The shielding letter advises if you are sheilding and another member in the household/ partner etc is working or has to go out to shop , you must eat separately, use separate bathrooms etc, basically lead separate lives if possible.
I'm sure for many this is not possible.
However, if your partner has decided to sheild with you and hasn't been out of the house, nor had contact with anyone else, there is no need to stay apart.
My husband made the decision to sheild with me, so as not to compromise me, we have not been in close contact with anyone since then and no-one has been over the doorstep.
We are extremely fortunate that my daughter leaves shopping in the back garden and we have managed to get a few Tesco deliveries. We are fine, but I do understand for some some it's very difficult.
Early in the morning, we have gone across the empty field behind our house and back, never met a soul. It's like an an extension of our garden.
I was advised to sheild before the official lockdown, so it's been a very long lockdown.
All my hospital and GP appointments have been postponed, as it's deemed too risky for me to go.
It is what it is and I envisage the sheilding continuing beyond the suggested date. I just have to accept it.