Proposed Work Planning for Health Organisations Legislative Competence Order

Nerys Evans

Pre-ballot Information: Outline Proposed Legislative Competence Order

Outline of proposed Order

To add a new Matter to Field 9 (Health and Health Services) – to provide for a statutory duty to be placed on health organisations to work plan.

Pre-ballot Information: Explanatory Memorandum

Policy Objectives of the Proposed Order

A statutory responsibility should be laid upon NHS health organisations in Wales who directly provide patients services to establish a staffing system that provides the right number of registered nurses to ensure appropriate staffing levels for patient care. The workforce planning process should take account of the estimated ideal workforce need. This can be assessed both through local information from health organisations and information from national strategic policy.