Care homes in England ‘risk being vilified’ if forced to allow visitors

Sector hit by staff and funding shortages warns against giving residents legal right to see guests

Care homes face being vilified" if they are forced to allow in visitors under new plans being considered by the government, ministers have been told.

The care minister Helen Whately said stopping relatives from visiting loved ones in care homes as a precaution against the spread of Covid-19 showed a lack of humanity". Legislation is being planned to give care home residents and hospital patients the legal right to see guests, according to the Times, prompting fury from the care sector.