Hospitals: Visits

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 29 March 2021.

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Photo of Preet Kaur Gill Preet Kaur Gill Shadow Secretary of State for International Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to amend covid-19 guidance to allow both parents to visit children in hospital together.

Photo of Edward Argar Edward Argar Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Revised hospital visiting guidance was published on 16 March 2021. This guidance confirms that both parents/guardians are permitted to visit a child in hospital in circumstances where the family bubble can be maintained. However, anyone with a positive test or showing symptoms of COVID-19 should not visit.

The revised guidance is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/C1112-visiting-healthcare-inpatient-settings-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-v2.pdf

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