Rejected petition Allow parents/carers to stay with COVID19 pediatric patients in hospital.

Change the NHS visitation policy so at least one parent/carer is allowed to stay with a child who is hospitalised with COVID19. No child should have to suffer and potentially die alone without the comfort of a loved one. No parent/carer should have to endure the emotional trauma of that separation.

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Parents of sick children nurse them closely and parents would not be isolating themselves from their sick children at home, so they would already have been exposed to the virus. Allowing a parent into hospital quarantine with their child, and then on release asking them to isolate at home for two weeks would surely be sufficient, given that relatively few children are severely affected by COVID19. To continue with the current policy is to inflict serious emotional harm on children and parents.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Decisions about visitor policies are an operational matter for the NHS. The national suspension on visiting imposed under the previous guidance is now lifted. Visiting shall instead be subject to local discretion by trusts and other NHS bodies.

You can find the latest guidance here: https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/C0524-visiting-healthcare-inpatient-settings-5-June-2020.pdf

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

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Date submitted 4 April 2020
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