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nhs safe staffing campaign unison scotland skip to content join unison my unison unison uk unison scotland scotland s biggest and liveliest public service trade union representing workers delivering public and related services across scotland follow us facebook twitter instagram youtube join unison now 0800 171 2194 or click here to join online home campaigns local government pay 2027 28 national delegate conference 2026 scottish parliament elections 2026 public services the heart of a fairer scotland support our social care campaign for better pay and conditions nhs band 5 nurse review nhs safe staffing campaign unison in malawi pensions green workplace news info press releases briefings responses and submissions scotland in unison communications unison conference join us at work local government social work education issues group health further education higher education community voluntary energy water transport police students about about unison learning courses health and safety members benefits equalities member groups young members women in unison retired members disabled members black members unison scotland lgbt committee international political fund jobs in unison there for you unison welfare help contact need help branch contacts links and resources nhs safe staffing campaign the health and care staffing scotland act often called the safe staffing act was passed by the scottish parliament in 2019 and will come into force in 2024 the act places a duty on health boards to ensure that at all times suitably qualified and competent individuals are working in such numbers as are appropriate both to provide healthcare and secondary to that the wellbeing of staff the act also gives all nhs staff the right to raise concerns about short or inadequate staffing and have those concerns investigated the new measures may not have the teeth that we would like but give staff an important platform to make short staffing an issue that employers can t ignore faqs and briefings who is covered and their rights survey shows failure of the scottish government to prepare for the act unison s survey lays bare the reality of working in scotland s nhs and reveals eight in ten staff no longer have confidence in existing procedures for dealing with inadequate staffing almost two thirds 65 of staff were unaware of the nhs safe staffing legislation an overwhelming majority 89 of staff had received no training on the new regulations matt mclaughlin unison scotland s head of health said the government has had over four years to prepare for this new law yet guidance was only made available four days before it became law there s a direct link between staffing levels and high quality outcomes for patients our members repeatedly tell us they do not have enough staff or enough time to give patients the care they need and deserve in wards where they do meet staffing requirements there is often not the correct skill mix to meet patients needs this puts patients safety at risk and puts staff in unacceptably stressful situations the reality is that staff don t believe things are safe and nhs staff are left picking up the slack while no one holds their hospitals accountable campaign to report incidences of short staffing unison has produced nhs staff with the facility to report safe staffing concerns directly to your local health board s chief executive or nursing director using local unison branch reporting forms if you complete and submit a form it will be sent directly to the chief executive or nursing director and your local unison branch will also be copied in your form will not be anonymous and is not a substitute for datix reporting nhs health boards are required to have a board wide mechanism for reporting concerns in most boards this will be the datix system you should always raise concerns using the nhs board s system but if you also report to your union we can follow build up a picture of short staffing problems and follow up your concerns matt mclaughlin continued the scottish government does not have a true picture of the scale of the short staffing situation in the nhs as incidents of short staffing are chronically under reported staff simply do not have the time and an obvious weakness is that key support staff are not included the act is potentially a powerful tool for driving up standards but it can only make a difference if people know how to use it and when incidents are reported there is help from health boards to fix the situation follow us facebook twitter instagram youtube home campaigns news info join us at work about there for you unison welfare help contact unison scotland 14 west campbell street glasgow g2 6rx unison scotland skip to content open toolbar accessibility tools accessibility tools increase text increase text decrease text decrease text grayscale grayscale high contrast high contrast links underline links underline reset reset