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Latest Care Home Visiting Survey – Published October 2022
Latest Care Home Visiting Survey Current Government guidance in England states that there should be no restrictions on care home visiting, with the exception of infection prevention and control measures during an active coronavirus outbreak in the home. In the event...
Letter to ALL Directors of Public Health, Directors of Adult Social Care, Local Authority Public Health Teams and UKHSA Health Protection Teams
A coalition of organisations has written to local health and care leaders for a second time, calling on them to end harmful isolation practices and to help promote the rights of people in care. Organisations representing both care providers and residents expressed...
Care users need stronger human rights protections – JCHR report finds
Care users need stronger human rights protections – JCHR report finds Rights for Residents, along with others, have been giving written and oral evidence to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights since they began their enquiries into care settings early in...
Over 60 MPs call for new legal right to maintain contact in all health and care settings
A cross-party coalition of MPs is calling for a new legal right to be introduced, to ensure people can maintain contact with their family across health and care settings. Over 60 MPs have signed a joint letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in...
Major charities support our call for the legal right to maintain contact
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Chair of the JCHR writes to Boris Johnson on behalf of Rights for Residents
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Summary of testimonies from our Parliamentary event on 9th March.
Our Parliamentary event - 'Guaranteeing the right to maintain contact ' took place on 9th March in Portcullis House. Six people directly impacted by separation and isolation spoke about their experiences and called for a new legal right to a ‘care supporter’ across...
Coalition calls for new legal right to maintain contact in health and care
A coalition of organisations is calling for a new legal right to be introduced, to ensure people can maintain contact with their family across health and care settings. A broad spectrum of organisations has joined voices for this ‘never again’ moment, in response to...
CQC Statement on visiting in care homes following a change in guidance from the Department of Health and Social Care
We know that over the course of the pandemic many people who live in care homes will have faced exceptionally difficult circumstances, being unable to be with the people they love, and it has often been hard for loved ones unable to visit or spend important time with...
Rights for Residents invite the Care Minister Gillian Keegan to meet relatives of those still denied visits
Jenny and Diane - Co Founders of Rights For Residents - have written to the Care Minister Gillian Keegan, inviting her to come to the House of Commons on 9th March to meet MPs and relatives of those living in care that remain subject to harsh and unnecessary visiting...
Ruthie Henshall gave evidence to the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights on Wednesday 12 January 2022
The Rights for Residents Ambassador – Ruthie Henshall - agreed to take time out of her busy work schedule to give evidence to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights on Wednesday 12 January. We cannot thank her enough for all the support she’s given and...
Rights for Residents, along with a coalition of organisations, call for an end to isolation in care
Rights for Residents, along with a coalition of organisations, have written to local health and care leaders across England to promote the rights of people living in care settings and to highlight the importance of care users being able to access continued support...
