Lorna MacDonald has only seen her father twice in the last six weeks of his life. She believes that the time with him has been “taken away” by a “barbaric” policy of visits.
Visits for up to one hour must be booked in advance at Hull Royal Hospital, and everyone who visits “must be the same person for the length of the patient’s stay”.
The rules meant that Lorna and her brother were forced to give up their right to see their father to allow his wife, their elderly stepmother, access.
The hospital is one of dozens that still restrict the access of patients’ relatives, The times found, as the health secretary insisted, they should open their doors.
Yesterday, Sajid Javid said that hospitals need “really good
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