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26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Hospital patients are being denied visits from loved ones by trusts using outdated Covid restrictions, as analysis reveals 70% of NHS trusts still have pandemic visitor restrictions in place.
An NHS hospital trust has come under fire for giving ICU visitors a disclaimer form telling them that if they are black or over-65 they should not visit because they are deemed to be at higher risk of COVID-19.
When you enter a healthcare facility you could think you had entered a time warp and were back in the bad old days of lockdown 2020: gallons of hand sanitiser, Perspex screens, masked staff and even security guards.
NHS hospitals have once again been told to scrap any patient visiting restrictions introduced during the Covid pandemic so that "no patient has to be alone unless through their choice".
From today, the Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has brought back tough restrictions on patient visits to stop the spread of the Omicron variant.
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