It adds that “trans people should be accommodated in line with their sex as registered at birth” or offered alternative arrangements, including single rooms where appropriate.
Two separate documents are being issued to NHS organisations. One addresses patients’ privacy, dignity and safety in hospital accommodation, while the other covers staff facilities, including changing, washing and showering areas and toilets.
The patient guidance applies to sleeping accommodation and bathroom facilities in acute and community hospitals, as well as mental health units.
It said: “Trans people and other people with the protected characteristic of gender reassignment should be accommodated in line with their sex as registered at birth, while also ensuring that clinical needs are met, and privacy, dignity and safety are maintained for all, including other patients.
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