Shielding Letter From Gp Northern Ireland. If you're not sure if you're at high risk, see who's at higher risk from coronavirus. Who gets a shielding letter?
Its aim is to improve people’s health… Shielding advice in northern ireland. We will add to this as, and when, new information becomes available.
This advice is for people who have received a letter from the nhs or their gp saying they're at high risk from coronavirus.
Some people will receive a letter from their gp to say they should take extra steps to protect (or 'shield') themselves because of an underlying health condition. An original estimate of 40,000 people likely to be ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’ in northern ireland almost doubled and 80,000 patients should have received a shielding letter from their gp. Thousands of letters giving updated advice on shielding have begun arriving in homes in northern ireland. This page covers the lockdown rules in northern ireland.
