Visiting hours extended across Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust community hospitals and mental health services

Visiting can now take place between 11am and 8pm at the community hospitals and children and young people’s wards.

On the adult mental health inpatient wards you can visit patients between 11am and 7pm.

Open visiting continues to be in place to support those parents or carers caring for a child or young person, carers who wish to continue their caring responsibilities and families of any patients who are ‘end of life’.

Dr Anne Scott, executive director of nursing, allied health professionals and quality at LPT, said: “At our Trust we recognise the value that visiting makes to the health, wellbeing and care of our patients and service-users. Our extended visiting reflects the commitment of all of our staff to delivering high-quality compassionate care for all.”

Community Hospitals

Visits can take place between 11am and 8pm.

Although if you wish to visit outside of these hours, please speak to the nurse in charge who will help to facilitate this.

Community hospitals include:

• Coalville Community Hospital
• Hinckley and Bosworth Community Hospital
• Loughborough Hospital
• Melton Mowbray Hospital
• Rutland Memorial Hospital
• St Luke’s Hospital (Market Harborough)
• City Inpatient Beds (Beechwood and Clarendon wards, Evington Centre)

Adult mental health inpatient wards (including The Bradgate Mental Health Unit)

Visits can take place between 11am and 7pm.

Although if you wish to visit outside of these hours, please speak to the nurse in charge who will help to facilitate this.

On Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) and at the Hershal Prins Centre visiting is preferred not to take place during mealtimes. Mealtimes are outlined on the ward’s visiting poster.

Children cannot visit the acute Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs).

The Beacon Unit (CAHMS inpatient unit)

Visits can take place between 11am and 8pm.

Although if you wish to visit outside of these hours, please speak to the nurse in charge who will help to facilitate this.

Welford Ward

Visits can take place between 11am and 8pm.

Although if you wish to visit outside of these hours, please speak to the nurse in charge who will help to facilitate this.

Visiting is preferred not to take place during mealtimes. Mealtimes are outlined on the ward’s visiting poster.

Agnes Unit

Visits are preferred to take place between 11am and 8pm.

Although if you wish to visit outside of these hours, please speak to the nurse in charge who will help to facilitate this.