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02
Jul 2020
Harrogate and Ripon hospitals open doors to visitors
Harrogate District Hospital and Ripon Community Hospital have relaxed the visitor rules for all inpatients.
From today the hospitals will allow one visitor per patient as long as they book beforehand by calling the relevant ward.
Visitors will need to complete a coronavirus questionnaire and will only be allowed in the hospital between 2pm and 4pm.
The hospitals have urged people not to arrive on the doorstep without booking, so they can carefully manage numbers.
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All visitors must also wear personal protective equipment including a mask, a visor and an apron, which will be provided upon arrival.
There is more information for those visiting patients at end of life, with a learning disability, and with dementia, on the hospital website.
The relaxing of rules comes as the hospital has gone 11 days without reporting any coronavirus deaths.
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