PART 3Staffing in care services
7Duty on care service providers to ensure appropriate staffing
1
Any person who provides a care service must ensure that at all times suitably qualified and competent individuals are working in the care service in such numbers as are appropriate for—
a
the health, wellbeing and safety of service users,
b
the provision of safe and high-quality care, and
c
in so far as it affects either of those matters, the wellbeing of staff.
2
In determining what constitutes appropriate numbers for the purposes of subsection (1), regard is to be had to—
a
the nature of the care service,
b
the size of the care service,
c
the aims and objectives of the care service,
d
the number of service users, and
e
the needs of service users.