Delivering Same-Sex Accommodation - Declaration of Compliance

NHS Gloucestershire Care Services compliance with Same Sex Accommodation standards

NHS Gloucestershire Care 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 specialist equipment such as in the recovery unit attached to theatres and procedure rooms or, when patients actively choose to share. 

If our care should fall short of the required standard then it will be reported. 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 within our Quality Account.