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Dear Carmel The only reference I can suggest is Jean Ball's Birthrate Plus. The DoH have recognised this as being the only tool we have at present to demonstrate the workload attached to a midwife's role in the care of the broad spectrum of women & babies and various social stratifications etc. Yes, the baby should be counted as separate to the mother. That is why midwifery has get itself into such a poor state with regard to staffing levels. Midwives constantly count mother and baby as one unit, whereas care of the baby takes up a huge chunk of the midwife's time and we do not do ourselves any favours to dismiss the baby's existence! ( Let alone our responsibility under The Children Act!). Contact Ann Jackson-Baker at the RCM ( English Board)for more details Re: Birthrate Plus as there are a number of pilot sites being used to demonstrate true staffing levels required for midwifery care. Good luck. Best wishes Belinda --- "Collins, Carmel (NUR_MID_RES)" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I am interested in finding out how various > institutions assess their > staffing levels per shift (or staff patient ratios) > for a postnatal ward. > Is a particular dependency system or workload > methodology used? And in > particular are well babies counted as one unit with > the mother? > > There doesn't seem to be much literature on the > topic that I have been able > to find - if anyone knows of any I would welcome the > references. > > Many thanks in advance for any help > Kind regards > Carmel Collins > > > _______________________________________________________ > Carmel Collins, Research Nurse/Midwife > Dept Nursing & Midwifery Research & Practice > Development > Women's & Children's Hospital > 72 King William Road, North Adelaide SA 5006. > Australia > 08 8161 6434 Fax: 08 8161 7704 > email: [log in to unmask] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com