Current visiting restrictions in place at Peterborough City, Hinchingbrooke and Stamford Hospitals will be lifted on Friday following the drop in local infection rates.

The trust that runs the three hospitals had previously restricted visiting to inpatient areas from July 26 after cases locally were increasing and the number of Covid-positive patients in our hospitals had grown.

However, following regular review of the situation, the decision to gradually lift restrictions has been taken to help support patients while protecting them in a controlled way.

Dr Kanchan Rege, Chief Medical Officer at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, said: "We are pleased to gradually lift our visiting restrictions once again. We do not make these decisions lightly, and need to focus upon maintaining a safe environment for our staff, visitors and patients who are vulnerable to Covid-19.

"To do this we need everyone to follow the rules that we have in place when coming to our hospital sites, with enforced social distancing, mask-wearing, using the hand sanitising stations and following the signage that we have installed across our sites."

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