Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that information hygiene ratings in hospitals and other public spaces are displayed.

Public Health England has issued guidance on infection control, COVID-19: Guidance for the remobilisation of services within health and care settings. This includes infection prevention and control recommendations and advice on maintaining physical distancing and patient placement. A copy of the guidance is attached.

NHS England and NHS Improvement have also produced standardised signage for trusts, primary care, property companies and facilities management suppliers available to estates departments and to suppliers. This signage is not specific to distance, so it did not become obsolete if national guidance changed.