Department of Health and Social Care guidance on visiting arrangements in care homes

The Department of Health and Social Care has published guidance setting out how care homes can support families and visitors to visit residents.

Guidance on care home visiting

This guidance is for directors of public health, care providers and others who will be involved in planning to enable visits to care homes. It sets out:

• visits that should happen in all circumstances
• safe visiting practices
• when different visiting arrangements are needed
• sources of information and support