A PIECE OF NEWS 1

Mixed-sex wards 'blighting NHS'

I took this picture from BBC News and link on January 9th, 2009.
This is a picture of an hospital.
It's in the UK.
The doctor is taking care of the patient
They are happy and relaxed. As you can see,they are the patient and the doctor. The patient is an old woman, she has got white hair, she is lying the bed. The doctor is a young woman, she has got a white gown, she has got a black hair, she's wearing glasses.
I like this picture because they are beautiful and the patient is happy.

SUMMARY OF NEW
The government has failed to live up to its manifesto promise to phase out mixed-sex wards in hospitals in England, the Conservatives say.
Responses from 132 hospital trusts to a Freedom of Information request found that 15% still used at least one open-plan, mixed-sex ward.
Others had curtains dividing the sexes, falling short of advice that there should be solid full-height partitions
The government said progress was being made but admitted there was more to do. Labour pledged to end mixed-sex accommodation in both its 1997 and 2001 manifestos.
By 2006 ministers were claiming it had been achieved in 99% of cases, but patient surveys soon showed this to be untrue.
A government report in 2007 accepted 15% of trusts still had not achieved it.