Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on the roll out of long covid clinics.
NHS England and NHS Improvement have provided £10 million to fund over 40 pioneering specialist clinics for people suffering from the long-term effects of COVID-19. The plans for these clinics were published on 15 November and guidance was made available on 6 November.
NHS England and NHS Improvement committed to ensuring post COVID-19 assessment clinics will be available from early December 2020. In response, each integrated care system is working towards the provision of at least one such service.
A number of these clinics are already established and have started to accept patients. More information about the clinic locations and how to access them will be released in the near future.