Recommendation 14

In February of this year we called for legislation to require that individualised risk assessments are undertaken for each resident, and to ensure that procedures are in place so that such assessments can be queried where they have omitted relevant factors or not made adequate efforts to consider how covid-safe visits might be facilitated. Since then, it has become apparent that our fears were well-founded. We have prepared a draft statutory instrument to address these concerns; the Government must now lay it before Parliament. (Paragraph 70) 26 Care homes: Visiting restrictions during the covid-19 pandemic