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Hospital Wards: Women

Asked by Dr Caroline JohnsonConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 24 November 2025UIN 89534

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of Hospital Trust permit men to be cared for on women-only wards.

Answered by Karin Smyth

It is longstanding National Health Service policy that men should not be cared for on women-only wards.

NHS organisations submit data on the number of occurrences of unjustified mixing in relation to sleeping accommodation. This data is published monthly and is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/mixed-sex-accommodation/

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