As per my previous post, I’ve recently been in hospital with severe angina, which is yet to be investigated, and I also have SVT. Had a phone call today from my GP to see how I was, then a couple of hours later I got an email from Sainsbury’s to tell me that I am on the government list of people who are particularly vulnerable and will get priority deliveries!
Is this a coincidence? Is it a scam? Nobody has discussed this with me, but if it is real then I am mega-impressed with the speed of communication involved.!!!
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That’s amazing. We were on the government clinically severely vulnerable list as soon as it came out....months ago. Sainsburys never managed it for us. So good to hear they got something right.
I never heard from any of the supermarkets up here in Scotland for the wee while I was on that list. Within days of my being taken off that list, however, all the supermarket chains contacted me saying I was on the list for priority deliveries, lol!
We used Click and Collect non-priority before and after I was on the list. It worked well for us with my husband going into the store after collection to buy the things we'd ordered but were marked 'unavailable' on the C&C
Great to hear it, I had a transplant last year and I am not on a priority list anywhere, not sure how it works, I still have to go and get my own shopping, its pretty scary char
Solid organ recipients are pretty much one of the highest risk groups you can get. Have your nhs number to hand and just fill the above in. To get delivery slots, you need to answer that you have no one to help you get shopping - if you say yes because there’s someone you can occasionally ask, you won’t get priority access even if you only get help once in a blue moon.
I was originally on the list, then got inappropriately taken off without being told - only discovered this lockdown when Boris mentioned those that need to shield are those that got a letter in November saying they were CEV and I hadn’t had one. Anyway, long story short, I spoke to my GP who confirmed I’m still CEV and added the marker back on to my records, then I filled that in just to be extra sure I would get picked back up again. Got a txt msg within 4 days confirming my CEV status and will be having my first vaccine dose on Sunday. Even without speaking to your GP, they should centrally look at your records when you register and make a decision. I really can’t believe you haven’t been flagged!!
Why not contact your GP. They will know all your medical history, and can add you to the list, if you qualify.
Sincere apologies for the location assumption, it’s a really terrible habit, even though I lived in Wales for 18 years. From what I can see, you need to speak to your GP or hospital team, and then phone this number and explain that you’re a solid organ recipient that is not on the shielding list:
0800 111 4000
It’s the National Scottish Covid-19 Helpline but it routes to your local authority. Open Monday to Friday, 9 to 5. You could try them first, but I anticipate they’ll tell you to speak to the medics and get it sorted that way. I found the information here and in pages before and after it in the guide:
Thanks again, I will phone that number tomorrow, and stop sitting about hoping someone will get in touch, a bad habit of mine, I just assumed you were in England as well, I have not been to Wales a lot but from my the times I have been it has some beautiful places, it was west Wales I visited a long drive from up here char
Back in England now 😂 Wales is beautiful to visit, and lovely people, but the services and infrastructure are dire. I genuinely wouldn’t go back now if you paid me, but that’s mostly because of the consistently appalling medical care my disabled teen and I received. Stuff that is standard in England (and some in Scotland) isn’t even on NHS Wales’ radar. Terrifying really.
Anyway. Sort yourself out and get on that list! The thought alone is making me anxious and I don’t even know you 😉😂
Thank you that will definitely make me do something about it, I am sure it must be the same here for people that live up north, I am in the central belt and the only transplant hospital is 20 mins drive away, but a long way for people in the likes of Aberdeen, Inverness and the islands, it must be a nightmare, I hope you are all getting the care you need now and thank you again for your help char
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