Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of long covid on workforce planning within the NHS; and what steps he is taking in response to that matter.

The National Health Service will continue to monitor the impact of ‘long’ COVID-19 on staff as part of operational planning for service recovery and winter. For NHS staff suffering from ‘long’ COVID-19, the support offer includes a package of comprehensive support for health and wellbeing including mental health hubs, rapid referral to services, local occupational health and online wellbeing resources.