[12IJ Duty to follow common staffing method]
National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (1978 c 29) | Legislation

[12IJ  Duty to follow common staffing method]

[(1)     In relation to health care of a type mentioned in section 12IK, a Health Board or the Agency (as the case may be) must, no less often than at the frequency specified in regulations by the Scottish Ministers, use the common staffing method set out in subsection (2).

(2)     The common staffing method means that a Health Board or the Agency (as the case may be)—

(a)     uses the staffing level tool and the professional judgement tool as prescribed in regulations under subsection (3) and takes into account the results from those tools,

(b)     takes into account, in so far as relevant, any measures for monitoring and improving the quality of health care which are published as standards and outcomes under section 10H(1) by

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