More than 400,000 people in England were wrongly marked as at high risk from coronavirus because of an over-cautious algorithm. NHS Digital said the Department of Health made the decision to cautiously apply 'high risk' figures when data was missing. 'As they have always done, GPs and specialist clinicians can make their own assessment and are able to add and remove individuals from the Shielded Patient List. 'Single, isolated risk factors would not result in someone being added to the Shielded Patient List. 'Clinicians can apply their clinical judgement and remove any of these patients from the Shielded Patient List and people with concerns can speak to their GP.

Source: Daily Mail March 11, 2021 19:10 UTC