Publish date: 25 March 2020
Vision is aware of challenges related to the letter sent to patients last week and the guidance sent to GP practices by NHS England / BMA / RCGP at the weekend around identifying high-risk patients.
We have been in discussion with NHS Digital to seek clarification on a number of points:
- Enabling clinicians to understand what clinical conditions have led to patients being marked as high-risk.
- Understanding why some GP Patients are not included in the high-risk group and the process GP’s need to take to include those patients.
- What responsibilities GP’s have with respect to contacting patients who they believe should be included.
We are awaiting guidance from NHS Digital and we advise practices NOT TO UNDERTAKE any activity until further guidance is forthcoming.
We are working to provide you with a suite of searches/reports that will assist you in identifying vulnerable patients that have not been sent a letter centrally.
