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Patients will be able to request same sex wards under strengthened NHS guidance

Source: PA Wire

Patients will be able to request same sex wards and staff under the government’s new proposed requirements, as leaders warn the NHS should not be “dragged into a pre-election culture wars debate.”

Proposals by the government to update the NHS Constitution will also include a nod to the new “Martha’s rule” allowing families a second opinion on their loved ones needing critical care admission.

The Department for Health and Social Care, which is making the proposals, also intends to “strengthen” requirements

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