Vulnerability chart

[Lakesider]

Can anyone point men to the chart produced by North Bristol Trust RheumatologyDept which shows vulnerability groups. It’s been on here before but I cannot find it

[PMRpro Ambassador]

uhbristol.nhs.uk/media/3757...

Is this what you mean? I googled (North Bristol Trust Rheumatology vulnerability chart covid-19).

However - I imagine they will have revised all sorts of things by now so I doubt its advice is current

[Lakesider in reply to PMRpro]

Yes that’s it thank you. Non of my searches produced it. Thank you for your help

[Lakesider in reply to Lakesider]

It has changed but for the worse. It now puts me in the shielding group which it didn’t earlier

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Lakesider]

On what grounds?

[Lakesider in reply to PMRpro]

It has changed its highest vulnerability group to Shield. I take 15mg pred and am over 70 That would put me in that group but I’ve recently added METHOTREXANE which is another no no

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Lakesider]

Yup - seems fair to me!

[piglette]

I think the government are saying “The guidance for the clinically extremely vulnerable is that shielding has been paused. “ Although they are saying those with organ transplants should still be careful.

gov.uk/government/publicati...

[Lakesider in reply to piglette]

Thank you. This gives me mor scope than I thought the changes had brought. I’m particularly interested because my wife is in hospital and has just come out of isolation-not COVID - and I’m wondering about visiting. She also has PMR and is in the shield list

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Lakesider]

Are you allowed to visit? My daughter has been in for 10 days and even her husband wasn't allowed to visit.

[Lakesider in reply to PMRpro]

Yes she is allowed one visitor a day but while she’s been in isolation we had to speak on the phone through a window

[piglette in reply to PMRpro]

It seems it varies from hospital to hospital

[Lakesider in reply to piglette]

Yes I think it does. Ward to ward where my wife is