Overview

• Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust reinstated compulsory masks from October 8 in specified departments at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and Princess Royal Hospital.
• Aneurin Bevan University Health Board in Wales now requires fluid‑repellent masks for staff, patients and visitors across its hospital sites.
• UKHSA reports a recent 22% weekly increase in positive tests and a roughly 60% month‑on‑month rise in hospital admissions, with Nimbus and XFG accounting for most infections.
• NHS England said mask policies are for individual trusts to determine.
• Hospitals are providing masks to visitors and asking people with symptoms or infections to postpone visits or contact departments for advice.