HC Deb 07 July 2003 vol 408 c659W
Mr. Paul Marsden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the recommended square meterage of living space per patient in a mental health hospital is. [122388]

Ms Rosie Winterton

Space standards are identified in schedules of accommodation, as part of Hospital Building Notes for individual new hospital departments. Health Building Note 35 provides guidance on accommodation for people with mental illness, including a recommended area of 15 square metres for individual bedrooms with en-suite facilities.

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