NHCS Visitor Policy

• Unwell visitors and accompanying persons will not be allowed in.
• Children below 12 years old are not allowed into Short Stay Unit and wards unless patient is in following conditions: Pallative Care, ICU, under special social circumstances. *Indemnity form is required to be signed by parents/ guardians.
• Anyone entering NHCS premises must complete the Declaration Form and check-in to the SafeEntry system with the TraceTogether app or token.

To Outpatient Clinics

To Short Stay Unit or Wards

From 5 August to 18 August 2021 (both dates inclusive), no visitors will be allowed to our Short Stay Unit or Wards, in line with the Ministry of Health's guidelines.

Only registered caregivers or visitors of the following will be allowed visitation requests:

• Dangerously Ill List (DIL)/ Intenstive Care Unit (ICU) patients
• Patients requiring additional care support: visitor support for inpatients lacking mental capacity, visitors involved in caregiver training, designated caregivers
• Birthing/post-partum mothers 

• Only 2 visitors per patient are allowed in the ward at any one time, for 30 minutes per day
• Maximum of 5 visitors in the designated visitors list

• Compassionate grounds: DIL/ICU patients
• Patients requiring additional care support: visitor support for inpatients lacking mental capacity, visitors involved in caregiver training, designated caregivers
• Birthing/post-partum mothers