NHS to offer help at specialist centres
There is increasing evidence to suggest that 10% of Covid sufferers are still experiencing symptoms more than 3 weeks after infection and an estimated 60,0000 people suffering after 3 months of infection.
NHS chief executive Sir Simon Stevens announced that £10 million is to be invested this year in addition to local funding to help kick start and designate long covid clinics in every area across England, to complement existing primary, community and rehabilitation care.
He explained;
“While this is still a relatively new virus, we are learning more about covid with every passing week. It is now clear that long covid can have a major impact on the lives of a significant minority of patients weeks or months after they have contracted the virus. So just as the NHS quickly put in place specialist hospital care for acutely ill Covid patients at the start of the pandemic, now we must respond sensitively and effectively to these new patient needs.”
To read more about this, including the 5 part package of measure to boost NHS support for long covid patients click here.