Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care
Require the NHS to provide single-sex psychiatric wards including intake wards
Closed
1,487 signatures
What the petition asks
Psychiatric wards are often mixed-sex. Patients can be unable to get food, drink, medication, see visitors or doctors without passing through or using mixed-sex areas.
Bathrooms and dormitories are single sex but staff are not always present; sexual assaults are not uncommon on mixed-sex wards.
Bathrooms and dormitories are single sex but staff are not always present; sexual assaults are not uncommon on mixed-sex wards.
Mixed-sex wards can feel as if they lack privacy and at times can feel unsafe. Some patients have a history of abuse and trauma and need a single-sex environment to heal. The Government should require the NHS provide single-sex psychiatric wards so that this is possible.
Timeline
| 19 Aug 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 19 Feb 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
1,487
Status
Closed
Department
Department of Health and Social Care
Opened
19 Aug 2020
Closed
19 Feb 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.