Call for right to nursing home visits to be enshrined in law

An advocacy group is calling for sanctions against nursing homes that do not comply with visiting guidance, and for written advice from local public health teams to accompany any restriction to family visits. Picture: Leah Farrell 

Care advocacy group Care Champions has called on the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly to enshrine HSE nursing home visiting guidelines in law.

The group is calling for sanctions against nursing homes that do not comply with visiting guidance, and for written advice from local public health teams to accompany any restriction to family visits.