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<p>We recognise just how important it is that parents are able to visit their children
in children and young people’s mental health inpatient settings in a very careful
and COVID-19-secure way. The National Health Service has taken precautions to ensure
that patients and staff in inpatient settings are suitably protected from the outbreak
and to reduce the risk of decreased capacity due to staff needing to self-isolate.
<br> <br> Recent guidance on ‘Visiting healthcare inpatient settings during the COVID-19
pandemic: principles’<em>, </em>updated on 13 October 2020, focuses on both ensuring
infection control and making sure that patients can access the therapeutic support
and visits they need during the pandemic across healthcare inpatient settings, including
for children and young people’s mental health facilities. This also includes specific
guidance on appropriate application of the legal frameworks around isolation and testing
during the pandemic. <br> <br> The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p>
</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/C0751-visiting-healthcare-inpatient-settings-principles-131020_.pdf"
target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/C0751-visiting-healthcare-inpatient-settings-principles-131020_.pdf</a></p>
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