Will the Cabinet Secretary confirm when the responses to the consultation on the Nurse Staffing Levels Statutory Guidance will be published, and when further details of the outcome of the consultation will be announced?
The responses to the consultation have been reviewed and a report of the responses is currently being prepared for publication later this month. The statutory guidance is being amended in light of the responses and will be published in the autumn ahead of the remaining duties coming into force in April 2018.
The ward staffing levels data are collected by ward staff across NHS Wales as the input into the adult acuity workforce tool. These data are collated by Public Health Wales for comparative and consistency purposes to support implementation at Health Board level. There are no plans to publish these management data.