Single-sex ward rule upheld at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

By Andrew Dowdeswell, Data Reporter
Published 26th May 2023, 13:51 BST
File photo dated 03/10/2014 of a NHS ward, as patient safety investigators have issued a warning to the NHS over writing to patients only in English after a Romanian child died following missed cancer scans.File photo dated 03/10/2014 of a NHS ward, as patient safety investigators have issued a warning to the NHS over writing to patients only in English after a Romanian child died following missed cancer scans.
File photo dated 03/10/2014 of a NHS ward, as patient safety investigators have issued a warning to the NHS over writing to patients only in English after a Romanian child died following missed cancer scans.
A rule preventing patients of different sexes from being treated on the same ward was not broken whatsoever at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust over a six-month period, new figures reveal.

A rule preventing patients of different sexes from being treated on the same ward was not broken whatsoever at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust over a six-month period, new figures reveal.

However, the number of breaches across England has soared since the coronavirus pandemic began, with March seeing the second-highest number since 2011-12.

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