Public Statement
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust 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 hospital 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 Radnor Intensive Care Unit), or when patients actively choose to share (for example, long term patients on the spinal 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 in our annual Quality Account in June 2012.
For further information please contact Tracey Nutter, Director of Nursing and Operations
Peter Hill
Chief Executive
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust