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Hospitals may have to reintroduce visitor bans, NHS chief says

NHS Confederation chief warns of ‘very tough’ weeks ahead as staff absences lead to delays in discharging patients

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A “very tough” few weeks will put the health service under such enormous pressure that hospital bosses could be forced to reintroduce a ban on visitors, a health chief has said.

Matthew Taylor, the chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents NHS trusts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, told BBC Breakfast on Saturday: “Hospital managers have to make very difficult choices and excluding visitors is one of those very difficult choices.

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