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Hospital and Health Boards Regulation 2023
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This section applies in relation to an acute adult ward in a public sector health service facility if, in the table in schedule 5 , part 1 — the facility is listed in the first column; and a dot point appears opposite the facility in the column for the type of ward. The minimum number of nurses or midwives who must be engaged in delivering health services to patients in the ward is— for the morning shift—the number of patients divided by 4; or for the afternoon shift—the number of patients divided by 4; or for the night shift—the number of patients divided by 7. In this section— acute adult ward means an acute ward in which health services are provided to adult patients. s 40 amd 2024 SL No. 142 s 4 (sec.40-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to an acute adult ward in a public sector health service facility if, in the table in schedule 5 , part 1 — the facility is listed in the first column; and a dot point appears opposite the facility in the column for the type of ward. (sec.40-ssec.2) The minimum number of nurses or midwives who must be engaged in delivering health services to patients in the ward is— for the morning shift—the number of patients divided by 4; or for the afternoon shift—the number of patients divided by 4; or for the night shift—the number of patients divided by 7. (sec.40-ssec.3) In this section— acute adult ward means an acute ward in which health services are provided to adult patients.