The Delivering Same-Sex Accommodation programme aims to eliminate mixed sex accommodation from hospitals in England by 2010. Find out why same-sex accommodation is such an important part of the privacy and dignity agenda and how the NHS is supporting hospitals to meet this target and deliver the best possible experience for all patients.
Published: March 2010
All practical support and resources for DSSA have been moved to the link below. This covers resources to help you: Understand your role in delivering same-sex accommodation, analyse your organisation's position, monitor and measure progress, sustain delivery, find additional support. This section will continue to provide DSSA Policy and Guidance.
This letter introduces the declaration process for all providers of NHS funded care. Monitor will be introducing similar reporting requirements for NHS Foundation Trusts. The accompanying information has been developed to help provider organisations to determine their position.
On 26th January 2010 the Estates and Facilities learning and sharing event was held in London, please use the link to access the presentations from the day.
This report provides a snapshot of the progress towards the goal of all but eliminating mixed-sex accommodation in NHS hospitals and other settings of NHS-funded care.
A Dignity Champion is someone who believes passionately that being treated with dignity is a basic human right, not an optional extra.
The RCN believes that every member of the nursing workforce should prioritise dignity in care, placing it at the heart of everything we do.
