Question reference: S5W-30822
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 20 July 2020
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Current status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 6 August 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that people diagnosed with blood cancer after 1 August 2020 will be added to the shielding list, and under what circumstances shielding would be re-introduced nationally or locally.
Answer
While we are moving towards a pause to the advice to shield for the people at the highest risk of severe illness should they contract COVID-19, we will continue to maintain the shielding list. Clinicians will continue to add people appropriately based on the current criteria.
In making any future assessments about re-introducing shielding nationally or locally, Scottish Ministers will continue to take an evidence-based approach. We continue to engage with the UK Government and other devolved administrations to ensure that we learn from emerging evidence and the measures taken in other parts of Europe and around the world.
As we have done for our approach to easing restrictions we will be transparent about any future decisions.