Health and Social Care Bill

138: Clause 20, page 20, line 2, at end insert— ““13O1 Duty as to staffing ratios of registered and non-registered staff (1) The Board must, in the exercise of its functions, establish for health services, and may subject to regulations establish for other services, the ratio of registered to non-registered workers required at any given time by reference to any appropriate register established for workers in those areas. (2) In the discharge of this duty the Board must publish a list of appropriate registers for the purpose of subsection (1). (3) The Board must produce guidance to health services to assist in the maintenance of ratios for the purpose of subsection (1). (4) The Board must also issue guidance on the maximum and minimum numbers of patients per registered nurse.””