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4085 - SAFE STAFFING LEVELS ORANGE HEALTH SERVICE

Donato, Philip to the Minister for Health, Minister for Regional Health, and Minister for the Illawarra and the South Coast

Can you please advise when the Emergency Department at the Orange Health Service can expect 1:3 nurse-to-patient ratios will be implemented and maintained, to provide safe staffing levels and improve delivery of patient safety and care?

Answer -

I'm advised:

The Safe Staffing Levels reform is set to boost the number of frontline healthcare workers in NSW public hospitals and is one of the most significant reforms to the way we staff our hospitals in decades.

Safe Staffing Levels commenced rollout in Level 5 and 6 emergency departments in March 2024.

Safe Staffing Levels will be progressively rolled out across other hospitals and departments in a staged approach.

The rollout is planned to occur until June 2027.

The Western NSW Local Health District was formally advised on 18 November 2024 to commence implementation of Safe Staffing Levels in the Orange Health Service Emergency Department and recruitment is now underway.

Question asked on 12 November 2024 (session 58-1) and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 84
Answer received on 17 December 2024 and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 92

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