Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016
Jurisdiction | Wales |
Citation | 2016 anaw 5 |
Year | 2016 |
(1) In Part 2 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c.42) (health service bodies) , in Chapter 4 (miscellaneous) , before section 26 insert—
- “(1) Subsection (2) applies where a Local Health Board is considering the extent of provision of nursing services for its area necessary to meet all reasonable requirements.
- (2) The Local Health Board must have regard to the importance of—
- (a) providing sufficient nurses to allow the nurses time to care for patients sensitively, and
- (b) where securing the provision of nursing services, ensuring that there are sufficient nurses to allow the nurses time to care for patients sensitively.
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