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Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 80967, tabled on 24 November 2021

Question

Robert Halfon
Conservative
Harlow
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance the Government has issued to healthcare providers on seeing patients face-to-face.

Answer

Maria Caulfield
Conservative
Lewes
Commons

Answered on

29 November 2021

An update to Infection Prevention and Control guidance for healthcare providers has recently been published. The guidance continues to advise that a physical distance of at least one metre should be maintained between and among patients, staff, and all other persons in healthcare settings. This distance should be increased wherever feasible, especially in indoor settings. A copy of the guidance is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-infection-prevention-and-control/covid-19-guidance-for-maintaining-services-within-health-and-care-settings-infection-prevention-and-control-recommendations

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Department of Health and Social Care
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