Visiting restrictions reintroduced due to rise in COVID-19

Posted 16th June 2021

The rise in COVID-19 cases locally means that we have reintroduced full visiting restrictions* on all our sites with immediate effect. Many people with cancer are at particularly high risk from infections such as COVID-19 and we have to put our patients’ safety first. We hope you understand why we have taken this decision.

This means:

• No visitors are allowed on inpatient wards, other than exceptional circumstances agreed in advance (e.g. end of life)
• No visitors are allowed to accompany patients to appointments, other than exceptional circumstances agreed in advance (e.g. for patients with additional needs)
• No business visitors/contractors, other than for essential work and maintenance agreed in advance

Arrangements for inpatients

We have special arrangements in place to support inpatients while these visiting restrictions are in place:

• Families can send messages to patients / arrange video calls by contacting ccf-tr.patientexperienceteam@nhs.net
• Families can arrange items from home to be delivered to patients by contacting ccf-tr.volunteersatccc@nhs.net
• (If you don’t have access to email, please speak to the ward.)

If you believe exceptional circumstances apply and want to request permission to visit, you should speak to staff on the ward/department in question. They will be happy to discuss this and make any appropriate arrangements.

*We had been piloting limited visiting for inpatients. This has now stopped.