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FUND LONG COVID RESEARCH
Six Years On: Fund Long Covid Research
Six years after the start of the pandemic, millions of people across the UK are still living with Long Covid. Many remain unable to work and face uncertainty about their health and future.
This Long Covid Awareness Day, Long Covid SOS is calling for sustained funding for Long Covid research. Without long-term investment, researchers cannot fully understand the condition, develop effective treatments,
or improve care for the millions of adults and children affected.
We have sent an open letter to MPs urging them to support sustained research funding and raise the issue in Parliament.
Contact your MP and ask them to support Long Covid research funding.
It only takes a minute to send our template letter.
NEW UPDATED GP LEAFLET
We have worked with the RCGP and the Clinical Post Covid Society to completely revise and expand our GP leaflet. It now provides an even more comprehensive guide to diagnosing and treating Long Covid
Read our Press Release here
To complement the leaflet for GPs we have some sound advice and a checklist for people with Long Covid preparing to visit their GP
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LONG COVID BILL OF RIGHTS
LONG COVID SOS MERCHANDISE
We are very excited to launch our fabulous new Long Covid SOS merchandise. Choose from amazing designs and logos on a range of products including T-shirts, hoodies, mugs, bags, hats and more - and support our work at the same time
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LATEST DATA
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2 million people have Long Covid in England and Scotland: 3.3% of the population
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87.3% first had symptoms at least 12 weeks previously - approx 1.7 million
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71.1% or 1.4 million developed symptoms at least a year ago
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51.3% or 1 million have had symptoms 2 years or longer
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30.6% or 732,000 have been unwell for at least 3 years - this is the largest category
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111,800 children aged 3-17 now affected
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1.5 million people or 74.7% have symptoms adversely affecting their lives
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381,000 (19.2%) report that their ability to undertake their day-to-day activities are "limited a lot"
Highest prevalence as a % of the population:
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Age 45-54 (5%)
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North West (3.8%)
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Greatest deprivation (5.6%)
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Asian or Asian British (4.1%)
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Inactive - not looking for employment (9.1%)
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1.1 million report that symptoms worsen following physical and/or mental effort, including 65.7% of 18-34 year olds
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Fatigue, shortness of breath, difficulty concentrating and muscle ache were the top 4 most common symptoms
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The most deprived are twice as likely to have Long Covid compared to the most well off
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