Almost 2,000 patients put on mixed-sex wards last month Almost 2,000 patients were forced to endure the indignity of mixed-sex wards last month, official figures reveal.
The number is at its highest level since 2010, when the Government imposed a crackdown on the practice.
A total of 1,908 patients were placed in mixed-sex wards in January, almost twice as many as the same time last year.
Last month hospitals were temporarily allowed to put patients on the wards to help ease winter overcrowding. The Daily Mail
The number is at its highest level since 2010, when the Government imposed a crackdown on the practice.
A total of 1,908 patients were placed in mixed-sex wards in January, almost twice as many as the same time last year.
Last month hospitals were temporarily allowed to put patients on the wards to help ease winter overcrowding. The Daily Mail
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