NHS charter to stress biological sex when placing patients in wards (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[-] Streetlights@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This was promised back in 2010

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/dec/15/mixed-sex-hospital-ward-fines

Governments have been struggling for 15 years to end the sharing of wards by men and women. Lansley said in August that it would end in all but accident and emergency and intensive care units by the end of this year.

The only reason mixed wards happen is because demand has grown but funding has not. The NHS is being crippled on multiple fronts by chronic lack of resources.

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