the Issue of sanitary products to female in-patients has come into focus after a survey earlier this year showed that it is not handed out on two of the five hospitals in the Uk, writes the BBC. Furthermore, 27 of the 187 hospitals in the survey that patients could not buy the produce sanitary products when they were posted.
the male patients free access to razors at all hospitals.
the Injustice got läkarfacket the British Medical Association (BMA) to align the requirements on that even feminine care products would be free for the female patients.
Now they have gained a hearing for their demands.
in the summer, all the girls and women who are cared for in state hospitals in the country get free tampons, pads and panty liners, writes the BBC.
the BMA’s chairman of the board Dame Parveen Kumar, welcomes the news that for a small cost can have a big impact for many.
“We are delighted that our work has ended in such a successful outcome,” she says to the BBC.
According to the BMA is free produce sanitary products an important part of good care within the health care system. It can also be both embarrassing and humiliating to have to ask outsiders to take with sanitary pads, in particular for young girls.
” We need to make sure that we get the patients to feel so welcome and so well cared for as possible. To then not give them something that is important for their health and well-being has a major impact on their sense of självvärde, ” says Eleanor Wilson, a member of the BMA.
by Simon Stevens, the head of the national health service NHS. He says that it is ”absolutely right” to meet patients ‘ basic needs during their time at the hospital so that they can focus on their recovery.
the BMA’s survey of feminine care in the hospital is a part of a larger campaign that aims to make sanitary ware cheaper because many people, especially young girls, are unable to afford them.
the Problem is widespread, writes The Guardian, and refers to a recent survey by the charity Plan International. Where stated, one of the ten british women aged 14 to 21 years that they have been able to afford with produce sanitary products. It means that some are forced to stay home from school when they have their periods.