Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when and how the Government plans to communicate changes to shielding advice to people with cystic fibrosis and other people in the extremely vulnerable group during the covid-19 outbreak.

Shielding advice is kept under review, taking into account currently available evidence. We will issue further guidance about shielding and social distancing for clinically vulnerable groups as new evidence emerges.

The Government understands how challenging this period is, especially for those with long term conditions, and is doing everything possible to support the clinically extremely vulnerable. This includes clearly communicating any changes in advice for this group so those shielding are confident they are receiving the correct information for them.