Visiting our sites
The health, safety, mental health and wellbeing of our vulnerable inpatients, communities and staff remain the priority.
Updated 20 June 2023.
We are pleased to share that visiting has restarted. Please see our latest guidance for inpatient visiting within LYPFT sites.
- Anyone showing any symptoms of COVID-19 should not visit. This is essential for infection prevention and control.
- Anyone feeling unwell, should not visit.
- Number of visitors at the bedside:
- Two visitors
- Patients may be accompanied where appropriate and necessary to assist their communication and/or to meet their health, care, emotional, religious, or spiritual care needs.
- Face coverings:
- Visitors, parents, guardians, siblings may be asked to wear a mask/face covering following a local risk assessment, (e.g., during periods when circulating infection is high) including when entering and moving through the healthcare setting unless medically exempt for which evidence should be provided.
- visitors, parents, guardians, siblings will be asked to wear a surgical facemask if visiting a high-risk area or a patient with suspected/known COVID-19.
- Where a face-to-face visit is not practical then virtual visits should be supported and facilitated.
Your involvement in care and support available
If you would like to be involved in ward meetings please let staff know and we will tell you how to do this. If you prefer you can also inform the ward team of things you wish to address and they will update you after.
In some cases our patients ask that we do not share information with family and friends. We know that this can be very frustrating and difficult but we can still give general information about the ward and processes and offer support to you.
We know that caring for someone can be very stressful and even more so at this current time, but there is support available. Please speak to the ward team who would be happy to provide you with information about carers support within both our Trust and wider support from Carers Leeds and any other local carer’s organisations.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the ward and please look after yourselves.
Keeping in touch with your loved ones while they are in hospital
Our units have Wi-Fi for video calls. If your family member or friend does not have access to a phone or laptop, the ward staff can arrange this.
Your involvement in care and support available
If you would like to be involved in ward meetings please let staff know and we will tell you how to do this. If you prefer you can also inform the ward team of things you wish to address and they will update you after.
In some cases our patients ask that we do not share information with family and friends. We know that this can be very frustrating and difficult but we can still give general information about the ward and processes and offer support to you.
We know that caring for someone can be very stressful, but there is support available. Please speak to the ward team who would be happy to provide you with information about carers support within both our Trust and wider support from Carers Leeds.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the ward and please look after yourselves.