Restrictions are in place for visitors at Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital in line with Government regulations during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Patients who have been tested negative for COVID-19 can have one designated visitor by appointment only between 10.00am and 8.00pm each day. All visitors must be nominated individuals from within the patient’s bubble only. Please contact the ward directly (contact details below) to book an appointment.

• All visitors will be nominated individuals from within the patient’s bubble only.
• Only six visitors will be allowed on any ward at the same time and hour-long time slots will be allocated to families by staff on the ward.
• People who have arranged their visit beforehand and have left their contact details in advance for NHS Test and Trace will then be allowed onto the ward.
• Longer visiting will be allowed in exceptional circumstances following discussion with the nurse in charge of the ward and anyone planning on visiting a patient must be free of COVID-19 symptoms.
• All visitors must wear a face covering as soon as they enter our hospitals and keep it on throughout their visit. They must wash their hands as soon as they enter the ward and again as they are leaving.
• Patients undergoing non-emergency surgery and procedures – known as elective surgery – will not be able to receive visitors on surgical wards. This is because they must remain in isolation to reduce their risk of infection ahead of their operations.
• All ward are being issued with iPads so families can communicate with their loved ones as part of our plan to extend virtual visiting, already operating in our Intensive Care Units.
• Visits to the maternity wards at Hull Women and Children’s Hospital are to remain the same for now. Named birth partners can still stay with women during labour and for a short time after the baby’s birth. Named birth partners can also arrange booked visiting slots with the staff on Rowan ward following the baby’s birth.
• Currently, birth partners are still not able to attend the 20-week scan or visit Maple antenatal ward although restrictions are under constant review and will be lifted as soon as it’s considered safe to do so.
• In the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, only parents are allowed to visit with one parent by each bed space at a time to maintain social distancing and protect the other babies, families and staff. Parents of very sick infants will be able to discuss visiting arrangements with staff managing the ward.
• One patient is allowed to visit their child in our children’s wards on the 13^th floor and in Hull Woman and Children’s Hospital. The arrangement can be reviewed after 48 hours if the child is still in hospital, with parents able to swap over. However, only one parent is allowed on the ward at a time, with exceptions made for the parents of critically ill children.

If you have to come to hospital, please wear a face covering such as a bandana, buff, scarf or mask over your mouth and nose as soon as you enter any hospital building. Keep two metres apart from anyone outside your household at all times. Wash your hands for at least 20 seconds at our handwashing stations situated all around the hospitals.

Ward Contact Numbers

Hull Royal Infirmary

Castle Hill Hospital