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Written Question · S2W-22506 · Session 2

Which hospitals have inadequate changing facilities for staff, requiring staff to change in toilets.

Answered Asked by Brian Adam SNP Lodged 19 Jan 2006

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive which hospitals have inadequate changing facilities for staff, requiring staff to change in toilets.

The answer

Answered by Andy Kerr on 30 Jan 2006 · 11 days after it was lodged, on time

The provision of changing facilities is a matter of local policy and no central monitoring is undertaken of the level of such provision. Scottish Health Planning Notes 03 and 04 provide general guidance on the provision of changing facilities recommending that where accommodation is located outwith a department it is necessary to provide a cloakroom, small lockers, showers and WC for staff working within that department.
More recently Scottish Health Facilities Note 30 has reinforced the need for staff changing facilities in the context of infection prevention and control.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-22506 by reference.