Leicester General Hospital Bedside Information for Patients - Library

Part 24. Same sex accommodationInformationEvery patient has the right to receive high quality care that issafe, effective and respects their privacy and dignity. We arecommitted to providing every patient with same sexaccommodation.Patients who are admitted to any of our hospitals will only share thearea where they sleep with members of the same sex. Same sextoilets and bathrooms are close to the bed area and are clearly signposted.Exceptional circumstances:Our staff will always provide access to safe acute clinical care andsaving lives will always be our priority. However, providing access tosame sex sleeping areas has become an important part of the cultureof our clinical teams.Sharing with members of the opposite sex will only happen byexception based on clinical need (for example where patients needspecialist equipment such as in intensive/coronary care units or onadmission wards), or when patients choose to share (for examplewhen having renal dialysis). Your privacy and dignity will bemaintained throughout.There will sometimes be a need to share accommodation in otherareas of our hospitals when a patient’s clinical care and treatmentbecomes more important than providing same sex accommodation.If this happens it will always be for the shortest possible time and afull explanation will be provided. We will do our best to ensure yourprivacy and dignity is maintained.your bedbooklet