This consultation has closed.
The consultation was about our guidance for providers on the government's new visiting regulation for care homes, hospitals and hospices. We stopped collecting responses on 20 February 2024.
Consultation outcome
Responding to our consultation on visiting and accompanying in care homes, hospitals and hospices
Analysis of responses to CQC visiting consultation (report by Private Public Ltd)
Final guidance on regulation 9A: Visiting and accompanying in care homes, hospitals and hospices
We consulted on our proposed guidance to help providers and other stakeholders understand and meet the new standard on visiting and accompaniment in care homes, hospitals, and hospices and their roles and responsibilities under it. The guidance also sets out what people using health and social care services and their families, friends or advocates can expect.
This consultation was limited to our guidance about the new fundamental standard. It did not cover the scope and content of the visiting legislation itself, which was subject to DHSC’s own, separate consultation.
Read the draft guidance
You may also find the following associated information useful:
- the new Regulation 9A on which our draft guidance is based
- the government's response to the consultation on visiting in care homes, hospitals, and hospices
Making the consultation accessible
We published this consultation information and guidance as accessible web content and as an easy read. We also published an equality impact assessment about the consultation process.