For areas where one of the 12 staffing tools currently exist, section 106 of the Policy Memorandum explains that the Bill will make it explicit that health boards are expected to:
apply the common staffing method (further details of this can be found later in this report);
use the output from the tools along with, professional judgement, local context and quality measures to underpin and inform decisions about staffing requirements;
make sure a consistent approach is taken to identification and lessening of risk, take account...