Can you visit your father in hospital in Wales

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My father has just been rushed to hospital in Cardiff. I can't work out if I would be allowed to visit him. I read the websites and it's really unclear to me. Does anyone have any personal experience?

You can visit to provide care or support to someone. However I wouldn't have thought the hospital would allow visitors. Sorry

Visiting largely suspended at the moment only a couple of exceptions including end of life phase. Local hospitals have a scheme where you can drop off stuff that will be taken to him on the ward. Welsh government website should give all the details.
Hope he makes a good recovery from what ails him.

Everywhere in the U.K. is pretty much the same with end of life visits only/birthing partners etc. If he’s just gone in and is in A&E things will be chaotic until he’s on a ward. He will have had next of kin numbers/did you mum take him in/call an ambulance? Have they got an update for you?
I hope he is ok.
How far away are you?

I very much doubt it but try and get the phone number for the ward and find out for certain. They might be able to arrange video calls if they have someone available xx

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Once he is settled somewhere obviously, a&e will be chaos x

So sorry to jump in OP but my Dad’s in care home with alzheimers & has just been taken to a&e after a fall. Normally my mum or a carer would go with him as he can’t communicate but the ambulance crew said no one could go. Is this definitely right as @titchy said you can go to provide care or support?

@pinkhappy I hope your Dad is ok

I hope your dad is ok. I'm in hospital in england for the last few weeks and it's absolutely no visitors here. There has been one daughter permitted only for an end of life visit and other than that it's no one I'm afraid! My DH has been dropping me off stuff but isn't allowed on the ward

You can go to someone's house to provide care or support.

You can visit someone in their own home for care and support. You would need to check with the hospital direct if they are allowing visitors. The hospital I work in is only allowing visitors under special circumstances.

If it's UHW they are not allowing visitors unless it's end of life care or a birth

What is your dad in for?

If it's UHW they are not allowing visitors unless it's end of life care or a birth

It is :(

@pinkhappy

If it's UHW they are not allowing visitors unless it's end of life care or a birth

It is :(

Then phone the ward and let them Know you're on your way.

@Littlemiss74 again I think that help with communication is mentioned as one of the exceptions check out welsh government website and search for hospital visiting

@pinkhappy sorry to hear that as others have said speak to the hospital hope that distance you gave to travel isn’t too great and you are able to see him

Thank you @gassylady sorry I should have said, I am in England not Wales.

@pinkhappy so sorry to hear this, I would go now without hesitation x

I read it as OP confirming it is UHW not end of life care but perhaps I have misread that?

I did mean UHW. Sorry if I gave the wrong impression.