Visiting in care homes, hospitals and hospices
Applies to England
Consultation description
We’re seeking your views on visiting in health and care settings to inform our decisions around making visiting rules mandatory for the good of service users.
The Department of Health and Social Care wants to ensure that visiting (including accompanying people to hospital appointments) is protected and that it remains a priority for health and care providers so that patients and residents can receive visitors whenever it is reasonable and safe.
AnSee the easy read version of thethis survey will soon be available.consultation.
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Last updated 28 June 2023 + show all updates
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Added link to easy read version of consultation.
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First published.
Update history
2023-12-20 12:09
Added a link to the impact assessment.
2023-12-11 11:45
Removed the ‘Visiting in care homes, hospitals and hospices: regulatory de minimis assessment (impact assessment)’ as it is pending updates.
2023-12-05 17:43
Added consultation outcome, accompanying data tables and regulatory de minimis assessment.
2023-06-28 14:14
Added link to easy read version of consultation.
2023-06-21 11:38
First published.