{"id":40288,"date":"2021-04-01T07:28:08","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T07:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/?p=40288"},"modified":"2021-04-01T08:30:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T08:30:55","slug":"bhiva-advice-on-access-to-covid-19-vaccines-and-shielding-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/40288","title":{"rendered":"BHIVA advice on access to COVID-19 vaccines and shielding in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"HTBBODYtext\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/COVID-19-graphic.png\" width=\"231\" height=\"142\" \/>Simon Collins, HIV i-Base<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"HTBBODYtext\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">On 16 March 2021, BHIVA issued updated information about how HIV positive people can access vaccines against COVID-19, and also on shielding in the UK.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"HTBBODYtext\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The vaccine advice includes information on:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"HTBBODYindent\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">How HIV clinics can directly refer HIV positive people to vaccine hubs. This covers the slightly differences between HIV clinics in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and England.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"HTBBODYindent\">Although some HIV clinics are already providing vaccines, it is also taking time for this to be arranged.<\/li>\n<li class=\"HTBBODYindent\">Ways to ensure access to vaccines for people without an NHS number.<\/li>\n<li class=\"HTBBODYindent\">Reassurance that vaccine databases do not record any other medical information, other than the data and make of vaccine that is given.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"HTBBODYtext\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">New information on the UK shielding policy includes:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"HTBBODYindent\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Recognising that the QCovid risk predictor\u00a0has been wrongly assessing risk \u2013\u00a0but that attempts to fix problems are already ongoing. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"HTBBODYindent\">That HIV positive people may have been wrongly added to the Shielded Patient list, or added for non-HIV reasons. GPs can currently make changes to the list and\u00a0BHIVA\u00a0is looking at whether HIV clinics can also do this.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"HTBBODYtext\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">References<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"HTBBODYtext\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">BHIVA. Important COVID risk and vaccine updates, QCovid risk assessment &amp; Shielding advice &#8211; update from BHIVA. (16 March 2021).<br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhiva.org\/important-covid-risk-and-vaccine-updates-march-2021\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.bhiva.org\/important-covid-risk-and-vaccine-updates-march-2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>This report was first posted on 16 March 2021.<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"HTBBODYtext\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"HTBBODYtext\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simon Collins, HIV i-Base On 16 March 2021, BHIVA issued updated information about how HIV positive people can access vaccines against COVID-19, and also on shielding in the UK. The vaccine advice includes information on: How HIV clinics can directly &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282,278],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid-19-hiv-and-covid-19-coinfection","category-covid-19"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/htb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}