the ratio of the staff or workforce of a place to another group, for example to staff in another department, the ratio of patients to nurses in a hospital, or the ratio of pupils to teachers in a school
the staffing ratio is good
Examples of 'staffing ratio' in a sentence
staffing ratio
At present less than 4 per cent of units achieve this staffing ratio.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Those homes had a higher staffing ratio than secure training centres.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Are staffing ratios on the wards sufficient to deliver the quality of care that nurses know they should be delivering?