Written Evidence Feb. 06 2024
Inquiry: Children’s social careFound: CSC0104 - Children’s social care Institute of Recovery from Childhood Trauma Written Evidence
Nov. 20 2008
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Asked by: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the overall burden of Long Covid, (2) the number of new cases being identified each month, (3) the percentage of sufferers who are able to receive specialist treatment, and (4) the provisions available for long-term support and assistance.
Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Government does not currently routinely record the total amount of people with long COVID or new cases identified. However, the most recent data from the Office of National Statistics shows that for the 4-week period ending 5 March 2023, 1.9 million people, or 2.9% of the population, in private households in the United Kingdom reported experiencing long COVID symptoms; 83,000 people first had, or suspected they had, COVID-19 less than 12 weeks previously, 1.73 million people had symptoms for 12 or more weeks, 1.3 million people for at least a year and 762,000 for at least two years; and 1.5 million people reported day-to-day activities adversely affected. Of these, 381,000 reported that their ability to undertake day-to-day activities had been limited a lot.
Whilst no specific assessment has been made of the percentage of long COVID sufferers who are able to receive specialist treatment, activity data released by NHS England shows that, for the month of December 2023, there was a total of 1,104 initial specialist assessments completed during the month and an additional 8,696 follow-up appointments were carried out. In total, since the data was first published in July 2021, 101,998 patients have received an initial specialist assessment. A further 347,837 follow-up appointments have taken place.
NHS England has invested £314 million to expand long COVID treatment in the National Health Service and rehabilitation services, establishing 100 long COVID services for adults and 13 specialist paediatric hubs for children and young people. These assess people with long COVID and direct them into appropriate care pathways which provide appropriate support and treatment. Commissioning of post-COVID services will transition from the long COVID national programme to integrated care boards by the end of March 2024. Funding for long COVID services in 2024/25 is expected to be allocated based on the 2023/24 distribution.
The NHS and wider scientific community are working at unprecedented pace to better understand long COVID, supported by £50 million in research funding.
Feb. 20 2008
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Written Evidence Feb. 06 2024
Inquiry: Children’s social careFound: CSC0092 - Children’s social care Mrs Amanda Knowles Written Evidence
Correspondence Feb. 08 2024
Committee: Education, Children and Young People CommitteeFound: Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill 8 February 2024 Letter from the Convener to the Minister
Mar. 18 2024
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Dec. 08 2023
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