Trust announces hospital visits remain suspended
All areas: Restrictions still in place due to high number of COVID-19 patients
Visiting will continue to be suspended at Wexham Park Hospital due to the number of coronavirus patients who are being treated.
The Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust announced a ban on most visitors to its hospitals on New Year’s Day to try and curb the spread of the Omicron variant.
The trust, which runs Wexham Park, Heatherwood and Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey, said it is reviewing its visitor guidance but restrictions will remain in place for now.
A statement said: “While there are indications that the number of positive cases in our hospitals appear to be levelling off, we continue to treat almost 200 COVID-positive patients and our teams are working extremely hard in a challenging environment to provide the best care possible for patients.
“We understand how difficult this is for families, friends and patients, however keeping patients and staff safe must be our priority.
“While visiting is suspended, ward staff will do everything possible to provide regular updates to families.”
Visiting will continue to be allowed in some cases.
Patients in the emergency department can be accompanied by one relative into majors or resus and child patients can be joined by one parent or carer.
One well parent or carer can continue to accompany their child in the children’s wards and parents can swap if
needed.
Pregnant women can still be accompanied by one well birthing partner while in labour.
Families and friends can stay in contact by arranging a virtual visit via a video call or by using the trust’s ‘message to a loved one’ service to send in photos, notes or letters which can be printed and delivered to the ward.
Visit www.fhft.nhs.uk/yourvisit/visiting-times/ for more details.
A total of 1,867 people tested positive for coronavirus in Windsor and Maidenhead between Saturday, January 15 and Friday, January 21.
This compared to 1,466 over the previous seven days, a rise of 27.3 per cent.
A total of 1,997 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in Slough between Saturday, January 15 and Friday, January 21.
This was up 201 cases from the previous seven days, a rise of 11 per cent.