Has anybody managed to get themselves taken OFF the Shielded List?

Simply lacking a spleen does not put you on the shielded list - there would have to be something listed in the shielded or clinically extremely vulnerable list ( which is actually pretty specific)

Anyone without a spleen is of course on the shielded list.

I am on it for no good reason at all - I have had 6 communications from NHS about it: 2 letters, 2 texts and 2 phone calls. GP Surgery says it is an error and I should not be on it at all.

The HSJ have just revealed that 100,000 people were put on the shielded list in error, including sadly 10,000 who had already died. GPs were asked to check their patients agains the list, but I seem to remember they were given less than 48 hours to do it!

The Government is is the process of writing out to those who are wrongly on the list, if you think you might be one of them, contact your GP?

Nina, I was going to ask the same, what would happen if you just carried on as normal taking the correct precautions?
Are these letters just sent out or do they contact the persons current GP to see if they feel they should be shielded.
Can i ask what this means, does someone check on them, if they are shielded does that mean there is someone with them at all times, taking in deliveries etc.
In the first week of lockdown I was invited to a consultation with my GP and we discussed what I could and perhaps should not do, this went on my records on my I.D. card.

ninathenana - HR will not permit the person to return to work once they have received the Shielded Letter. Is working from home, but does not feel is really able to to do their job properly and completely that way.

I'm going to be really dumb and ask, why does he need to "be taken off the list".
If he wants to work and I admire him for that, what's to stop him ?
Can he be fined, what would be the consequences ?

The issue about lacking a spleen is more to do with immunity than general fitness. And whilst we understand so little about this virus and how it attacks the immune system, it makes sense to put those who have 'mislaid' (love that term!) a spleen in the more vulnerable group.
I'm sure that an individual discussion with GP or (if relevant) consultant / specialist nurse might help, but this virus has shown its unpredictability.
The public discussion has centred a lot on transmission, but data is being gathered on overwhelming immune responses in some individuals.
Tough on those who otherwise feel fit and well.

Teetime, the person I am talking about also lack a spleen, Taken out thirty years ago, due to an illness at the time# Never used any medication for this and is healthy and well with an excellent medical record. Is a key worker, and hates working from home, wants to get back - feels that just the lack of spleen should not be enough to be shielded,.

DH had the letter but didn't register. He is 74 fighting fit , his only problem is that he lacks a spleen having mislaid it in a RTA 40 odd years ago and has managed perfectly well without it for all that time. He certainly doesn't want to stay at home any longer than he has to.

Can’t understand the OP at all! SIL is on the shielded list with a government letter, and he has serious health problems.
Nobody can change that, including himself.
He certainly isn’t allowed to work ( except from home) and he is a key worker.
If you are on the list then you can’t ( just by wanting to) get off it.There are only about 1.5 million people actually on it, from a population of over 60 million.