Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when people will be able to visit family members in hospital as covid-19 restrictions are eased; and if he will publish guidance on those visits.
The current hospital visiting guidance, last updated on 13 October 2020, allows people to visit their family members in hospital in a COVID-19 secure way. This guidance is published at the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/publication/visitor-guidance/
NHS England and NHS Improvement are in the process of updating this guidance and a revised version will be published in due course.