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Copy of letter sent out to NHS GPs re Shielding (03/04/20)
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<blockquote data-quote="CondorX" data-source="post: 2261415" data-attributes="member: 505475"><p>Although I have T2 and asthma I am not on the shielding list, but my partner has had no less than TWO shielding letters in the space of a few weeks as she has two shielding conditions - extremely vulnerable due to lymphoma and also an autoimmune illness on long-term biologic / immune suppressant therapy. The NHS have been great as my employer - pulled me off the front line when those shielding letters arrived and I was told to work from home as the Trust I work for wants to ensure that shielding households are protected. It's quite hectic running clinics meetings etc virtually by phone and video and we have been told by Trust management that nothing is changing anytime soon.</p><p></p><p>Mind you, if we had needed to rely on the food parcels promised to the extremely vulnerable we would have died of starvation in the past 7 weeks - not seen hide nor hair of one yet.</p><p>Luckily we were offered supermarket slots from Sainsbury's, ASDA, Ocado and Waitrose and have regular weekly deliveries setup now and booked into the next 3 weeks as well, and our pharmacy, in the local ASDA, have been kind enough to make a trip to us to drop off monthly meds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CondorX, post: 2261415, member: 505475"] Although I have T2 and asthma I am not on the shielding list, but my partner has had no less than TWO shielding letters in the space of a few weeks as she has two shielding conditions - extremely vulnerable due to lymphoma and also an autoimmune illness on long-term biologic / immune suppressant therapy. The NHS have been great as my employer - pulled me off the front line when those shielding letters arrived and I was told to work from home as the Trust I work for wants to ensure that shielding households are protected. It's quite hectic running clinics meetings etc virtually by phone and video and we have been told by Trust management that nothing is changing anytime soon. Mind you, if we had needed to rely on the food parcels promised to the extremely vulnerable we would have died of starvation in the past 7 weeks - not seen hide nor hair of one yet. Luckily we were offered supermarket slots from Sainsbury's, ASDA, Ocado and Waitrose and have regular weekly deliveries setup now and booked into the next 3 weeks as well, and our pharmacy, in the local ASDA, have been kind enough to make a trip to us to drop off monthly meds. [/QUOTE]
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