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The new ONS data shows that in just 4 months, in England and Scotland, the number of people with Long Covid has increased by 9.9% to 2m. That's approximately 1 in every 32 people.
Of those 2m people, 1.5m have their activities “adversely limited” by Long Covid, an increase of 179,000 (12%). That’s 1 in 42 people.
Of those 1.5m people, 381,000 have their activities limited “a lot” by Long Covid, an increase of 60,000 (19%). That’s 1 in 164 people.
Two leading UK Long Covid charities - Long Covid Support and Long Covid SOS - and the pressure group Covid Action are calling for urgent investment into NHS services and treatment, research, and workplace support for Long Covid.
Our government consistently fails to consider Long Covid when discussing the long-term health of the country and the growing number of people who are either economically inactive or have had to reduce their economic activity (e.g. being forced to work fewer hours).
With the overall number of people out of the workforce on health grounds surging since the beginning of the pandemic, we must urgently investigate the contribution that Covid-19 and Long Covid have made to the numbers who are economically inactive or have reduced economic activity.
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International Long Covid Awareness Day is our chance to shine a spotlight on the illness, to show our solidarity, and to push for more research and clinical trials.
It’s a day when communities around the world come together to make a difference. We have written this letter to support our community in their actions.
Individuals and allies looking to take part can do so in several ways.
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#ItCouldHappenToYou: THE LONG COVID GROUPS LAUNCH THEIR CAMPAIGN TO COINCIDE WITH BORIS JOHNSON’S APPEARANCE AT THE COVID INQUIRY
Anyone can get Long Covid. This is the message that will be sent out across central London on Wednesday, 6th December as Boris Johnson appears in front of the Covid Inquiry to give evidence.
The Long Covid Groups are core participants in the Inquiry and comprise volunteer-led charities and associations Long Covid Support, Long Covid SOS, Long Covid Physio and Long Covid Kids. Through their legal team, headed up by Jane Ryan of Bhatt Murphy solicitors, the Groups have been working hard to ensure that Long Covid, ignored and dismissed since the start of the pandemic, runs as a thread throughout the Inquiry.
From the revelation that Boris Johnson thought that Long Covid was ‘Bollocks’ and ‘Gulf War syndrome stuff’ to the claim from Chris Whitty that it didn’t warrant bringing to the attention of No 10, the evidence heard at the Covid Inquiry has confirmed that Long Covid has been sidelined, disbelieved and ignored. Despite written appeals from the Groups that Long Covid should be a consideration in policy making decisions, the potential for hundreds of thousands to go on to suffer long-term consequences from a Covid-19 infection was never given the importance it deserved.
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The UK Covid-19 Inquiry Module 2, which is examining Core UK Decision-making and Political Governance during the pandemic, opened today. Outside the venue a group of people with Long Covid gathered in unity.
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Joint research and report by the TUC and Long Covid Support.
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Help End the Long Covid Crisis
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Long Covid Support have written an open letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Steve Barclay. We are asking him to ensure that effective Ventilation is available in all public spaces.