Wards and visiting times

Visiting policy

Please do not visit our hospital if you:

• Have tested positive for COVID-19
• Are showing symptoms of COVID-19
• Are showing symptoms of flu or have flu-like symptoms
• Have had a case of diarrhoea or vomiting in the past 48 hours 

This is essential for infection prevention and control to protect our vulnerable patients and keep our staff safe.

If you are unable to attend in person due to the above factors or any other reasons, please let us know and we will help arrange a virtual visit for you.

Face masks

We are following national guidance on face masks.

Each NHS trust completes their own risk assessment based on national and local risks, such as infections rates and the fact our hospital benefits from single en-suite rooms for all our inpatients.

With consideration of the above, our guidance is that face masks should be worn in all clinical rooms (in outpatient and inpatient areas).

Patient and relatives are welcome to wear face masks on entering the hospital if they want to.

Outbreaks and hospital-acquired infections are under constant review by our infection prevention and control team.

Visitor guidelines

• Do not visit if you have COVID-19. 
• If you are displaying COVID-19 or flu-like symptoms, or have had a case of diarrhoea or vomiting in the past 48 hours, please stay at home, even if you have tested negative.
• If a patient has tested positive for COVID-19, they should not have visitors within five days of the positive result unless there are exceptional circumstances and the visit has been agreed by the nurse in charge. 
• Please wear a surgical mask when in a patient's bedroom if requested to do so.
• Please wash your hands on entering and leaving the ward and use alcohol gel regularly.
• There may be times when you also need to wear enhanced personal protective equipment (PPE), including a visor, gloves and apron. You will be advised and helped by a member of staff if this is the case.

We may need to change our visitor policy at short notice in response to COVID-19 transmission.
 

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