Post Covid survey

News - 18 January 2022

Healthwatch England have asked local Healthwatch to gather data on peoples experiences of Post Covid to help shape and develop services in this new clinical area.
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The background to the study is an estimated 1.3 million people living in private households in the UK (2% of the population) who are experiencing self-reported “long COVID” or post-Covid-19 syndrome at 6th December 2021 (Office for National Statistics, 6th January 2022). Of people with self-reported long COVID, 270,000 (21%) first had (or suspected they had) COVID-19 less than 12 weeks previously; 892,000 people (70%) first had (or suspected they had) COVID-19 at least 12 weeks previously, and 506,000 (40%) first had (or suspected they had) COVID-19 at least one year previously (ONS 2022). 247,00 people in the UK identify that their ability to carry out day to day activities had been 'reduced a lot.'

This indicates the possibility that many people are experiencing a long-term debilitating illness where treatments are still emerging.

The survey is now closed

Healthwatch England have asked local Healthwatch to gather data on your experiences to help shape and develop services in this new clinical area. We already know that reported symptoms vary widely, and that access to support is not always straightforward (Healthwatch Richmond, 2021). We also know that symptoms can be very protracted and adversely affect day-to-day activities. We have designed a survey to ask for your experiences, and are interviewing some people who are experiencing long COVID to hear in more depth about the affect this has had. We will also be interviewing local GP’s about their experience of providing support to patients affected.

 

 

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