Local Reporting

Through the NHS Golden Jubilee Health Care Staffing Programme Board, a local method and schedule for reporting was agreed for 2025. 

Assurance reports are provided from clinical leads to the Healthcare Staffing Programme Lead Nurse and Associate Nurse Director (Corporate), and these are combined to develop the Board wide quarterly reports. 

These reports cover all relevant health duties within the Act for each profession, providing assurance on the Board’s progress and achievement of compliance with the Act and are presented to local Governance Committees (Clinical Governance Committee and Staff Governance Committee) prior to sending to Healthcare Improvement Scotland. 

This report provides a summary of the Board’s current position against the legislative duties over 2025.

Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 Annual Board Report

Introduction
Local Reporting
Current position against the required duties
12IA – Duty to ensure appropriate staffing
12IB – Duty to ensure appropriate staffing: agency workers
12IC – Duty to have real-time staffing assessment in place
12ID – Duty to have risk escalation processes in place
12IE – Duty to have arrangements to address severe and recurrent risks
12IF – Seek clinical advice on staffing
12IH – Duty to ensure adequate time given to clinical leaders
12II – Duty to ensure appropriate staffing: training of staff
12IJ – Duty to follow common staffing method
12IL - Training and consultation of staff
12IM – Reporting on staffing
Planning and securing services
Appendix 1: Staffing Compliance