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1 - Full legislative history of the Act

Here you can view a detailed record of the developmental history of the Act. 

2 - The Act as passed

This is the final form of the Act as passed by the Senedd in February 2016. 

2.1 - Regulations to extend

The is the final form of the regulations passed in February 2021 to extend sections 25B and 25C of the Act to paediatric inpatient settings. 

3 - Statutory Guidance

This statutory document provides more detailed guidance to the health boards/trusts on how to meet the duties under sections 25B and 25C of the Act. 

4 - Adult medical and surgical operational guidance

This document effectively translates the statutory guidance into the kind of operational detail and language needed by the nursing work force to consistently implement sections 25B and 25C of the Act across Wales. Applies to adult acute medical and surgical inpatient wards.

5 - Paediatric operational guidance

This document effectively translates the statutory guidance into the kind of operational detail and language needed by the nursing work force to consistently implement sections 25B and 25C of the Act across Wales. Applies to paediatric inpatient wards. 

6 - Welsh Levels of Care tools

The Welsh Levels of Care are evidence-based acuity and dependency tools developed in Welsh settings to inform the triangulated calculation of nurse staffing levels.

7 - Collated summary report of first three-year reports on Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016

This document is published by the Welsh Government at the end of each three-year reporting period summarising the health board/trust reports under section 25E of the Act.

8.1 - Committee document
This is the document of the Welsh Government’s written evidence provided to the Senedd’s Health and Social Care Committee during its 2023 post-legislative scrutiny inquiry of the Act.
8.2 - Committee document

Committee’s report and recommendations published in April 2024.

8.3 - Committee Document

Welsh Government’s June 2024 response to the Committee’s report.