Long Covid: ‘fraction’ of sufferers getting NHS help in England

Only 60,000 of an estimated 277,000 people have been seen by specialist service, figures show

Just a “fraction” of long Covid sufferers are getting the help they need, with a third of them waiting more than three and a half months to be assessed after a GP referral, rising to almost half in some areas.

More than 60,000 people in England had a first assessment for post-Covid syndrome in an NHS specialist service between July 2021 and August 2022.

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