Visits of up to one hour must be made in advance at Hull’s Royal Infirmary and whoever attends “must be the same person during the patient’s stay”. The rules meant that Lorna and her brother were forced to lose their right to see their father to allow his wife, their elderly stepmother, access. The hospital is one of dozens that still restrict access to patients’ loved ones, The times found, as the Minister of Health insisted that they should open their doors. Yesterday Sajid Javid said that hospitals need a “very good
