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Cancer, transplant and asthma patients axed from shielding list by text message

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Outcry after people told they would lose government support without doctors being able to talk to them first

People with cancer, liver disease or severe asthma have been dropped from the UK government’s coronavirus shielding list by text message before their doctors have been able to speak to them.

The decision to remove people with various health conditions from the shielding programme has caused upset. The text also informed people they would no longer qualify for government food parcels.

Continue reading… The Guardian

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