Health Building Note 04-01 Adult in-patient accommodation (Welsh version)

Publication Year

2011

Document Status

Withdrawn

Abstract

Covers policy context, scale of provision and history of changes in bed spaces since 1997. The planning and design manual focuses on in-patient facilities for adults. It includes: bed and sanitary facilities; patient support facilities; storage facilities; utility facilities; administration and staff facilities. The space standards for bed areas are applicable to in-patient rooms in any setting, including acute (critical care at levels 1 and 0), day surgery and community facilities.

Document History

Superseded by WHBN 04-01 (2014). Amended March 2013. Version 0.3:Wales. This document has been created from the two Space for Health website content manuals. It will eventually be superseded by a new Welsh Health Building Note. From spaceforhealth.nhs.uk.

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