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Table 9 Healthcare staffing situation: nurses in tertiary healthcare system of KP

From: An assessment of existing surge capacity of tertiary healthcare system of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan using workload indicators for staffing need method

Health center

Cadre

Current number

Required number, based on WISN

Shortage or excess

Workforce problem

WISN ratio

Khyber Teaching Hospital

Nurses

325

436

− 111

Shortage

0.74

Lady Reading Hospital

Nurses

773

802

− 29

Shortage

0.96

Ayub Teaching Hospital

Nurses

342

465

− 123

Shortage

0.73

Mardan Medical Complex

Nurses

109

380

− 271

Shortage

0.28

Hayatabad Medical Complex

Nurses

398

448

− 50

Shortage

0.88

Mufti Mehmood Teaching Hospital

Nurses

128

336

− 208

Shortage

0.38

Khalifa Gul Nawaz Teaching Hospital

Nurses

150

268

− 118

Shortage

0.55

Saidu Teaching Hospital

Nurses

292

391

− 99

Shortage

0.74

Total across tertiary healthcare system

Nurses

2517

3562

− 1099

Shortage

0.71