Social distancing rules in the NHS have been scrapped, according to new guidance issued by the health service

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Social distancing rules in the NHS have been scrapped, according to new guidance issued by the health service.

Patients in England will no longer need to be distanced from one another in GP and hospital waiting rooms.

The new guidance covers “all areas” including emergency departments and other hospital settings, ambulances, patient transport services and GP surgeries.

However, it states patients and staff should continue to “practice good hand and respiratory hygiene including the continued use of face masks by staff and face masks/coverings by visitors and patients where clinically tolerated”.

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