Ms Mary Dunnion:

It is an ongoing challenge for providers. We feel very strongly about it and have taken many regulatory decisions based on the amount of space available for each resident. This has been challenged by providers, and the statutory instrument allows them that opportunity until January 2021. We believe, however, that it is very important, not only for infection control but for residents' rights to personal possessions and freedom of space, to be able to have visitors and that privacy. We see that as an essential component of a person's life in a nursing home.