Same-sex accommodation: your privacy, our responsibility programme
Declaration of compliance – NHS Mid Essex - updated March 2011
NHS Mid Essex is pleased to confirm that all its Providers (including Braintree Community Hospital) are compliant with the Government’s requirement to eliminate mixed-sex accommodation, except when it is in the patient’s overall best interest, or reflects their personal choice. The PCT can confirm Providers have the necessary facilities, resources and culture to ensure that patients who are admitted to hospitals will only share the room where they sleep with members of the same sex, and same-sex toilets and bathrooms will be close to their bed area. Sharing with members of the opposite sex will only happen when clinically necessary (for example where patients need specialist equipment such as in Intensive Care Unit or when patients actively choose to share.
If our Providers care should fall short of the required standard, we will report it. We will also set up an audit mechanism to make sure that our Providers do not mis-classify any of their reports. We will ensure our Providers publish the results of that audit as part of their Quality Report.
Declaration of Compliance – Central Essex Community Services - updated March 2011
Central Essex Community Services is pleased to confirm that we are compliant with the Government’s requirement to eliminate mixed-sex accommodation, except when it is in the patient’s overall best interest, or reflects their personal choice.
We have the necessary facilities, resources and culture to ensure that patients who are admitted to our hospitals will only share the room where they sleep with members of the same sex, and same-sex toilets and bathrooms will be close to their bed area. Sharing with members of the opposite sex will only happen when clinically necessary (for example where patients need emergency treatment following a surgical procedure in the minor operations suite, or when patients actively choose to share (for instance in the Day Treatment Unit).
If our care should fall short of the required standard, we will report it. We will also set up an audit mechanism to make sure that we do not misclassify any of our reports. We will publish the results of that audit and display the results at ward level and will report the results to the Integrated Governance Committee
If your experience has not reflected the delivering same sex accommodation agenda, or you wish further information please contact our Patient Experience Team by phone on 01245 459459 or email patientexperience@midessexpct.nhs.uk
Sarah Jane Relf
Director of Corporate Development
Dignity Champion
31 March 2010
NHS Mid Essex Action Plan for Delivering Same Sex Accommodation April 2010 to March 2011
CECS Action Plan for Delivering Same Sex Accommodation April 2010 to March 2011