Require the NHS to provide single-sex psychiatric wards including intake wards

[NonnyMouse1337]

Hello, there's a new Parliamentary petition up.

People in psychiatric wards are likely to be quite vulnerable, and this is especially true for women, who may already have a history of abuse and trauma. If placed in a mixed-sex ward, there is a risk of sexual assault or general lack of feeling safe which can aggravate their conditions.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323999

Please sign and share if you can. Thank you.

Signed. We're lucky at the trust I work at in the north west there are not only separate m and f wards but separate buildings of wards with their own outdoors area.

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Early evening bump - it's at 1,114 so making progress but a fair way to go to get to 10k.

Signed and shared. Thanks for telling me about this petition.

AllNightLong So sorry to hear that for her.

So sorry for your sister, and all the other women mentioned on the parallel thread in FWR.

Jw depressing that this is needed at all though, its long been known how bad mixed sex areas are for women, especially health based, and even moreso mental health!

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Such a basic safeguard

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For more evening signings.

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What Trusts still do this?

The Trust i work in doesnt have mixed mental health wards

"Significant investment would be needed to change all inpatient provision to single-sex wards and remove all shared rooms. It might also reduce flexibility of overall bed provision, meaning that more people would be admitted to wards a long way from their home areas which can also lead to increased clinical risk. Also, those we consulted with told us that it is harder to recruit staff to work on single-sex wards." Sept 2018

www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20180911c_sexualsafetymh_report.pdf

[quote EwwSprouts]"Significant investment would be needed to change all inpatient provision to single-sex wards and remove all shared rooms. It might also reduce flexibility of overall bed provision, meaning that more people would be admitted to wards a long way from their home areas which can also lead to increased clinical risk. Also, those we consulted with told us that it is harder to recruit staff to work on single-sex wards." Sept 2018

www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20180911c_sexualsafetymh_report.pdf[/quote]
And the impact on not doing it on women's people's health and long term outcomes?