Long Covid

(asked on 20th June 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she will make a decision on the potential classification of long covid as an occupational disease.


Answered by
Chloe Smith Portrait
Chloe Smith
This question was answered on 27th June 2022

When deciding whether to prescribe new diseases or making any changes to the appropriate prescriptions under the Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Scheme, Ministers are guided by the recommendations of the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (“IIAC”), which is independent of Government. IIAC is investigating whether long-COVID can be prescribed as an occupational disease for the purposes of IIDB.

We will carefully consider any recommendations that IIAC may make with regards to COVID19 and the list of prescribed diseases.

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