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Written Question
Hospital Wards: Females
Wednesday 1st May 2024

Asked by: Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government how they plan to strengthen the privacy and dignity of female patients in NHS hospitals.

Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Government is committed to upholding the rights of women and girls and ensuring they are properly represented in healthcare services, communications, and guidance.

That is why we are currently consulting on updates to the NHS Constitution for England to shape the principles and values of the National Health Service and ensure the privacy, dignity and safety of all patients, including women, are embedded in how it operates.

Our proposed changes to the NHS Constitution reinforce the NHS’s commitment to providing single-sex wards and will empower patients to request that intimate care is carried out by someone of the same biological sex, where reasonably possible.

Division Vote (Lords)
30 Apr 2024 - Victims and Prisoners Bill - View Vote Context
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 166 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 67 Noes - 175
Division Vote (Lords)
30 Apr 2024 - Victims and Prisoners Bill - View Vote Context
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 199 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 238 Noes - 217
Division Vote (Lords)
30 Apr 2024 - Victims and Prisoners Bill - View Vote Context
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 191 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 209 Noes - 209
Written Question
Hospital Wards: Gender
Friday 26th April 2024

Asked by: Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to direct NHS England to withdraw Annex B of its guidance Delivering same-sex accommodation, published in September 2019.

Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

NHS England is updating their Delivering Same-Sex Accommodation guidance, and a revised version will be published in due course. It is imperative that National Health Service trusts respect the privacy and dignity of patients. The Government has been clear that patients should not have to share sleeping accommodation with others of the opposite sex, and should have access to segregated bathroom and toilet facilities.

As previously announced, proposals to protect the privacy, dignity, and safety of patients will be brought forward soon as part of the review of the NHS Constitution and its handbook. Any measures consulted on will be in line with the Equality Act 2010, respecting the rights of all patients in hospital settings.

Division Vote (Lords)
23 Apr 2024 - Victims and Prisoners Bill - View Vote Context
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 164 Conservative No votes vs 1 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 168 Noes - 177
Division Vote (Lords)
23 Apr 2024 - Victims and Prisoners Bill - View Vote Context
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 146 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 144 Noes - 154
Division Vote (Lords)
23 Apr 2024 - Victims and Prisoners Bill - View Vote Context
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 177 Conservative No votes vs 1 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 203 Noes - 192
Division Vote (Lords)
23 Apr 2024 - Victims and Prisoners Bill - View Vote Context
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 176 Conservative No votes vs 1 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 200 Noes - 192
Division Vote (Lords)
23 Apr 2024 - Victims and Prisoners Bill - View Vote Context
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 186 Conservative No votes vs 1 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 82 Noes - 211