VISITS TO CHILDREN IN HOSPITAL COUNTRY LIFE
SIR,—In view of the correspondence on this subject which you published during March and April this year, you will no doubt be interested to learn that I forwarded (with the full support of the N.S.P.C.C.) a dossier, com- posed mainly of these letters, to the Ministry of Health, where the matter was referred for full consideration by the Minister's Central Health Services Council. As a result of the Council's discussions, the Minister has now issued a circular to all hospital management committees and boards of governors, recommending that " . . arrangements should be made to allow, under adequate safeguards, children in hospital to be visited by parents or guardians with reasonable frequency and if necessary by appoint- ment" I am most grateful to you for your assistance in securing the abolition of a regulation which caused much needless distress, and would also like to testify to the courtesy and dispatch with which this matter was handled by the Ministry's public relations officer. The incident may serve to illus- trate the valuable function fulfilled by these much-abused officials.—Yours
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