PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Care Homes: Visits (20 May 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the proportion of care homes without covid-19 outbreaks that are adhering to the Government's guidance on care home visiting and out-of-home visits.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

Departmental data show in the week ending 26 April 2021, 82.5% of care homes in England were able to accommodate residents receiving visitors within care homes, compared to 40.3% at the beginning of March 2021. The Care Quality Commission are investigating concerns about visiting where these are raised and offering support to assist care homes in opening up further to allow more visits in and out of care homes.

Answered by:
Helen Whately (Conservative)
28 May 2021