This guidance is for directors of public health, care providers and others who’ll 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

For access to the update guidance please click here