Hi, I've nc for this as it's potentially outing and I'd like to be as specific as possible.
DM is almost 80 and has Bronchiectasis, in addition to managed asthma. According to the info here, she undoubtedly 'qualifies' as someone who is extremely vulnerable due to frequency of flare ups
www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/about-us/covid-19-identifying-patients-for-shielding/
She didn't receive an initial shielding letter, so after about a week of trying to get through to her GP, finally managed to speak to a different GP to the one she normally sees in the same practice. This GP said her condition was not serious enough and refused to issue the letter.
As you can imagine, we're desperately worried as mum is relying on neighbours for bread and milk, but can't really expect them to do whole shops for her. I'm aware of the various Facebook groups, but she's rural and that's not why I'm asking here anyway, for now! A letter would open up supermarket slots. She's stayed up until midnight to get Tesco but not managed it.
What's we're finding hard is the GP just wouldn't countenance considering mum. He's never seen mum at her worst and said he didn't need mum to quote websites at him when she calmly tried to explain why she felt she met the criteria.
Is there anything else we can do? She can't get hold of her regular GP and the practice aren't letting you 'request' specific GPs anyway (understandably they're stretched)
I know so many people are having a tough time and we're not trying to scam any systems, it's just as I said, there's no way she isn't one of those people. Is there anything else we can do?
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GP won't issue extremely vulnerable letter
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HuntingAdvice · 15/04/2020 10:18
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