<p>Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople</p>

Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport – in the Senedd at 2:46 pm on 29 March 2017.

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Photo of Caroline Jones Caroline Jones UKIP 2:46, 29 March 2017

Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. The Assembly passed the nurse staffing levels Act last year with the promise that this new legislation would deliver safeguards for patient safety and put an end to situations where nurses find they have insufficient time to properly care for patients. Your Government is currently consulting on the statutory guidance that leaves out any mention of the recommended nurse-to-patient ratios and any mention of the supernumerary status of ward sisters. Cabinet Secretary, do you agree with me that this consultation sends out the wrong message about safe staffing levels, and will you commit to revising the guidance to include everything that was promised when the Act was debated?