# The National Health Service (Common Staffing Method) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2025

S.S.I. 2025/244 · made 2 September 2025

These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Common Staffing Method) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (“2024 Regulations”) which make provision in relation to the common staffing method. The common staffing method was introduced into the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (“1978 Act”) by section 4 of the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 and includes, among other things, the use of a “staffing level tool” and a “professional judgement tool” in determining the appropriate staffing levels for particular kinds of health care provision.

Made under: National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (Section 12IJ, Section 105)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-common-staffing-method-scotland-amendment-no-2-regulations-2025/pdf/ssi_20250244_en.pdf; Policy Note https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-common-staffing-method-scotland-amendment-no-2-regulations-2025/pdf/ssipn_20250244_en_001.pdf

## Introductory text

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
Made 2nd September 2025
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 4th September 2025
Coming into force 30th October 2025
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 12IJ(3) and 105(7) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

## 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service (Common Staffing Method) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 30 October 2025.

## 2 Amendment of the National Health Service (Common Staffing Method) (Scotland) Regulations 2024

(1) The National Health Service (Common Staffing Method) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 are amended in accordance with this regulation.
(2) In Regulation 4 (Professional judgement tool), for “Version 3”, substitute “Version 4”.
(3) In the second column of the table in the schedule (Staffing level tools), for “Mental Health and Learning Disability Staffing Level Tool Version 3”, substitute “Mental Health and Learning Disability Inpatient Nurse Staffing Level Tool Version 1”.

## Signature

NEIL GRAY
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Edinburgh
2nd September 2025

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the National Health Service (Common Staffing Method) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (“2024 Regulations”) which make provision in relation to the common staffing method. The common staffing method was introduced into the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (“1978 Act”) by section 4 of the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 and includes, among other things, the use of a “staffing level tool” and a “professional judgement tool” in determining the appropriate staffing levels for particular kinds of health care provision.
Regulation 2 makes amendments to provisions in the 2024 Regulations which prescribe, for the purposes of section 12IJ(3) of the 1978 Act, the professional judgement tool and the staffing level tools.
The professional judgement tool and the Mental Health and Learning Disability Inpatient Nurse Staffing Level Tool are publicly available online on Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s website at https://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.scot/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/HSP-SLT-Methodologies-and-Multipliers-July-2025.pdf.

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