Department Of Health
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For the latest care home visiting guidance please see the Adult social care: coronavirus (COVID-19) winter plan 2020 to 2021.
This guidance will be updated shortly.
This guidance is for directors of public health, care providers and others wholl be involved in planning to enable visits to care homes. It sets out:
- the principles of a local approach to visiting arrangements and dynamic risk assessment
- guidance for providers establishing their visiting policy
- guidance for providers taking decisions on visiting for particular residents or groups of residents
- infection control precautions
- communicating with relatives and others about the visiting policy and visiting decisions