Mixed-sex wards reach record low, says report

THERE were no cases of men and women being housed in the same ward at the Royal Oldham Hospital last month, according to new statistics.

This contributed to a record 23 health trusts across the regio not breaching the rules banning mixed-sex wards.

According to the Department of Health there were only 22 cases of patients being ‘unjustifiably’ placed in mixed-sex wards in the region in August — compared with 2,783 in December 2010, when the data was first collected. Back then there were three breaches at the Oldham hospital.

Hospitals placing patients in mixed-sex wards face fines of £250 per patient per day for each case.




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