Coronavirus: Restricted visiting times brought in for Cynthia Spencer Hospice

Visiting times have been restricted at Cynthia Spencer Hospice in Northampton due to the coronavirus pandemic.

At the Kettering Road hospice and Cransley Hospice in Kettering, only two visitors per patient will be allowed to visit between 2pm and 4pm every day.

A Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust spokesman said: "We would encourage visiting to be limited to next of kin and immediate family only.

"Children under the age of 16 are advised not to visit unless considered essential by the patient or their next of kin."

Northamptonshire Healthcare trust has also changed the rules for Berrywood Hospital in Duston, Danetre Hospital in Daventry, Cransley Hospice in Kettering, Corby Community Hospital, Isebrook Hospital in Wellingborough, and St Mary’s Hospital (The Welland Centre) in Kettering.

At Danetre, Corby and Isebrook hospitals community inpatient wards, no visitors are currently allowed except for those patients who are there for end of life care with a maximum of two people at any one time.

For Berrywood and St Mary’s hospitals, no visitors are currently allowed to the adult mental health wards.