Outputs (2)

Briefing: assessing the impact of COVID-19 on the clinically extremely vulnerable population. (2021)
Report
HODGSON, K., BUTLER, J.E., DAVIES, A., HOUSTON, S., MARSZALEK, K., PEYTRIGNET, S., PIRODDI, R., WOOD, F. and DEENY, S. 2021. Briefing: assessing the impact of COVID-19 on the clinically extremely vulnerable population. London: The Health Foundation [online]. Available from: https://www.health.org.uk/publications/reports/assessing-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-the-clinically-extremely-vulnerable-population

By February 2021 more than 4 million people across the UK had been identified as clinically extremely vulnerable to COVID-19 and advised to shield. Our briefing shows the scale of the challenge of ensuring that the most clinically vulnerable to COVID... Read More about Briefing: assessing the impact of COVID-19 on the clinically extremely vulnerable population..

The clinically extremely vulnerable to COVID: identification and changes in healthcare while self-isolating (shielding) during the coronavirus pandemic. (2021)
Working Paper
BUTLER, J.E., NATH, M., BLANA, D., BALL, W.P., BEECH, N., BLACK, C., OSLER, G., PAYTRIGNET, S., WILDE, K., WOZNIAK, A. and SAWHNEY, S. 2021. The clinically extremely vulnerable to COVID: identification and changes in healthcare while self-isolating (shielding) during the coronavirus pandemic. Hosted on medRxiv [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.09.21263026

In March 2020, the government of Scotland identified people deemed clinically extremely vulnerable to COVID due to their pre-existing health conditions. These people were advised to strictly self-isolate (shield) at the start of the pandemic, except... Read More about The clinically extremely vulnerable to COVID: identification and changes in healthcare while self-isolating (shielding) during the coronavirus pandemic..