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

(1)

The National Health Service (Common Staffing Method) (Scotland) Regulations 2024^f1 are amended in accordance with this regulation.

(2)

In regulation 4 (Professional judgement tool), for “Version 4” substitute “Version 5^f2”.

(3)

In the second column of the table in the schedule (Staffing level tools)—

(a)

in each place it appears, for “Version 4” substitute “Version 5^f3”,

(b)

for “Maternity Staffing Level Tool Version 3” substitute “Maternity Services Staffing Level Tool Version 1^f4”,

(c)

for “SCAMPS - Scottish Children’s Acuity Measurement in Paediatric Settings Version 3” substitute “SCAMPS - Scottish Children’s Acuity Measurement in Paediatric Settings Version 4^f5”,

(d)

other than provided for in paragraphs (b) and (c), in each place it appears, for “Version 3” substitute “Version 4^f6”, and

(e)

for “Version 1” substitute “Version 2^f7”.

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Footnotes

f1: S.S.I. 2024/43, amended by S.S.I. 2025/43 and S.S.I. 2025/244.
f2: Version 5 was developed by Healthcare Improvement Scotland. It comprises a methodology which was made available online at https://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.scot/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/HSP-SLT-Methodologies-and-Multipliers-January-2026.pdf.
f3: Version 5 was developed by Healthcare Improvement Scotland. It comprises a methodology and a multiplier which were made available online at https://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.scot/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/HSP-SLT-Methodologies-and-Multipliers-January-2026.pdf.
f4: Version 1 was developed by Healthcare Improvement Scotland. It comprises methodologies and a multiplier which were made available online at https://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.scot/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/HSP-SLT-Methodologies-and-Multipliers-January-2026.pdf.
f5: Version 4 was developed by Healthcare Improvement Scotland. It comprises methodologies and a multiplier which were made available online at https://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.scot/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/HSP-SLT-Methodologies-and-Multipliers-January-2026.pdf.
f6: Version 4 was developed by Healthcare Improvement Scotland. It comprises a methodology and a multiplier which were made available online at https://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.scot/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/HSP-SLT-Methodologies-and-Multipliers-January-2026.pdf.
f7: Version 2 was developed by Healthcare Improvement Scotland. It comprises a methodology and a multiplier which was made available online at https://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.scot/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/HSP-SLT-Methodologies-and-Multipliers-January-2026.pdf.