The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has issued new guidance around visits to nursing homes from 7 December. Up to this point, window visits were only permitted between Levels 3 and 5.
In updated guidance, the HPSC says one visit by one person per week should be facilitated for residents who wish to receive visitors at Levels 3 and 4.
It says up to one visit by one person every two weeks should be facilitated for those who wish to receive visitors when at Level 5.
It says that in the context of framework Level 3, a more flexible interpretation of "critical and compassionate circumstances" is appropriate compared with framework Level 4 and 5.