Hi new to the forum,
just here to share my experience of the recent shielding notice.
received shielding notice on the 18th of Febuary and had it reversed on the 23rd or so i thought.
contacted GP who didn't have a clue what to do. at first he agreed with the shielding notice telling me it was upheld as my BMI was 43 until i pointed out that i had lost a lot of weight since my last diabetic review in October 2000 and they had missed a review in December which would have shown this and as as result i would not have been shielded. less than an hour later i got a call from the GP saying my risk was now moderate and i was being taken off the shielded list this time dropping my atrial fibrillation from the assessment, leaving only type 2 diabetes. i got a text message and eventually a letter. they weighed me the following week with no assessment using the correct BMI of 39 which could never haver produced a shielding notice with or without the atrial fibrillation., i kept getting letters from the local council offering me services for the extremely venerable and after two weeks contacted the GP who would not talk to me as i was still on the list. it took a lot of calls to the practice and them telling me that they couldn't do any more until I contacted NHS digital who told me how to contact the shielded list and get myself removed which took 10 minutes for them to confirm I was off the list. My GP is a disgrace. if it is of any help to anyone see your GP and get a letter from them confirming your removal from the list and send a copy to NHS Digital splpatientquery@nhs.net and they will make sure you are removed not your GP.
just here to share my experience of the recent shielding notice.
received shielding notice on the 18th of Febuary and had it reversed on the 23rd or so i thought.
contacted GP who didn't have a clue what to do. at first he agreed with the shielding notice telling me it was upheld as my BMI was 43 until i pointed out that i had lost a lot of weight since my last diabetic review in October 2000 and they had missed a review in December which would have shown this and as as result i would not have been shielded. less than an hour later i got a call from the GP saying my risk was now moderate and i was being taken off the shielded list this time dropping my atrial fibrillation from the assessment, leaving only type 2 diabetes. i got a text message and eventually a letter. they weighed me the following week with no assessment using the correct BMI of 39 which could never haver produced a shielding notice with or without the atrial fibrillation., i kept getting letters from the local council offering me services for the extremely venerable and after two weeks contacted the GP who would not talk to me as i was still on the list. it took a lot of calls to the practice and them telling me that they couldn't do any more until I contacted NHS digital who told me how to contact the shielded list and get myself removed which took 10 minutes for them to confirm I was off the list. My GP is a disgrace. if it is of any help to anyone see your GP and get a letter from them confirming your removal from the list and send a copy to NHS Digital splpatientquery@nhs.net and they will make sure you are removed not your GP.
