Have your say – visiting guidance consultation now live
The Care Quality Commission are consulting on their proposed guidance for visiting in care homes, hospitals and hospices.
The new fundamental standard aims to make sure:
• people staying in a care home, hospital or hospice can receive visits from people they want to see
• people living in a care home are not discouraged from making social visits outside the home
• people attending appointments in a hospital or hospice, that do not require an overnight stay, can be accompanied by a family member, friend or advocate if they want someone with them.
This consultation is limited to CQC guidance about the new fundamental standard. It does not cover the scope and content of the visiting legislation itself, which was subject to a separate consultation by the government last year.
Given the timescales the government has set out for the regulation to come into force on 6 April 2024, CQC welcome all responses by midday on Tuesday 20 February 2024.