to care providers, i think there is generally a nervousness about, when is the right time? but there s also that understanding and desire to try and get life back to some sort of normality for the people living in care homes and staff and families, and easing restrictions is a part of that. they also say, they tend to reflect what is going on in the community. so, if cases are high in the community, then they are more likely to get them in the care home. and it may be that there are decisions made locally which reflect those situations, but we don t really know yet. so, i wonder, i touched upon some of the restrictions that are being lifted. just talk us through what are the restrictions lifted, what are the restrictions that do actually still remain. ok, so the key one is that care home residents will, from monday, be able to have an unlimited number of visitors. at the moment, as i said
are decisions made locally which reflect those situations, but we don t really know yet. so, i wonder, i touched upon some of the restrictions that are being lifted. just talk us through what are the restrictions lifted, what are the restrictions that do actually still remain. ok, so the key one is that care home residents will, from monday, be able to have an unlimited number of visitors. at the moment, as i said a moment ago, they re restricted to four people, including an essential caregiver that is completely lifted. if they go on a day trip out, they won t now have to take a test when they get back and they won t have to self isolate. patients returning to a home from hospital, at the moment, they have to self isolate for 14 days. that will be cut to ten days. and testing can also be introduced to see basically how they re doing during that period of time. and one of the key things is that at the moment,