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Table 1 Critical care Level 3 equivalent beds and weekday pharmacist staffing level (required by standards and actual) by country

From: Critical care pharmacy workforce: a 2020 re-evaluation of the UK deployment and characteristics

 

Level 3 equivalent beds

Required wte (Mon–Fri)

Required Continuity

Total Required wte (Mon–Fri)

Actual wte (Mon–Fri)

Gap (% of actual wte)

England

3034

303.4

60.7

364.1

195.7

168.4 (86.1)

Scotland

365

36.5

7.3

43.8

25.1

18.7 (74.5)

Wales

154.5

15.5

3.1

18.6

7.1

11.5 (162.0)

Northern Ireland

85

8.5

1.7

10.2

6.1

4.1 (67.2)

Total

3638.5

363.9

72.8

436.7

234

202.7 (86.6)