Care Homes: Visits
(asked on 12th September 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of care homes which do not offer residents full visitation rights.
This question was answered on 2nd October 2023
In the week ending 14 August 2023, 99.1% (13,451) of care homes in England reported that they were able to accommodate residents receiving visitors (in or out of the care home and in all circumstances). A further 0.4% (55) of care homes responded they were able to accommodate visits in exceptional circumstances.