Monitoring and development of staffing tools: October 2026
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Document Type
HSP recommendations
Improvement support
Summary
Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) recommends to Scottish Ministers revisions to the staffing tools, prescribed under section 12IJ (3) of the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 (HCSA). These revisions are for:
- Revisions to the Maternity Services Staffing Level Tool
- Revisions to the Neonatal Staffing Level Tool
- Revision to the Mental Health and Learning Disability Inpatient Nurse Staffing Level Tool Multipliers
These recommendations papers to Scottish Ministers were produced by the Healthcare Staffing Programme. They outline a high-level overview of the rationale behind the revisions.
These are technical documents designed to be used by specialist staff. If you need further information on the tools, contact his.hsp@nhs.scot.
Read our Equality and Human Rights Impact Assessment (EQIA) for this work.