Free vitamin D: The full list of people set to receive supplements from NHS

[Northerner]

At-risk groups will be given a free vitamin D supply this winter, it has been announced.

Yesterday (Saturday, November 28) the government revealed that more than 2.5 million vulnerable people across England will be offered the supplement.

All care homes will automatically receive a provision for their residents while individuals on the clinically extreme vulnerable list will be sent a letter inviting them to opt-in for a supply to be delivered straight to their home.

Deliveries will be free of charge and start in January and will provide four months' worth of supplements to last through the winter months.

The full list of people set for free vitamin D supplements from NHS

More than 2.5 million will be given the supplement

www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk

 

[nonethewiser]

Good news Northie.

Wife gets prescribed 25000iu of vit D, takes it weekly in winter months.

 

[mikeyB]

I think the dose in the government supply is a tad low. We both take 2000iu capsules daily, which I think is the RDI for the over 50s. 400iu tablets must be the paediatric dose.

It’s Par for the course with this government. Gesture politics, all fart and no poop. Cheap as possible because they can’t buy off any of their chums at a higher price.

 

[mikeyB]

Good news Northie.

Wife gets prescribed 25000iu of vit D, takes it weekly in winter months.

As if to demonstrate the government ineptitude, your wife’s dose is five times higher than that supplied by government, and is still within the safe limit.