Patients and Visitors

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Visitors to St Mary’s Hospital are no longer required to wear face masks, unless it is their personal preference to do so.

In order to continue to protect those who are most vulnerable and at high risk, we ask that the wearing of face masks continues in the following situations:

• Patients who are presenting with respiratory / COVID symptoms, are on a respiratory pathway, or immunocompromised, if this can be tolerated and deemed safe for the patient

• Visitors may be asked to wear a face mask in our ‘higher risk’ clinical areas, such as the respiratory department and intensive care unit. Please speak to the ward or department you are visiting if you are unsure whether you need to wear a mask.

Vulnerable and high-risk patients and visitors can ask staff members to wear a mask, and face masks will continue to be available to those who choose to wear one.

All visitors should continue to sanitise their hands on entering and leaving the hospital and ward or department.

This guidance may change if there is a known or suspected outbreak of COVID, or a new variant emerges.

Experiencing COVID-19 symptoms or feeling unwell: Do not attend an appointment or visit a loved one in hospital if you feel unwell, including cold and flu like symptoms, a new cough, a high temperature, loss of taste or smell, diarrhoea or vomiting. If you’re feeling unwell, please do not visit until you feel better.

Ward visiting information

Between 10am and 8pm, patients on the following wards can have 2 visitor a day for 1 hour and it doesn’t need to be the same person each day. However, each visit must be pre-booked with the ward directly, using the numbers below and the Isle of Wight prefix: 01983.

Ward name	Phone number
Alverstone	534711
Appley Ward	534589
Colwell Ward	534472
Compton Ward	534055
Coronary Care Unit	552142
Mottistone	534291
Short Stay Unit (SSU)	534707
Luccombe	534717
St Helens	534701
Stroke Unit	534311

Additional information

Maternity Department

Two birth partners are allowed and up to 2 siblings at a time may visit with an adult.

Who to contact

If you have questions about this guidance or how to implement it, please contact: The Patient Experience Team on: 01983 534420 or via email: iownt.PatientExperience@nhs.net