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Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 1 Dec 2025 | Updated: 45 days ago

Mixed-Sex Accommodation

Dataset

Summary

Reference Code:
DCB1573 Amd 8/2019
Type:
Collections
Effective From:
01 December 2010
Applies To:
NHS Providers and private providers of NHS services with facilities to admit 10 or more patients at any one time
Assurance Expiry Date:
31 January 2022
Topics:
Service
Care Settings:
  • Hospital
  • Maternity
  • Mental health
Alternate Name:
MSA
Publication Date:
04 April 2019

Contact Point

Collection/Extraction Details

Collection Level:
Aggregate level
Frequency:
Dataset publication or collection occurs once a month.

Documentation

Description:

All providers of NHS funded care are expected to eliminate mixed-sex accommodation (MSA), except where it is in the overall best interest of the patient.

This collection monitors conformance with a national commitment for all providers of NHS-funded care to eliminate mixed-sex accommodation. Breaches are reported on a monthly basis.

This enables the analysis and publication of consistently defined data to allow patients and members of the public to understand the extent to which MSA is occurring at individual organisations.

Review & Status

Post Implementation Review Date:
31 March 2020
Scope:
NHS providers private providers of NHS services with facilities to admit 10 or more patients at any one time.
Technical Committee:
Data Co-ordination Board (DCB)
Mandated:
Yes
Status:
active

Legal Authority 1

Legal Authority:
Section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
Legal Authority Description:
This standard is published under section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

Legal Authority 2

Legal Authority:
NHS standard contract

Legal Authority 3

Legal Authority:
Section 259 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012