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 2024 – 28 February 2025

Birthing suites

Occupied birth suites – 7


Nomination of mixed wards

University Hospital Geelong

Baxter 6

Occupied beds = 28

Ratios required for specialties:

AM PM ND
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 ND
ANUM 1 1 1
Haematology 14 9 9 5
Oncology 14

ANU

Occupied beds = 18

Ratios required for specialties:

AM PM ND
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 ND
ANUM 1 1 1
Acute Stroke 3 5 5 3
Non-acute Stroke/Neurology 15

McKellar Rehabilitation Centre

North Wing

Occupied beds = 27

Ratios required for specialties:

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


Staffing baseline*

Expected bed
occupancy**
AM PM ND
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.

Page last updated: October 31, 2024