Same Sex Accommodation is where male and female PATIENTS sleep in separate areas and have access to toilets and washing facilities used only by their own sex.

Same Sex Accommodation can be provided in single-sex and mixed-sex WARDS.

In a same-sex WARD, the WARD is occupied by either men or women and has its own dedicated toilet and washing facilities.

In mixed-sex WARDS, Same Sex Accommodation can be provided either as:

• single rooms with same-sex toilet and washing facilities and
• Multi-Bed Bays or rooms occupied solely by either men or women with their own same-sex toilet and washing facilities.

Additionally, PATIENTS should not need to pass through mixed communal areas or sleeping areas, toilet or washing facilities used by the opposite gender in order to get to their own facilities.