Internal Reference Number: FOI_9725
Date Request Received: 19/10/2026 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 22/10/2026 00:00:00
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Request Summary: 麻豆国产's ward accommodation and sex-based allocation of beds
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following for each inpatient ward or unit in your trust that admits patients under 18 (including paediatric, adolescent, teenage and young adult, paediatric high-dependency or intensive care, and children's mental health units). In this request, "sex" means biological sex. As at 1 October 2026: The ward name, age range and number of funded beds. | |
| Answer To Question 1: Sarum Ward 鈥� Age range 0 鈥� 17 yrs . 16 funded beds . | |
| Question Number 2: The number of single rooms (with or without en-suite). | |
| Answer To Question 2: 10 single rooms , 5 with ensuite , 5 without. | |
| Question Number 3: The number of multi-bed bays, and the number of beds in each bay. | |
| Answer To Question 3: One bay with 3 beds, and 2 bays with 2 beds. | |
| Question Number 4: Whether the toilets and bathrooms serving the ward are single-sex. | |
| Answer To Question 4: Toilets are not single sex but are single toilets . | |
| Question Number 5: Whether bays are allocated by sex and, if so, from what age. | |
| Answer To Question 5: When allocating patients to the bays , mixing of sexes is avoided , patients are moved to different bed spaces to accommodate this . When ward at capacity , this may be harder to facilitate therefore older children prioritised not to be in a mixed bay . Parent / carer always encouraged to stay with their child . | |
| Question Number 6: Any policy or procedure on sex-based allocation of beds, bathrooms or toilets for patients under 18. | |
| Answer To Question 6: Eliminated mixed sex accommodation guidance 鈥� refers to children鈥檚 services. | |
| Question Number 7: Any document, minute or action plan recording changes planned or made following NHS England's 15 October 2026 guidance "Privacy, dignity and safety in hospital accommodation". | |
| Answer To Question 7: From patient experience team , there is some work in progress. | |
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