Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce screening for post-traumatic stress disorder for people who have survived covid-19; and if he will make a statement.

Emerging evidence suggests that some people recovering from the COVID-19 virus are likely to experience significant ongoing health problems, including mental health problems such as post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression.

NHS England and NHS Improvement have worked with the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust to develop a digital, interactive, personalised recovery programme. The new ‘Your COVID Recovery’ service, which was announced on 5 July, forms part of National Health Service plans to expand access to COVID-19 rehabilitation treatments for those who have survived the virus but still have problems with mental health problems, breathing or other complications.