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Hi group, I am very interested in the subject of safe staff levels within the Inpatient Psych ward. There are different methods of calculating staff requirements but these are generally based on a bed category type (ie: A for High Dependancy, B for lesser dependancy etc) with some patient/client acuity factored in (if you're lucky). what are your opinions on this subject? do you know of any places where standards have been defined and set in place? in your work place do you go off client acuity/category or bed category? cheers, John.