Visiting at care homes cannot be eased any further yet, Northern Ireland's chief nursing officer has said.
Charlotte McArdle contacted care home providers and trust officials with the news, in an email seen by BBC News NI. Public health colleagues have decided it would "not yet be appropriate" to move to the next stage of relaxing restrictions, the email read.A four-stage plan for easing was launched at the beginning of May 2021.The next phase - called Gradual Easing - would have seen four people allowed to visit up to four times a week.But the chief nursing officer's email said that is not yet possible based on public health data.
My mother has to nominate 5 people to visit her. Good luck with that! She’ll probably say her long departed mum and dad, Andy Murray and Shaking Stevens! Who makes up these crazy rules? It’s criminal the way they are ruining these peoples short lives.
Where is the data? Publish it, what does is say about outbreaks, hospitalisation and deaths post vaccination? How safe do our loved ones need to be?
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