In compliance with the Safe Patient Care (Nurse to Patient and Midwife to Patient Ratios) Amendment Act 2019, we roster nurses according to the below table:
| Cohuna District Hospital | |
| Name of the Mixed ward with acute overnight beds: Acute Ward | Acute |
| The total number of occupied beds: | 14 |
| The different ratios that apply in | |
| Acute Ward | |
| Morning Shift: 1.66 Nurse to 6.0 patients, plus 1 nurse in charge (where relevant) | |
| Afternoon Shift: 1.43 Nurse to 7 patients, plus 1 nurse in charge (where relevant) | |
| Night Shift: 1 Nurse to 10 patients, includes 1 nurse in charge (where relevant) | |
| The expected number of occupied beds in Acute Ward | 12 |
| Postnatal | 2 |