chronic heart disease and vascular disease

congenital heart disease

hypertension (high blood pressure) WITH cardiac complications

heart failure

ischaemic heart disease (angina, heart attack)

atrial fibrillation

peripheral vascular disease

history of venous thromboembolism eg DVT

chronic respiratory disease

COPD (bronchitis, emphysema)

cystic fibrosis

severe asthma (admitted to hospital for asthma, OR take regular oral steroids (prednislone), OR have had three separate courses of steroids over a three month period)

bronchiectasis

interstitial lung fibrosis

pneumoconiosis

bronchopulmonary dysplasis

chronic kidney disease

chronic kidney disease at stage 3, 4 or 5

nephrotic syndrome

kidney transplant

chronic gastro and liver disease

cirrhosis

hepatitis

IBD (colitis, Crohns, ulcerative colitis) AND taking immunosupressant treatment, or your condition is active

biliary atresia

chronic neurological disease

epilepsy

stroke, transient ischaemic attack

cerebral palsy

multiple sclerosis

Parkinson’s disease

motor neurone disease

hereditary nerve or muscle disease

severe neurological disability

diabetes

all diabetes, incl diet controlled

chronic blood disease

sickle cell disease

thalassemia major

dementia

Down’s syndrome

severe and profound learning disability

coeliac disease

 If affects the spleen

solid organ, bone marrow and stem cell transplant recipients

people with specific cancers

immunosuppression due to disease or treatment

severe mental illness

schizophrenia

bipolar disorder

a condition that causes severe functional impairment

morbid obesity

Body Mass Index ≥40

carers

if you have carer’s allowance

primary carer of someone who has a condition that means they are Clinically Extremely Vulnerable or High Risk