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 effect of covid-19 on people’s communication, voice and swallowing.

The Your COVID Recovery website has a section on the impact of COVID-19 on the voice and swallowing which is available at the following link:

https://www.yourcovidrecovery.nhs.uk/managing-the-effects/effects-on-your-body/voice-and-swallowing/

For longer term effects, ‘long’ COVID-19 is a relatively new illness and understanding of the condition and the best treatment is developing.