Mixed Ward Nomination
The Safe Patient Care (Nurse to Patient and Midwife to Patient Ratios) Amendment Act 2020 came into effect on 1 March 2021 and changes to the Safe Patient Care (Nurse to Patient and Midwife to Patient Ratios) Regulations 2015 commenced on 6 March 2019.
Mount Beauty Hospital Acute (5 beds) and Kiewa Valley House (19 beds) are a mixed ward at Alpine Health – Mount Beauty campus with a total of 24 beds.
Under the amended Act, Alpine Health - Mount Beauty campus is required to publish the details of its mixed wards that have varied staffing levels due to the patient types allocated to these wards. The information below (as at September 2024) is published in compliance with the Act.
Nurse to Patient Ratios:
Nurse to Patient Ratios - Mt Beauty Mixed Ward
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Nurse: Patient Ratios
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Mt Beauty Mixed Ward
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Number of beds
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AM
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PM
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Night
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Acute
Mt Beauty Hospital
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5
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1:6 + 1 in charge
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1:7 + 1 in charge
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1.10
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Aged Care
Kiewa Valley House
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19
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Total beds
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24 |
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Alpine Health anticipates an occupancy rate of 85% in Kiewa Valley House and 43% occupancy rate in Mount Beauty Hospital Acute in the next 6 months based on the previous 12 months’ occupancy data.