Dr Elaine Stewart, Queen’s Business School, Queen’s University of Belfast. The fiscal landscape of countries around the globe is marked by chronic underfunding, persistent overspending, high economic inactivity, skills gaps and infrastructure deficits. Those are compounded by demographic shifts (such as ageing populations) and growing costs due to, for example, increased demands on health and social care, which exacerbate the

Ms Sarah Penney, School of Nursing and paramedic science, Institute of Nursing and Health Research, Ulster University. This presentation aims to inform Assembly deliberations concerning the forthcoming Safe and Effective Staffing Bill.  It highlights practical, evidence-informed considerations about the Bill, including: how “safe and effective staffing” could be understood in complex care home environments; what conditions enable staffing requirements to

Dr Mary Lavelle, Dr Benjamin Brew, Miss Francesca Cibelli, Dr Trisha Forbes, Miss Olivia Lounsbury, Dr Gary McKeown, Prof Gabriel Reedy, Dr Natalie Sanford & Prof Janet E Anderson, Queen’s University of Belfast. This presentation shares evidence-based insights into workforce planning, staffing assurance and governance structures, based on findings from a sustained programme of ethnographic observational research across physical and