Health Education: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Coronavirus

(asked on 16th November 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of symptoms of (a) chronic fatigue syndrome and (b) long covid.


Answered by
Nadine Dorries Portrait
Nadine Dorries
This question was answered on 15th December 2020

No specific assessment has been made of increasing awareness of chronic fatigue syndrome.

On 15 November 2020, the National Health Service launched a new taskforce with patients, charities, researchers and clinicians to help manage the NHS approach to ‘long COVID’. The taskforce will produce information and support materials for patients and healthcare professionals to develop a wider understanding of the condition. The full announcement is available via the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/2020/11/nhs-launches-40-long-covid-clinics-to-tackle-persistent-symptoms/

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