We are asking the public to limit visiting Queen Alexandra Hospital (QA) and to consider other ways of keeping in touch, like phone calls.
From Thursday 19 March 2020 and until further notice, visiting is now restricted to one hour per day between 6pm and 7pm.
Visitors must be immediate family members or carers.
Visitors should not visit any health and care settings (including all inpatient, diagnostic and outpatient areas) if they are:
unwell, especially if they have a high temperature or a new, persistent cough
vulnerable as a result of their medication, a chronic illness or they are over 70 years of age
Visitors should be limited to one per patient unless:
the patient is receiving end-of-life care
the visitor needs to be accompanied – accompanying visitors should not stay in patient, ward or communal areas, and this applies to inpatient and outpatient settings
they are a partner and birthing partner accompanying a woman in labour
No children under 12 should be visiting without the ward sister or charge nurse’s prior permission.
Slightly different rules apply to paediatrics and neonates.
In the paediatric department, only one parent or appropriate adult is able to be with their child at any given time and currently no other children will be able to visit.
We ask for the public’s help in respecting these rules.