There is a patient on our ward with two staff, so when they are in the day room, their staff become our staff as well. We have 1 staff assigned to the rest of the patients in the day room, but that 1 member of staff has to go round and also do the checks and also do the checks.
So in total we have 3 members of staff in the day room, two of these are assigned to a patients. We should have 5 members of staff in that day room but this never happens. If we ever want to go to our lockers or laundry we cant go because there is never the staff to do this.
In the dining room we have metal cutlery out, we have 1 staff sat in their with us. Another that goes and delivers food and does the checks and another in the kitchen serving. I feel this happens all the time.
We also have seg patients in there in the dining room at them times as well. I just dont feel safe as that one member of staff in the dining room is also there for the ward seg patients.
"Number of staff on the wards"
About: Rampton Hospital Rampton Hospital Retford DN22 0PD
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