Stop gender mixed wards in public hospitals Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/stop-gender-mixed-wards-in-public-hospitals.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:17 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Miss Anonymous [Signature #254] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/24463046?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Jan 2024 12:48:12 UTC 24463046 mrs Anonymous [Signature #253] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/24155030?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Aug 2021 03:46:11 UTC 24155030 Mrs Yvonne Dooley [Signature #252] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21937218?utm_medium=rss I was shocked last week to be sharing a 4-bed ward with two men! Embarrasing and upsetting.

]]> Tue, 12 Dec 2017 04:32:10 UTC 21937218 MS PATRICIA BOXSELL [Signature #251] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19554333?utm_medium=rss I RECENTLY HAD SURGERY AND MY WARD HAD MEN IN IT .VERY UNCOMFORTABLE FOR ME AND
EMBARASING WHEN HAVING TO USE PAN OR
GET UP AND DOWN IN BED, WITHOUT SHOWING
YOUR PRIVATE PARTS.ALSO SHARING TOILET
AND BATHROOM AREA NOT VERY GOOD.

]]> Sat, 12 Dec 2015 07:15:02 UTC 19554333 Miss Lori McNaught [Signature #250] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19455247?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Nov 2015 04:36:24 UTC 19455247 Ms Maria Marcos [Signature #249] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19427476?utm_medium=rss Some man gross habits and I don't want to share the bathroom they also snore nor frequently then women

]]> Sun, 1 Nov 2015 01:16:51 UTC 19427476 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #248] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19400426?utm_medium=rss I would be very uncomfortable if I had to be in a mixed gender ward in hospital. I don't believe any woman should have to share a vulnerable and private space with men they do not know.

]]> Mon, 19 Oct 2015 04:43:22 UTC 19400426 Anonymous [Signature #247] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19387707?utm_medium=rss Tue, 13 Oct 2015 10:44:16 UTC 19387707 ms vivian nikolakopoulos [Signature #246] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19375404?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Oct 2015 01:40:43 UTC 19375404 Glenee Gee [Signature #245] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19365080?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Oct 2015 10:26:45 UTC 19365080 ms Anonymous [Signature #244] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19332259?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Sep 2015 07:27:10 UTC 19332259 Anonymous [Signature #243] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19304296?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Sep 2015 04:23:34 UTC 19304296 Joanne Meegan [Signature #242] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19260439?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Sep 2015 07:44:15 UTC 19260439 Mr Ralph Vixama [Signature #241] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19223309?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Aug 2015 07:19:13 UTC 19223309 Miss Angelina Martins [Signature #240] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19221452?utm_medium=rss We should as a nation, respect the privacy of all. It is simply wrong to be forced to have the opposite sex just when you need your privacy the most- during medical care. In fact, it would be of benefit to the people and state if there was a law requiring male Doctors/Medical Assistants and all care givers to provide services only to the same gender. Hospitals would avoid law suits, more people would be willing to go to see a medical professional... that would bring the national disease rate down, the government would have more revenue due to all the new health ins. plans etc..etc...

]]> Mon, 24 Aug 2015 12:44:05 UTC 19221452 J Pope [Signature #239] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19190124?utm_medium=rss Fri, 14 Aug 2015 05:36:28 UTC 19190124 Ms julie thomas [Signature #238] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18048632?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Oct 2014 04:24:20 UTC 18048632 Kylie Allen [Signature #237] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/18024959?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Oct 2014 07:16:57 UTC 18024959 Ms Jannet Ho [Signature #236] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17980993?utm_medium=rss Please say no to mixed gender wards. We are not advocating for separate health facilities but rather a general understanding of the importance of having separation of space between the areas. This would not only provide more dignity and privacy in a much crowded area, it is most important for the prevention and cutting down the opportunity of crimes that include sexual assault on the young, elderly and staff. General gender differences are accepted and planned accordingly in sporting competitions and public toilet facilities, let's not overlook this much needed area where there is a congregation of the populace in public space.

]]> Sat, 4 Oct 2014 08:06:25 UTC 17980993 Dr Martyn Tilse [Signature #235] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17977033?utm_medium=rss My 95 year old mother-in-law finds being in the same room with men unsettling.

]]> Fri, 3 Oct 2014 04:43:50 UTC 17977033 Ms Esin Satici [Signature #234] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17800117?utm_medium=rss Sat, 30 Aug 2014 08:14:45 UTC 17800117 Kylie Stanley [Signature #233] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17777671?utm_medium=rss Wed, 20 Aug 2014 11:33:44 UTC 17777671 Anonymous [Signature #232] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17748871?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Aug 2014 10:41:12 UTC 17748871 mr craig fisher [Signature #231] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17627868?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Jul 2014 11:26:46 UTC 17627868 ms audrey robb [Signature #230] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17612096?utm_medium=rss Sun, 13 Jul 2014 01:35:07 UTC 17612096 Ms Rachel Tinney [Signature #229] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17583836?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Jul 2014 03:47:55 UTC 17583836 Kalinda Goodfellow [Signature #228] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17411994?utm_medium=rss Sat, 31 May 2014 07:03:31 UTC 17411994 mrs Lee Pedio [Signature #227] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17257732?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 May 2014 08:47:16 UTC 17257732 Dr Martyn Tilse [Signature #226] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17254718?utm_medium=rss Recently my aged mother-in-law has spendthrift time in several hospital. She found living in a mixed sex ward a real challenge and very confronting. It made her hospital stay all that much harder.

]]> Wed, 7 May 2014 12:38:05 UTC 17254718 Mrs Susan Williamson [Signature #225] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17030535?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Mar 2014 07:03:44 UTC 17030535 Ms Gayle Davies [Signature #224] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17027566?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Mar 2014 04:20:22 UTC 17027566 Ms Nicole Shanahan [Signature #223] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17013749?utm_medium=rss Sun, 16 Mar 2014 04:20:09 UTC 17013749 Ms Kerry Browne [Signature #222] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/17002051?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Mar 2014 09:07:01 UTC 17002051 Miss Celeste Cooper [Signature #221] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16882759?utm_medium=rss Sun, 23 Feb 2014 09:47:19 UTC 16882759 Ms Diana Waterton [Signature #220] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16750379?utm_medium=rss Mixing gender in wards is a third world practice. I also find it odd that the modern obsession with an individual's right to privacy and confidentiality does not extend into the physical realm.

]]> Fri, 7 Feb 2014 02:37:06 UTC 16750379 mrs wendy armstrong [Signature #219] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16662062?utm_medium=rss My 96 year old mother was in a mixed gender ward at St George Hospital. She was dying and in a lot of pain. The man in the bed opposite kept looking at her which was quite embarrassing when doctors and nurses were speaking to her. You can't always have the front curtains drawn.

]]> Mon, 20 Jan 2014 06:48:03 UTC 16662062 Miss zahraa Al Assadi [Signature #218] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16634939?utm_medium=rss Thu, 16 Jan 2014 03:41:39 UTC 16634939 Ms Jennifer Ruming [Signature #217] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16387307?utm_medium=rss Stop gender mixed wards in Australian Hospitals NOW. On a number of occasions I have had to share wards with men. Not once, not twice but every time I was in a mixed ward I was subjected to at least one man deliberately exposing himself. Nurses would joke about the matter, unable to do anything else.

In contrast, in mixed recovery wards I have never had a problem.

]]> Tue, 10 Dec 2013 06:27:41 UTC 16387307 Anonymous [Signature #216] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16359765?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Dec 2013 10:31:45 UTC 16359765 Anonymous [Signature #215] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16281526?utm_medium=rss Fri, 22 Nov 2013 06:24:09 UTC 16281526 Mr Greg Wood [Signature #214] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16192464?utm_medium=rss Sun, 17 Nov 2013 09:29:32 UTC 16192464 Ms Daniela Oxley [Signature #213] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16142920?utm_medium=rss Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:13:44 UTC 16142920 Ms Rowan Salomon [Signature #212] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/16093660?utm_medium=rss Having suffered a mixed gender ward sharing bathroom and toilet facilities, I agree that wards need to be segregated. As well as the discussion of personal issues, the men in my room have always snored louder, farted louder, and are less hygenic in the bathroom. There is no attraction in seeing old men accidentally flashing their genitals as their hospital gowns fall open. There is only so much cricket and football talk I can engage in

]]> Sun, 3 Nov 2013 07:36:24 UTC 16093660 Mr Anonymous [Signature #211] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15950386?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Oct 2013 10:00:14 UTC 15950386 Mr Anonymous [Signature #210] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15942870?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Oct 2013 02:56:51 UTC 15942870 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #209] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15833711?utm_medium=rss Sun, 15 Sep 2013 07:48:48 UTC 15833711 Ms Anonymous [Signature #208] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15829134?utm_medium=rss It is ridiculous to gender mix in hospital with all the personal services that have to be carried out

]]> Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:49:51 UTC 15829134 Ms Olga Dabbs [Signature #207] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15799679?utm_medium=rss Allow our elders to keep their dignity throughout their illness

]]> Wed, 11 Sep 2013 10:58:32 UTC 15799679 Mrs Erica Black [Signature #206] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15797110?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Sep 2013 07:20:06 UTC 15797110 Anonymous [Signature #205] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15785033?utm_medium=rss Anyone with half a brain knows that is not acceptable! It is inappropriate for numerous reasons, including cultural reasons & simple common sense regarding privacy issues!

]]> Wed, 11 Sep 2013 04:17:25 UTC 15785033 Tricia Bates [Signature #204] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15784654?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Sep 2013 03:57:02 UTC 15784654 Ms Anonymous [Signature #203] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15769465?utm_medium=rss Please allow patients to retain some modesty when in hospital by having separate gender rooms.

]]> Mon, 9 Sep 2013 08:12:50 UTC 15769465 Mrs Patricia Beckett [Signature #202] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15692489?utm_medium=rss Recent stay in hospital where I was the only young female in a room of old men that
Had no problem peeing openly in bottles
Also no privacy when nursing staff changed my bedding while my private parts got exposed when I wasn't able to get out of bed.
If people exposed like this in public you would be fined. It's indecent that mixed wards
Are happening I bet a politician wouldn't like it.
We are not dead bodies so treat us with respect

]]> Sat, 24 Aug 2013 05:38:39 UTC 15692489 Ms Bridget Dunne [Signature #201] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15676304?utm_medium=rss Non mixed wards should also be extended to Mental Health facilities where individuals are exceptionally vulnerable and may be prayed upon or form inappropriate relationships at a time when they require healing.

]]> Mon, 19 Aug 2013 11:27:36 UTC 15676304 Mr Paul Bodnick [Signature #200] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15512392?utm_medium=rss Sat, 13 Jul 2013 10:33:50 UTC 15512392 mrs daniela ruegg [Signature #199] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15481327?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Jul 2013 03:38:16 UTC 15481327 ms Anonymous [Signature #198] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15477686?utm_medium=rss Very upsetting and I would hate to share with opposite sex.

]]> Thu, 4 Jul 2013 02:47:44 UTC 15477686 mrs david anderson [Signature #197] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15472173?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Jul 2013 11:00:48 UTC 15472173 Mrs Lena Hope [Signature #196] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15431402?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Jun 2013 02:03:21 UTC 15431402 Mrs Melissa Ferguson [Signature #195] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15423846?utm_medium=rss Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:06:17 UTC 15423846 Mrs Angela-Marie James [Signature #194] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15279342?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 07:33:34 UTC 15279342 mrs maree snowden [Signature #193] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15258739?utm_medium=rss My dying brother of 72 years of age was very embarrassed for the young female patient in his room. She had been his doctors receptionist.

I found it a humiliation when I had to be in the same ward as male patients. Some of us have had very bad past experiences which we do not want to talk about, Being in a unisex ward for us can be excruciating.

]]> Thu, 16 May 2013 08:14:00 UTC 15258739 Mrs Suzanne Bibby [Signature #192] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15253730?utm_medium=rss Wed, 15 May 2013 03:13:12 UTC 15253730 Mr Syed Hassan [Signature #191] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15207367?utm_medium=rss Wed, 8 May 2013 05:56:14 UTC 15207367 mrs Jean Watkins [Signature #190] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15156859?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:02:08 UTC 15156859 Anonymous [Signature #189] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15141836?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Apr 2013 07:15:15 UTC 15141836 Ms Meg Crerar [Signature #188] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15141091?utm_medium=rss My 72 year old mother found herself in a mixed ward last year and was distinctly uncomfortable in a similar manner to that of the relatives of the originator of this petition.

]]> Sun, 28 Apr 2013 02:39:37 UTC 15141091 none Gabrielle Taylor [Signature #187] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15062889?utm_medium=rss Sun, 14 Apr 2013 07:47:20 UTC 15062889 Mr Michael Marks [Signature #186] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14915250?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Mar 2013 06:16:29 UTC 14915250 Anonymous [Signature #185] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14879660?utm_medium=rss I had this experience myself. It was very upsetting to be in a mixed ward. I felt very vulnerable, and left hospital earlier than I should have.

]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:50:23 UTC 14879660 mr david anderson [Signature #184] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14837790?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Mar 2013 09:36:18 UTC 14837790 Mrs Sylvia Gregory [Signature #183] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14787399?utm_medium=rss For the comfort of both sexes at a time they are under stress and need as much privacy as possible, male and female wards should be available to all or a private room until a bed becomes available. It worked in the past why can it not now be available?

]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:29:03 UTC 14787399 Ms Anonymous [Signature #182] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14748816?utm_medium=rss Sat, 23 Feb 2013 11:34:18 UTC 14748816 ms tina harris [Signature #181] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14740273?utm_medium=rss I'm a 55 yr old female and I too experienced a mixed gender ward after a very serious car accident. I was extremely embarrased having to ask for a bed pan whilst the 19 year old male patient and all his young friends were barely two meters from me.

]]> Fri, 22 Feb 2013 01:13:50 UTC 14740273 Mrs Alison Stipic [Signature #180] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14727881?utm_medium=rss Tue, 19 Feb 2013 05:38:38 UTC 14727881 Mr Anonymous [Signature #179] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14705662?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:55:46 UTC 14705662 Mr Dion Wells [Signature #178] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14701614?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:11:35 UTC 14701614 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #177] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14642263?utm_medium=rss It is disgusting that females are made to share a ward with males and visa versa. Degrading and embarrassing for both genders. No dignity for either.

]]> Tue, 5 Feb 2013 03:28:04 UTC 14642263 mr Don Laut [Signature #176] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14622777?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Feb 2013 05:10:17 UTC 14622777 Mr. John O'Neill [Signature #175] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14608594?utm_medium=rss I agree mixed gender wards should be stopped

]]> Fri, 1 Feb 2013 09:53:59 UTC 14608594 Ms Jan Morris [Signature #174] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14572460?utm_medium=rss It's humiliating having to share a room with people of the opposite sex. I think it's typical though just another way of making people feel powerless & sub-human in the public system. And this is issue affects all ages not just the elderly.

]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 07:45:44 UTC 14572460 mrs Anonymous [Signature #173] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14570863?utm_medium=rss FAR TO EMBARRISING FOR OLDER LADIES
AS THEY HAVE DIFFERENT PERSONAL NEEDS

]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2013 05:58:31 UTC 14570863 Mrs Audrey Mongan [Signature #172] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14554658?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Jan 2013 03:13:13 UTC 14554658 Miss Coral Smith [Signature #171] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14540948?utm_medium=rss If I am in a life or death situation I don't care
What sex the person is.On all other occasions
It is embarrassing and stressful and not
Helpful to healing.

]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2013 03:12:17 UTC 14540948 mrs Tracy Brock [Signature #170] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14533088?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 Jan 2013 07:41:00 UTC 14533088 ms Anonymous [Signature #169] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14526982?utm_medium=rss i do not believe in mixed wards

]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:37:06 UTC 14526982 mr Anonymous [Signature #168] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14526975?utm_medium=rss i do not believe in mixed wards

]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:35:58 UTC 14526975 mrs Anonymous [Signature #167] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14526967?utm_medium=rss i do not believe in mixed wards

]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:34:40 UTC 14526967 ms janine mcdermott [Signature #166] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14522531?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Jan 2013 06:29:04 UTC 14522531 Mrs Joy Barton [Signature #165] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14521271?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:39:18 UTC 14521271 Mrs Kerry Waight [Signature #164] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14521083?utm_medium=rss Mixed gender wards are an embarrassment at all ages!

]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:20:23 UTC 14521083 Mr Ross Buckton [Signature #163] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14520776?utm_medium=rss This situation is a disgrace in this day and age
I was in a ward with 2 women who had no privacy as they could not leave their beds to go to the bathroom.
I was told 5 years ago that mixed wards were to be corrected but they are still there

]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:16:42 UTC 14520776 Mrs Gael Harris [Signature #162] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14519995?utm_medium=rss The elderly have been contributing members of society for their entire lives and deserve a good measure of respect in their latter years. Surely it is a small thing to ask that they be allowed to retain their dignity when sick, in pain and confined to a hospital bed. If this situation is not dealt with now, it could be anyone of us facing this awful problem in the future. My elderly parent was fortunate enough to be placed in a room with only women and I saw that to be of great benefit to her as she was able to discuss certain aspects of her medical problem and the treatment she was receiving with the other ladies. They sympathised with her and it helped her to get through a very difficult time in her life.

]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:40:39 UTC 14519995 lee Garnon [Signature #161] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14519921?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:27:34 UTC 14519921 Mrs Trish Friend [Signature #160] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14516312?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:26:23 UTC 14516312 Professor Leonie Still [Signature #159] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14516287?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:22:23 UTC 14516287 Anonymous [Signature #158] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14516205?utm_medium=rss It is too much to ask that patients be accommodated in single sex wards. We were promised this by a previous health minister but I think hospital administrators ignored him.
We are not a third world country (and I am not sure that mixed wards would be tolerated in some countries). Cost cutting has gone too far.2H5Y

]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:05:02 UTC 14516205 Ms Gabrielle Smith [Signature #157] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14516087?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:40:31 UTC 14516087 Mrs Elaine Moore [Signature #156] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14515518?utm_medium=rss This has just happened to an 88yo sister-in-law of mine at Katoomba Hospital

]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 02:34:02 UTC 14515518 Mrs Sandi Gamble [Signature #155] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14515326?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:40:23 UTC 14515326