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On 18 February 2025, the introduced amendments to the , to put more nurses and midwives on shift 鈥� at all hours of the day. The legislation will see more nurses in the state鈥檚 busiest metropolitan and regional emergency departments (EDs), intensive care units (ICUs), high dependency units (HDUs) and coronary care units (CCUs), and more midwives in maternity wards.

Extensive consultation with nurses and midwives, the 听and health services has resulted in the new ratios, which secure:

• the 1:1 nurse to occupied bed 鈥榞old standard鈥� ratio in ICUs on all shifts for all Level 1 and 2 hospitals, meaning that every occupied ICU bed has a dedicated nurse assigned to it at all times with ICUs also requiring a team leader and liaison nurse for the first time;
• improved staffing ratios in resuscitation cubicles in EDs on morning shifts, which bring morning shifts in line with afternoon and night shifts;
• a 1:4 midwife to patient ratio in postnatal and antenatal wards on night shifts (down from 1:6); and
• an in-charge nurse on night shifts in standalone HDUs and CCUs.
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鈥淲e鈥檙e strengthening ratios 鈥� because it means better care for Victorians and more support for our hard-working nurses and midwives,鈥� Victoria鈥檚 Minister for Health Mary-Anne Thomas said, the changes that are intended to improve care across the state鈥檚 health services.

In Victoria, nurse to patient and midwife to patient ratios were first introduced in 2000, with the state becoming the first in Australia to enshrine nurse- and midwife-to-patient ratios in law 鈥� in 2015. The improved ratios are backed by a $101.3 million investment, to support health services with hiring or rostering additional nurses and midwives.

鈥淎nyone who鈥檚 experienced the incredible care of our nurses and midwives knows just how special their work really is,鈥� Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan said. 鈥淭hese reforms will mean an extra pair of hands, and an extra set of eyes, for some of our most precious patients.鈥�

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