Bevan Brittan: Considering the new guidance for visiting arrangements in care homes (10 November 2020)

Summary

On the same day that the nation went into a second lockdown, the Government published revised guidance on Visiting Arrangements for Care Homes. Whereas previous versions of this guidance had adopted a more neutral approach, the steer from the Government is now clear; the expectation is for care homes to be facilitating visits wherever possible.

This Bevan Brittan article looks at what the law says, what the new guidance says and what care homes should be doing.