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Sept 2020
Harrogate care homes urged to end routine visits in October
Care homes in Harrogate have been advised to halt routine visits throughout October to protect residents from covid.
North Yorkshire County Council director of health and adult services Richard Webb has written to every care provider in the county asking them to introduce the restriction from Thursday due to rising coronavirus infection rates.
Mr Webb recommended that families and friends visiting residents at the end of their lives should still be allowed to do so.
A similar restriction was brought in earlier this month for seven days.
Mr Webb tweeted:
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Mr Webb said in future he would like care homes to operate a nominated visitor scheme whereby a named visitor gets tested regularly so they can continue visiting.
However, he said national problems with testing availability "make that unrealistic at the moment".
Mr Webb added on Twitter:
Mike Padgham, chair of the provider organisation The Independent Care Group, said:
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