Phone texts notify cancer, transplant and asthma patients they are off shielding list

MPs furious at UK health department as people with chronic disease lose support prior to any GP contactCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePeople with cancer, liver disease or severe asthma have been dropped from the UK government’s coronavirus shielding list by text message before their doctors have been able to speak to them.The decision to remove people with various health conditions from the shielding programme has caused upset. The text also informed peop