Safe Patient Care Act
Introduction
Bass Coast Health provides inpatient care in several wards and departments. Nurses and Midwives are essential to ensuring quality and safe care. At BCH our Nursing and Midwifery ratios within all our wards comply with the minimum staffing levels as per the Safe Patient Care Act. BCH will provide additional staff or roster above the ratios, when it is deemed a requirement to provide safe and quality care.
BCH Mixed wards and the number of birthing suites is nominated below.
Mixed Wards at Bass Coast Health
Acute care:
Bass Coast Health provides inpatient care in our Acute ward for:
- Patients who need to stay overnight with medical and surgical conditions
- At times patients requiring Subacute (Geriatric Evaluation and Management, Rehabilitation) inpatient care are cared for in the Acute ward if the Subacute ward is at capacity.
Name of the mixed ward |
Acute ward |
The total number of occupied beds |
24 |
The different ratios that apply in the Acute ward |
|
Acute medical and surgical |
Geriatric Medicine/rehabilitation |
Morning Shift (7.00 am – 3.30 pm) 1 nurse: 6 patients plus 1 nurse as EFT 300 provision. One nurse in charge |
Morning Shift (7.00 am – 3.30 pm) 1 nurse: 5 patients |
Afternoon Shift (1.30 pm – 10.00 pm) 1 nurse: 7 patients. One nurse in charge |
Afternoon Shift (1.30 pm – 10.00 pm) 1 nurse: 6 patients |
Night Shift (9.30 pm – 7.30 am) 1 nurse: 10 patients. |
Night Shift (9.30 pm – 7.30 am) 1 nurse: 10 patients. |
The expected number of occupied beds in medical/surgical=22 |
The expected number of occupied beds in Gem/rehab=2 |
Subacute Care:
Bass Coast Health also provides inpatient care in a Sub-Acute care in Armitage House consisting of:
•Patients requiring Geriatric Evaluation Medicine (GEM) and rehabilitation programs
•Patients requiring Palliative care
Name of the mixed ward |
Armitage House |
The total number of occupied beds |
19 |
The different ratios that apply in the Armitage House |
|
Geriatric Medicine/rehabilitation |
Palliative |
Morning Shift (7.00 am – 3.30 pm) 1 nurse: 5 patients. One nurse in charge. |
Morning Shift (7.00 am – 3.30 pm) 1 nurse: 4 patients |
Afternoon Shift (1.30 pm – 10.00 pm) 1 nurse: 5 patients. One nurse in charge. |
Afternoon Shift (1.30 pm – 10.00 pm) 1 nurse: 4 patients |
Night Shift (9.30 pm – 7.30 am) 1 nurse: 10 patients |
Night Shift (9.30 pm – 7.30 am) 1 nurse: 6 patients. One nurse in charge. |
The expected number of occupied beds in Gem/rehab=17 |
The expected number of occupied beds in Palliative =2 |
Maternity Services:
Bass Coast Health provides Maternity care for:
• Women and their babies requiring antenatal or postnatal care (before and after the birth of their baby)
and
• Women who are delivering their baby following a low-risk pregnancy
Name of the mixed ward |
Maternity Unit |
The total number of occupied beds |
2 Ante/post natal plus 1 Birthing Suite |
The different ratios that apply in the Maternity Unit |
|
Ante/post Natal |
Birthing Suite |
Morning Shift (7.00 am – 3.30 pm) 1 midwife to 4 patients |
Staffed as per Safe Patient care Act section 31 2 for all shifts |
Afternoon Shift (1.30 pm – 10.00 pm) 1 midwife to 4 patients |
|
Night Shift (9.30 pm – 7.30 am) 1 midwife to 6 patients |
|
The expected number of occupied beds in Ante/Post Natal =2 |
The expected number of occupied Birthing suites=1 |
February 2023