Long Covid
Lords · Question HL5427 · Tabled 3 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Lord Strasburger
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the level of functional impairment endured by patients suffering from long Covid.
Answer
Answered by Baroness Merron, 18 Mar 2025
The Government recognises that long COVID is a complex condition, with a wide range of symptoms, which, in the worst case, can be substantially incapacitating. The term ‘long COVID’ is an umbrella term, coined by patients and widely used to describe a wid...