UNISON will be running its third annual healthcare Safe Staffing Levels Survey on Tuesday 4 March and needs members working in the nursing family to take part.
UNISON has been campaigning to improve staffing levels for years, but there still remain many workplaces with too few staff.
The survey aims to find out what staffing levels are like in workplaces across the country on a regular day.
Participants will be asked to keep track of how many nurses there are for how many patients in their workplace over the course o the day, then answer questions in an online survey.
All answers are kept anonymous and non-attributable, so everyone is encouraged to answer honestly and fully.
Please fill in your response between 4 March and 9am 10 March. We won’t be counting responses filled in outside of this time period.
What you should keep track of during your shift on 4 March:
- how many hours your shift lasted;
- whether you worked any overtime (and how long it was);
- how many total patients there were during your shift;
- how many total nurses there were during your shift;
- whether you took some, all or none of your breaks;
- the percentage of your shift you spent working face to face with patients (exclude travel, paperwork, etc);
- how many bank and/or agency staff members worked on your shift;
- whether your workplace has a set staffing ratio for nursing staff and if so, what it is.
With your help we can provide a better picture of the situation with staffing levels across the UK.
Please email health@unison.co.uk if you would like further information.
UNISON Safe Staffing Levels Survey (link opens in new window)
