Visiting in care homes, hospitals and hospices

We’re seeking your views on visiting in health and care settings to inform our decisions around making visiting rules mandatory for the good of service users.

The Department of Health and Social Care wants to ensure that visiting (including accompanying people to hospital appointments) is protected and that it remains a priority for health and care providers so that patients and residents can receive visitors whenever it is reasonable and safe.

See the easy read version of this consultation.

If you need to contact us

If you have any problems using the online survey, you can email us at: visiting@dhsc.gov.uk. Do not send your consultation answers or any personal information to this email address.