Letters are being sent to 70,000 of wales' most vulnerable people advising them to stay indoors for 12 to 16 weeks. If you are in one of the categories advised to adopt shielding for 12 weeks and you have not received a letter, please email your gp practice.

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If you are a patient looking for advice, visit the shielded patient pages on nhs.uk.

Shielding letter from gp wales. First minister mark drakeford said they should not leave at all. People with cancer who are undergoing active chemotherapy or radical radiotherapy for lung cancer ‘whilst we understand that mistakes like this do happen, it has resulted in a surge in phone calls to gp surgeries from concerned patients.

If you haven’t had a letter and think you should have done, then discuss this with your gp. Following a refinement of the medical criteria for shielding, and in line with the other three nations, the chief medical officer for wales will this week send. For better or worse, i live in wales and recieved my shielding letter about 2 weeks ago from my rheumatology dept under the aneurin bevan health board.

The letter also stated that a copy of the letter is sufficient to give to an employer as evidence for statutory sick pay purposes should that be required. There is an easy read version of the letter available. The welsh government said people should contact their gp if they believe they should have a letter.

As per @vivalebeaver advised please use your local facebook groups of volunteers and any helpful neighbours as someone will try and help you that day. The chief medical officer for wales, dr frank atherton, is issuing letters to everyone on the shielding patients list (spl) on how best to protect themselves during the second wave. Welsh cmo letter (oct 2020) to those who were previously shielding.

Cmo's new guidance on self isolation 31 july 2020 cmo's new guidance on self isolation: If you are in this group, you will previously have received a letter from the nhs or from your gp telling you this. This is based information that is held on your gp records’.

There is no clear definition for severe asthma or severe copd. However, there is a copy of the shielding letter at the end of this post, so that everyone can see the advice that is being given to this group of people. Gp surgeries in wales only received the cmo list the week of the 5th april to check and update for those patients who should have been on it but weren't.

I know families in our support group (england) have already received them. It goes on to tell me to stay at home , avoid all contact with others, except carers for 12 weeks from day letter is received. ‘a large part of our workload has been receiving calls from those who feel they should receive a letter but haven’t.

I have only recently received a letter about shielding. It says if you haven’t received your letter by 6th april to contact your gp. Bowel screening 4 july 2020:

Have you looked at the gov.wales site? Those classed as ‘extremely vulnerable’ are: Connect to kindness 20 july 2020:

Is it essential for shielding employees to return to work? This is known as a ‘shielding letter. 28 more deaths brings total to 534

Read a copy of the letter. Please open the documents below for information on the methodology that has been used to identify patients who meet the high risk criteria for contracting coronavirus. The letter is for those with serious underlying health conditions, identified as being in the shielded group, and advises people to stay at home for 12 weeks.

Carers week 28 may 2020: I had the texts last week. A letter from the chief medical officer for wales has been sent to those on the shielding patient list providing the latest information and advice.

Cmo's shielding update guidance 31 july 2020 cmo's shielding update guidance: Shielding is for your protection. If you rely on the government and your local council you will be waiting days for any help.

Dr phil white, chair of bma wales’ gp committee, told pulse: If you are shielding you should have received a letter to tell you this and what to do next. People identified as ‘extremely vulnerable’ received letters from the chief medical officer for wales, or their gp, advising them to shield so that they could be protected from the coronavirus.

Hello i had a letter from my consultant in england but not from my gp in wales and england and wales have separate lists so for getting help i needed to be on welsh list i wanted to make sure to be on gp list and welsh list so i wrote to my gp and sent a copy of consultant letter my gp added me to welsh list i think it's definitely worth. Letter is confusing in that it states i am ‘at risk of severe illness if you catch coronavirus. I'm in the extremely vulnerable group and had to use facebook volunteers to help me on wednesday as the only food delivery i was sure of is arriving today.

Employees that received a shielding letter from the chief medical officer, consultant, or gp. You may have been advised to shield in the past. If you are clinically extremely vulnerable and require extra support please contact your local authority.

6 october cmo’s letter to trust chief executives regarding the maintenance of the shielding patients lists ; From wales' chief medical officer. Gething sorry shield letters went to wrong address coronavirus:

They have recently written to an additional 21,000 people across wales to advise them to adopt. Wales tuesday 19 may 2020, 4:22pm it comes as a number of gp surgeries told itv wales they had received calls from concerned patients who don't believe they should be in that category. This new list then goes to the local.

Letter from matt hancock and robert jenrick. In a statement, mr gething said: This letter gives you advice on how to protect yourself and access the care and treatment you need.

Advice for clinicians about shielding patients lists. Shielding letters are being sent out by welsh government and not by gp practices. Patients regarded as ‘extremely vulnerable’ qualify for the shielding letter and will have received a letter advising patients to stay at home for 12 weeks.

Shielding guidance for gp practices. Some people are at high or extremely high risk of becoming severely ill if they catch coronavirus ('clinically vulnerable' or 'clinically extremely vulnerable'). Shielding ended in wales on 16 august, but the shielding patients list is being maintained in case we need to write with any changes to the.

The chief medical officer for wales will write again to you advising what to do after 16 august 2020. The current welsh government guidance advises that employees continue to work from home where possible and this remains the case for all nhs wales employees. If you’re struggling you could qualify to receive the food parcels available from 31st march.

This letter will soon be available in different formats and languages on gov.uk.for audio, braille, large print call rnib on 0303 1239999.