Safe Patient Care

Barwon Health provides the following to meet our reporting obligations under the Safe Patient Care (Nurse to Patient and Midwife to Patient Ratios) Act 2015.

Reporting period

For the period 1 September 2025 – 28 February 2026

Birthing suites

Occupied birth suites – 7

University Hospital Geelong

Baxter 6

Occupied beds = 28

Ratios required for specialties:

	AM	PM	NS
ANUM	1	1	1
Haematology	1:3	1:3	1:5
Oncology	1:4	1:4	1:8

Staffing baseline*

	Expected bed occupancy**	AM	PM	NS
ANUM		1	1	1
Haematology	14	9	9	5
Oncology	14

ANU

Occupied beds = 18

Ratios required for specialties:

	AM	PM	NS
ANUM	1	1	1
Acute Stroke	1:3	1:3	1:3
Non-acute Stroke/Neurology	1:4	1:4	1:8

Staffing baseline*

	Expected bed occupancy**	AM	PM	NS
ANUM		1	1	1
Acute Stroke	3	5	5	3
Non-acute Stroke/Neurology	15

Coronary Care and Cardiothoracic Unit

Occupied beds = 16

Ratios required for specialties:

	AM	PM	NS
ANUM	1	1	1
Coronary Care	1:2	1:2	1:3
Cardiothoracic	1:4	1:4	1:8

Staffing baseline*

	Expected bed occupancy**	AM	PM	NS
ANUM		1	1	1
Coronary Care	6	7	7	5
Cardiothoracic	10

McKellar Rehabilitation Centre

North Wing

Occupied beds = 27

Ratios required for specialties:

	AM	PM	NS
ANUM	1	1	1
Palliative Care	1:4	1:4	1:6
Stroke/Neuro Rehab	1:5	1:5	1:10

Staffing baseline*

	Expected bed occupancy**	AM	PM	NS
ANUM		1	1	1
Palliative Care	12	7	6	4
Stroke/Neuro Rehab	15

*calculated by dividing the average occupancy per day to the prescribed ratio for each specialty then rounding up as stipulated in the act.
**calculated based on the average occupancy per specialty per day.