From: Dr. Marc-Alexander Fluks
Source: UK House of Commons
Date: April 8, 2021
URL:
https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-03-17/170640
Ref:
http://www.me-net.combidom.com/meweb/web1.4.htm#westminster
[Written Answers]
Coronavirus: Vaccination
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Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he
is taking to ensure that GPs are able to identify (a) asthma and (b) ME
patients for the covid-19 vaccine through their medical records.
Nadhim Zahawi
To assist general practitioners (GPs) identify patients eligible for a
vaccine in each priority cohort, NHS Digital has aligned specifications
for the identification of patients via their medical records with GP
system suppliers. Asthma sufferers will be identified through this
system and invited to make an appointment when the vaccination programme
has reached their respective priority cohort.
To date, chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) has
not been identified as either a condition that makes an individual
clinically extremely vulnerable or as a condition that would place an
individual at increased clinical risk from COVID-19. GPs will therefore
not specifically be identifying CFS/ME patients for COVID-19 vaccines
via their medical records. It is more likely that patients with CFS/ME
will be offered COVID-19 vaccines because they are eligible through
other means such as their age, or they have other underlying health
issues that would put them at increased clinical risk.