The pledges that came to nothing
NOVEMBER 1994
Tory health secretary Virginia Bottomley promises to end mixed sex wards following a Daily Mail campaign
MARCH 1999
Labour health secretary Frank Dobson pledges to ensure 95 per cent of hospitals abolish the wards by 2002
JUNE 2002
On year Labour pledged to abolish them, two women are raped on mixed sex wards
MARCH 2007
The Mail reveals how one in four patients are still sleeping on a mixed sex ward
JANUARY 2008
Health minister Lord Darzi admits Labour’s pledge was ‘not achievable’
JANUARY 2010
Coalition announces £250 fines for mixed sex breaches
AUGUST 2011
Fines initially lead to a 90 per cent drop in breaches
NOVEMBER 2017
Breaches reach six-year high due to hospital overcrowding