The charge nurse and other senior medical staff are responsible for the allocation of beds to pantients on the waiting list.The details of patients currently placed in a ward and those on the waiting list for a plance on a ward are recorded.This includes the patient number,name (first and last name),address,telephone number,date of birth,sex,marital status,the details of the patient's next-of-kin,the date placed on the waiting list,the ward requird,expected duration of stay (in days ),date placed in the ward,date expected to leave the ward,and the actual date the patients left the ward,when known.