From the Government website:-
"If you have been identified as needing shielding you will receive a letter from your GP, hospital or (if identified nationally) from our national helpline. Where we hold a mobile number we will also send you a series of SMS text messages. These will come from either 07307 810357 or UK_Gov. If you are unclear why you have received a letter, please contact your GP or hospital consultant.
You should register yourself on the gov.uk website if you need extra help and support. If you do not register on the website, then you will be contacted by the shielding helpline to confirm that you do not need support. The call will be made from 0333 3050466. It is not a live telephone line, but if you call it you will get the following recorded message: “You were called today by the Shielding Helpline, sorry that we missed you, there is no need to call us back as we will try again soon. Thank you, goodbye”.
I would suggest that if your calls have been from any other number, they are probably scammers.
Edited by member 11 May 2020 at 19:42
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Doesn't sound right to me. I think you get contact from your GP in the 1st instance.
User
That's not what the Gov website says - it may come from the GP, hospital or the national helpline 🤷♀️
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard
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Tony got a text right at the beginning of lockdown and then got a letter from the gov. the texts all came from GOV.UK or NHS coronavirus service, he hasn't had any texts since end of march.
regards Barbara x
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Type the number in plus “scam” into google to see if it gets any hits.
User
I had the phone call from the "Helpline". Nice Scottish man who asked questions like " How do you get your groceries?" "Do you need a food parcel?" ( was tempted but said no!) and so on. I have had various texts and a letter, all telling me to do " Shielding" which I have for the last 12 weeks and I am bored and fed up now, so tomorrow I am going out on a drive to a nice place in my motorhome and the doors will stay closed. I will take a picnic and make a cup of coffee etc. If my wife wants to she can come as well :-)
John
PS I should have said I do have several "comorbidities" Asthma, Heart probs, T2 diabetes, and Gout to name a few! I don't know which condition qualifies me but someone must have made a decision?
Edited by member 12 May 2020 at 12:38
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Thanks everyone for your input. We have spoken to our GP, the Macmillian nurses and a doctor in the urology department at our local hospital. No one seems to know whey he is on the list. . It was the legitimate help line that first notified us of the change of status. They couldn't answer why we were being informed 5 weeks after the op when this was something that I asked on leaving the hospital.
There is a benefit.... It means that we can easily get a supermarket slot for delivering the wine order 😀
Take care and stay safe.
User
Great result, can you see if they have any custard cream biscuits please.
Thanks Chris
Edited by member 12 May 2020 at 20:46
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