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Oct 2020
North Yorkshire bids to be part of care home visiting pilot
North Yorkshire has bid to be part of a new pilot scheme that would enable care home visits.
The scheme, which was revealed by care minister Helen Whately last week, would allow one relative or friend of a care home resident to be treated as a key worker.
This would enable people to visit loved ones in homes during the winter, though no dates when this might be implemented have been revealed.
Richard Webb, director of care at North Yorkshire County Council, and Mike Padgham, chair of the Independent Care Group, have written to the government offering the county's homes to be part of the pilot.
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In a letter to Ms Whately, they said:
Last week Ms Whately told MPs on the health and social care committee that the government would soon pilot the proposal.
She said:
Judy Bass, whose 99-year-old father lives in a Harrogate care home and who is campaigning for visits to care homes, questioned whether the project would even be possible, given the struggle to deliver testing around the country.
She told the Stray Ferret last week:
North Yorkshire care homes have restricted visits throughout October.
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