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Written question asked by Justin Madders (Labour) on Wednesday, 30 September 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 5 October 2020. It was answered by Jo Churchill (Conservative) on Wednesday, 30 December 2020 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Congenital Abnormalities: Coronavirus

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the risk that covid-19 poses to people with spina bifida and hydrocephalus.

Answer

People with spina bifida and hydrocephalus are not automatically identified as clinically vulnerable or clinically extremely vulnerable.

GPs and hospital clinicians have the discretion to add individual patients to the shielded patient list based on careful, clinical assessments of each individual’s needs. This will require expert clinical judgement on a patient-by-patient basis. If anyone is unsure if they should be following the guidnece for the clinically vulnerable or clinically extremely vulnerable. we would encourage them to discuss this with their GP or hospital specialist.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
97607
Session
2019-21
Related items
Subjects
Risk assessment Spina bifida Hydrocephalus Coronavirus
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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