Bosses at the Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust - which runs the Freeman hospital and the Royal Victoria Infirmary - are reviewing how visiting works at the city's two hospitals.
The trust is currently seeking feedback from the community about whether hospital visiting policy should change, which times would be best for visiting, and even if wards should be open to visitors all day. Though Covid-19 has seen frequent changes to visiting policies at the trust - and around the region's NHS - as official guidance has changed, most restrictions have been relaxed for the best part of a year in Newcastle.
Now, with the picture more stable, hospital leaders want feedback as they look at whether to alter visiting policy.
