Changes to hospital visiting?

[Firsttimecatlady]

Has anyone seen anything about when visitors may be allowed into hospitals again? With all the other changes on the horizon, I expected to see something about this, but had no luck in my searches.

Anyone with inside info?!

I have a family member who has been in hospital for many weeks, and we expect them to be there several more- it would be so good to know if there was even a chance of seeing them by summer...

Thanks!

It will be the last thing to change, I'm afraid, but some hospitals are doing it on a case-by-case basis.

Sorry to hear your relative has had such a long stay.

I think it’ll be soon (icu nurse here)

Maybe the next few weeks

I think it’ll be quite strict and back to 30-60 mins a day/appointment basis/discretion of charge nurse type thing and only for covid negative patients

Thank you both :) whilst it’s hugely reassuring to know that the ‘no visitors’ policy helps keep Covid out of the wards, it’s torturous for ‘long stayers’... fingers crossed it won’t be too long!

Our trust are starting visiting from the 12th April, in a very limited way.

It will be on a trust by trust basis 😊