Department Of Health
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In light of the national lockdown, visits to care homes can still take place with arrangements such as substantial screens or visiting pods but, for the safety of loved ones, close-contact indoor visits supported by lateral flow testing cannot take place.
Visits should only take place:
- outdoors, which can include at a window
- in a visiting pod or similar type of arrangement
- indoors, as long as there is a substantial screen between the resident and visitor
- in exceptional circumstances, including end of life
For further information, please see further guidance on visiting care homes during COVID-19.
Further updates will be provided as the situation changes.
Last updated 22 February 2021 +show all updates
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Updated all guidance to outline a pause in LFD-enabled visits to care homes, explain how indoor visits can continue for contact-free visiting, and update test kit registration processes.
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Updated ‘Care home LFD testing of visitors guidance’ to add link to the online registration portal.
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