A nice man from the NHS just phoned me...

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... and told me to shield!!

He said I might not have received a letter yet (I haven't) but that I will very shortly and I should be shielding!
I'm asthmatic, but I thought I was in the 'vulnerable' catagory when looking at the criteria released by asthma.org a few weeks ago, rather than shielding catagory. I'm on Fostair 100/6 twice a day and have had one course of steroids in the last 12 months. Also use salbutemol as needed.

Fortunately I haven't been out of the house for 6 weeks now anyway! We are lucky we have a large garden and have been sticking to that (and no children to consider)... has anyone else been told this after several weeks lockdown??

@IdaBlankenship thats a speedy resolution

@doodleygirl slightly concerning that without this thread, I wouldn't have known to even question them and find out their mistake though.

Yes it is concerning.

Dh received his letter recently after his gp had called him. We have been following it anyway as assumed he would need to be really careful. His consultant says that although he doesn’t qualify for being at most risk he needs to avoid risk due to his meds and how long he has been on them.

It seems as though they contacted those that were most vulnerable first and the worked down the list. Our friend has had an organ transplant and he was contacted right at the beginning, well before dh got his..

Someone who works in sending out these letters said they have done them in groups depending on the condition. So not as simple as who is most vulnerable. Although most of the most vulnerable had been told by medics who treat them to shield before any letters came.