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.

Shielding letter from gp wales. Some people are at high or extremely high risk of becoming severely ill if they catch coronavirus ('clinically vulnerable' or 'clinically extremely vulnerable'). If you’re struggling you could qualify to receive the food parcels available from 31st march. If you are clinically extremely vulnerable and require extra support please contact your local authority. Shielding is for your protection.

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. Bowel screening 4 july 2020: 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. From wales' chief medical officer.

Shielding letters are being sent out by welsh government and not by gp practices. Employees that received a shielding letter from the chief medical officer, consultant, or gp. 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. 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.

Dr phil white, chair of bma wales’ gp committee, told pulse: Advice for clinicians about shielding patients lists. I know families in our support group (england) have already received them. Letters are being sent to 70,000 of wales' most vulnerable people advising them to stay indoors for 12 to 16 weeks.

You may have been advised to shield in the past. Cmo's shielding update guidance 31 july 2020 cmo's shielding update guidance: Welsh cmo letter (oct 2020) to those who were previously shielding. If you are in this group, you will previously have received a letter from the nhs or from your gp telling you this.

Letter is confusing in that it states i am ‘at risk of severe illness if you catch coronavirus. 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. The welsh government said people should contact their gp if they believe they should have a letter.

If you haven’t had a letter and think you should have done, then discuss this with your gp. Cmo's new guidance on self isolation 31 july 2020 cmo's new guidance on self isolation: Shielding guidance for gp practices. It says if you haven’t received your letter by 6th april to contact your gp.

This is based information that is held on your gp records’. 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. 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. 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.

6 october cmo’s letter to trust chief executives regarding the maintenance of the shielding patients lists ; Connect to kindness 20 july 2020: If you are a patient looking for advice, visit the shielded patient pages on nhs.uk. Read a copy of the letter.

The chief medical officer for wales will write again to you advising what to do after 16 august 2020. Carers week 28 may 2020: 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. Letter from matt hancock and robert jenrick.

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. First minister mark drakeford said they should not leave at all. There is no clear definition for severe asthma or severe copd. They have recently written to an additional 21,000 people across wales to advise them to adopt.

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. Have you looked at the gov.wales site? If you are shielding you should have received a letter to tell you this and what to do next. This letter gives you advice on how to protect yourself and access the care and treatment you need.

Those classed as ‘extremely vulnerable’ are: 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. 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. 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.

I had the texts last week. In a statement, mr gething said: If you rely on the government and your local council you will be waiting days for any help. 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.

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. 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. I have only recently received a letter about shielding. 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.

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. There is an easy read version of the letter available. Gething sorry shield letters went to wrong address coronavirus: This new list then goes to the local.

‘a large part of our workload has been receiving calls from those who feel they should receive a letter but haven’t.

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