Following this, scotland's interim chief medical officer dr gregor smith, asked clinicians to review whether children and young people were required to be on the shielding list. The nhs national services scotland (nss) has used existing databases to determine patients identified as at high clinical risk.

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Nhs shielding executive leads 8 april 2020 for immediate cascade to all hospital clinicians dear hospital colleagues, further to catherine calderwood’s letter of 1 april, i am writing to you to provide an update on processes for supporting patients in the ‘clinically highest risk’ (shielding) group.

Shielding letter from gp scotland. This letter gives you advice on how to protect yourself and access the care and treatment you need. I'm in scotland, i received a letter a few days ago saying i should shield until 31/7/2020. This letter gives you advice on how to protect yourself and access the care and treatment you need.

If you are a member of the public looking for health advice, go to the nhs website.and if you are looking for the latest travel information, and advice about the government response to the outbreak, go to the gov.uk website. If you are a patient looking for advice, visit the shielded patient pages on nhs.uk. Our advice for clinicians on the coronavirus is here.

Bbc scotland has seen a letter from her employers insisting her job cannot be done from home and that she must return to the classroom. Www.scotland.gov.uk patient details to share with stakeholders who will be required to support patients during the shielding period. Rang the gp to be told i wasn't vulnerable consultant luckily rang me a week before to say i needed to be shielding nobody knows what to do if you don't get a letter, the gp says it doesn't come from them and i'm not vulnerable anyway fuming

The list of patients in need of shielding support is not anopt in process. It will last for as long as your local area is under level 4 restrictions. All data is securely stored.

I need to phone the practice and see why i have been put on the list. Two weeks ago, gps were instructed to. Advice for clinicians about shielding patients lists.

To identify people, we have used gp practice, local health board or national data. Finally received a shielding letter from my gp. There are now 5 protection levels across different areas of scotland.

Areas changed to level 4 from 6pm on 20 november. If your employer can’t make your workplace safe, you can use this letter as evidence that you can’t go to work. I haven't received a letter from the scottish government regarding shielding but think i should have, how do i get on the list?

However my sister in law is a nurse on an itu and she advised me to flow strict shielding which i have been doing for 6 weeks, only going out to get some shopping. 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. Clearly the identification of those who need to shield is ongoing, and it suggests to me that if you feel like you should be shielding, then contacting your gp would be a good idea, as would self identifying on the www.gov.uk website.

Shielding rules in scotland and wales. Scotland says people on the shielding list can follow the same. And could be removed from the shielding list held by the nhs.

There are different restrictions and advice for each level. I just got a shielding letter (scotland) (10 posts) add message | report. The letter said i should have received a letter.

People on the list will receive a letter telling them so. I understand people in england received a letter too, but the date was different. This is based information that is held on your gp records’.

If you are in this group, you will previously have received a letter from the nhs or from your gp telling you this. You may have been advised to shield in the past. I received a letter from my gp on friday saying that i am considered to be in the high risk group if i contract the virus.

If you live in a level 4 area of scotland, the chief medical officer will send you a letter that is similar to a fit note. Thought you might all be interested to read it. This advice applies to most people on the shielding list.

From the shielding list by their gp or specialist doctor after. Extended shielding (nb nhs highland intranet access required) cmo letter 05/06/20 (secondary care) cmo update letter 11/05/20 (primary care) is an update to general practice on shielding of the clinically highest risk patients. Who this advice applies to.

Welsh cmo letter (oct 2020) to those who were previously shielding. Hi all, found the letter below today. This includes some children and young people.

For the latest government advice on protecting clinically extremely vulnerable people: If you are clinically extremely vulnerable and require extra support please contact your local authority. You can find out what level your local area is in at gov.scot.

The sg shielding text messaging service will be sending a reminder text to everyone on the shielding list who is registered for this service on monday 9 november. Cmo letter to patients 08/06/20: I guess we all have to accept that this is a huge task for all concerned.

It says even if you are not in the groups advertised as needing shielding your gp can put you on the list if they think it is necessary. I had the texts last week. In scotland, see the scottish government website

Those who will receive a letter or message from the nhs will be asked to stay at home for the next 12 weeks to “shield” themselves from catching coronavirus. Not everyone who has an annual flu vaccine for medical reasons will receive a letter. This information has been shared appropriately within the nhs in scotland.

6 october cmo’s letter to trust chief executives regarding the maintenance of the shielding patients lists ; Doctors have apologised to extremely vulnerable patients who have not received gps' letters advising them to shield during the coronavirus crisis. This is updated daily with the latest figures from across scotland.

This includes people who are at the highest risk of severe illness from coronavirus. How we are using your data. This is so we could write to you.

The teacher has suggested ways she can support self. Letter is confusing in that it states i am ‘at risk of severe illness if you catch coronavirus. Some areas are changed to protection level 4 from 6pm on 20 november.

Everyone on the shielding list is being offered a free supply of vitamin d for 4 months over winter. The governments in scotland and wales are advising people who have been shielding to follow the same rules as everyone else and to take extra precautions.