice and CPD not just on new projects, but also on improving and maintaining current activities. • Forestry - rural development practitioners spoke about planting schemes and large businesses buying tracts of land can negatively impact communities.
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20 March 2024
Natural Capital Finance submission CLS 18 March 2024
Achieving this level of investment at best seems improbable when set against the achievement of current planting and peatland restoration being closer to £50 million of value annually. • To achieve the ambition of securing £1.5 billion annually through to 2032 would require an immediate gearing-up of delivery by over 3,000% and does not seem in any way cred...
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13 March 2024
Agriculture Bill Participation Workshop Report
Facilitated by: Arianne Burgess MSP Carousel discussion themes: • There is a need to share best practice and CPD not just on new projects, but also on improving and maintaining current activities. • Forestry - rural development practitioners spoke about planting schemes and large businesses buying tracts of land can negatively impact communities.
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15 February 2024
PLS SDS CfV summary
A social work representative indicated that this style of approach would facilitate better personalisation of outcomes for users: “[…] success in a relationship-based practice model looks like whatever works for the supported person - bolstering family supports, making use of community services, nurturing 13 independence, navigating systems to get the best ...
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30 January 2024
Submission from Scottish Tourism Alliance
The trade body remains driven by this strategy, growing the value and positively enhancing the benefits of tourism in Scotland by delivering the very best for visitors, businesses, people, communities and environment.
