MIXED WARDS RULE BROKEN 13,178 TIMES
The Sunday Mirror|May 15, 2022
NHS breaches blamed on lack of beds
EMER SCULLY
MIXED WARDS RULE BROKEN 13,178 TIMES

THOUSANDS of hospital patients have been forced to sleep in mixed-sex wards despite a ban on them 12 years ago.

New figures reveal 13,178 logged incidents of this happening in England since last October.

Lack of available beds in the hard-pressed NHS is said to be the main cause.

But the practice must be stopped, says Patients Association chief Rachel Power, who branded it an affront to patients' dignity”.

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