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Health Services and Social Services: Visits

Commons · Question 26606 · Tabled 27 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 10 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Josh Fenton-Glynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review the Care Quality Commission Fundamental Standard on Visiting and Accompanying to include (a) data on and (b) experiences of family and friends visiting vulner

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 10 Feb 2025

The Care Quality Commission Fundamental Standard on Visiting and Accompanying (Regulation 9A) came into force on 6 April 2024 to strengthen the requirements for health and care providers to facilitate visiting, including during pandemics, as long as it is...