RCGP advises extreme caution for shielded patients leaving lockdown

The Royal College of GPs is urging patients to remain cautious following the publication of latest Government advice allowing shielded patients to go outdoors as long as social distancing rules are observed. Professor Martin Marshall, Chair of the Royal College of GPs, said: “Shielded patients are feeling the greatest and most serious impact of lockdown, and this slight relaxation of restrictions could bring positive benefits for their mental, as well as physical, health.“However, we would advise extreme caution, particularly for those who are in the most high-risk groups, such as our patients with cancer and serious long term conditions including respiratory