Health news
£3m to help hospitals axe mixed-sex wards
Express & Star 26 June 09
Mixed-sex wards in hospitals across the West Midlands today moved a step closer to abolition with the announcement of a £3 million Government payment. Walsall’s Manor Hospital will receive the biggest contribution in the Black Country towards refurbishing two wards, with each receiving five new bathrooms and, as part of a pilot, the number of patients on the wards will be cut to give patients more privacy…