Visiting changes - reintroduction of visiting on selected wards and units

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As restrictions ease on COVID-19, we have updated our visiting restrictions for inpatients to a small selected number of wards and units. These are:

• Ward A 10
• Ward E1
• The Bluebell Unit (in the Meadows Hospital)
• The Devonshire Centre for Neuro-rehabiliation

Other areas remain restricted, for more information see our main visitors page.

New visiting rules for the wards and units listed above are as are as follows: 

 

Visiting patients at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust on selected visiting wards

 

• Visiting is limited to one identified person per patient, for 30 minutes per session.
• When you arrive on the ward, you will be asked to sign in, and then sign out when you leave.
• Please do not hug or touch the person you are visiting
• Your chair must be placed at the foot of the bed as this ensures 2m social distancing between you and the patient (whether they are in bed or sat in their chair), and also to visitors to other patients.

 

Visiting times Limited to 30 minutes between the times of:

• 11.00am – 12.00pm
• 2.00pm – 3.00pm
• 7.00pm – 8.00pm

 

Special circumstances

Where the patient has additional needs such as cognitive impairment, learning disability, communication needs or where there are compassionate grounds, a risk assessment and review will be undertaken by the ward manager and matron, on a case by case basis.

Where the patient is receiving end of life care, a risk assessment will take place to allow additional visitors, either one at a time at staggered intervals or where social distancing can be maintained for no more than two visitors.

Unfortunately children under the age of 16 cannot visit the hospital except where a patient is receiving end of life care. Children must be accompanied at all times by the identified visitor and only in circumstances where it has been risk assessed that it is safe to do so.

 

Help us to reduce the risk of infection

When you visit our hospital, please follow these guidelines:

• Change your mask – use the masks provided at every entrance
• Keep to the left and maintain 2m social distancing
• Please do not hug or touch the person you are visiting
• Use hand gel provided at the hospital and ward entrances
• Sign into the areas you are visiting
• Do not use our patient facilities such as toilets on the wards. Visitor toilets are available throughout the hospital
• Do not visit if you have a temperature over 37.8 degrees, a new or persistent cough, and or a loss of taste or smell, or you are living with someone with symptoms.

 

Bringing personal items for your relative or friend

You may need to bring in personal items for your loved one. Please ensure items are clean and labelled with the patient’s name and ward, and secured in a small bag.

Clothes will be returned to you in a disposable bag that can be placed directly into your washing machine, to be washed at 60 degrees.

 

Suggested items to bring:

• Debit card for ‘hands free’ payments (at own risk)
• Toiletry bag with soap, toothbrush, antibacterial wipes, comb, etc.
• Comfortable, easy to put on day clothes, suitable nightwear and underwear
• Sanitary products, incontinence pads etc.
• Contact details for family and friends’ mobile phone numbers
• A letter to a loved one
• Communication device with charger (at own risk)
• Comfort items e.g. photo of family / pets, pillowcase, book, magazine
• Other important items e.g. glasses or hearing aid
• Non-perishable foods in a sealed container e.g. biscuits, squash, mints etc.

Please do not bring:

• Valuables such as jewellery (any belongings brought in will not be the responsibility of the hospital
• Sharps such as scissors / needles
• Flowers or balloons