Visitors to St Mary’s Hospital and other NHS sites are once again no longer be required to wear face masks in most clinical areas, unless it is their personal preference to do so, as of today (Monday).
To continue to protect those who are most vulnerable and at high risk, the wearing of face masks will continue where immunocompromised patients are treated. For example in oncology, haematology, intensive care and chemotherapy departments.
These changes have been made due to the rate of positive COVID-19 cases remaining at a consistently low level in the community, and is in line with national guidance on the mandated use of face masks in healthcare settings.
It remains a priority to help keep each other, patients and the community safe and in order to continue to protect those who are vulnerable and of high risk, the following guidance must be followed:
- Visitors are asked to stay away if they have respiratory or COVID-19 symptoms.
- Visitors who are immunocompromised should continue to wear a mask if this can be tolerated.
- Visitors may be asked to wear a face mask for specific reasons including in ‘higher risk’ clinical areas, such as the respiratory department and intensive care unit. Visitors should speak to the ward or department if unsure whether or not to wear a face mask.
- Vulnerable and high-risk patients and visitors can ask staff members to wear a face mask, and these will continue to be available to those who choose to wear one.
- All visitors should continue to sanitise their hands on entering and leaving the hospital and ward or department.
Many people will continue to choose to wear a face mask as their personal preference and this decision will be fully supported by the Trust. Every entrance will also continue to have a supply of masks and hand gel for people to use as they enter our hospital site.
Juliet Pearce, Director of Nursing, Midwifery and AHPs said:
“Thank you to everyone who has helped us to keep our vulnerable patients and staff safe by following the infection control guidance in our organisation. The decision to stand down the use of mask wearing in our clinical areas is in response to the number of cases remaining at a low level on the Island.”
“We will continue to monitor the level of COVID-19 in our community and our guidance may change again at any time should we see an increase in cases.”
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Just waiting for the usual comments from the idiots who insist that there was never any pandemic. They should try telling that to all the relatives of the people who were victims.
dont worry mate we can see victimhood a mile away..
The only idiots are people like yourself who think a minor flu virus caused deaths.
I’m sure they’ll keep on wearing them, regardless of this, then thrown in the gutter. Pointless things!
They only wear them cos Bill Gates tells them they must.
Some dirty inconcidarate bastard out with it and not wearing a mask gave it to me. I have been rough for two weeks now. Don’t think it has disappeared because it certainly has not.
How do you know how you allegedly contracted Covid19? Your comment makes you sound mentally unstable.
Because I tested bloody positive for it you insulting prick how do you think I know
Specifically how do you know who you caught it off and when you unhinged aggressive idiot? Did you only meet with one person in that 14 day incubation period?
The Isle of Wight NHS trust has a very good mental health team, which I think you should consider contacting!
Don’t bother Rob, no hope for this one
Stupid comment on your part Rob! If you feel really rough, you do a COVID test, as Gaz obviously did! COVID is still out there, let’s hope the infection rates stay low as they currently are at the moment.
Common sense rears it’s head at last and people can act accordingly their was never any reason to be compelled to wear a mask it was just a reason for some in charge to play the big brother tactic and frighten some people into doing what they said was manditary .
Feeling not up to par at times s and has always been part of Life and always will be but for some it became an excuse to stay at home and do nothing whilst becoming the centre of attraction by wearing a mask and sneering at others with more sense .
The sycologicle side of this situation is never mentioned but it has had a very bad effect on many people and still there are some who want to keep on making these people worry unnecessarily,
We must all be careful with our health .
Dip a test in some tonic water mate that will aslo give you 2 lnes
Do you blame everyone, every time you get a cold!?
Over 100,000 deaths from Covid and there are still dim shits on here that think it is a cold
About time as they don’t work anyway. Biggest scaremongering ever seen
What about the number of excess deaths – how’s that going?
Excess deaths due to the vaccine are truly scary that’s what people should be worried about. The hospital should have read the cochrane report on masks they should have been in the bin from the beginning. No one wore masks for flu why do you think they work for this. Do your research.