What is the Long Covid SOS Take the Plunge Campaign?
Last month we launched our 'Take the Plunge' campaign. You might be wondering how you can join in and help us raise funds for Long Covid SOS
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Long Covid SOS Team
- Jul 8
- 1 min
Take the Plunge and help raise funds for Long Covid SOS Charity!
To launch our charity can you Take the Plunge for LongCovidSOS?
Have a sponsored splash any way you are able so we can continue to send out
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Ondine Sherwood
- Jul 6
- 2 min
Long Covid SOS responds to Matt Hancock: in the face of soaring cases there is "no cause for alarm"
Matt Hancock applauds the UK’s decision to end all legal Covid-19 restrictions and concludes that, despite rising infections due to yet anot
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Long Covid SOS Team
- Jun 30
- 3 min
Long Covid – a turning point in Tribunal claims?
There has been a very interesting decision of the Scottish Employment Tribunal that has recently ruled that an individual suffering from lon
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Karen Matthews
- Jun 2
- 1 min
Therapies in Long Covid Webinar Series
Long Covid SOS are partners on this study and we wish to disseminate this webinar series for those who wish to find out more about it.
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Long Covid SOS Team
- May 19
- 3 min
Long Covid SOS join the launch of the Covid Safety Pledge
On 13th May 2022 a coalition including groups representing those who have been impacted by the pandemic launched the Covid-19 Safety Pledge
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Karen Matthews
- May 16
- 1 min
NIHR Long Covid research update
The NIHR has launched new content to outline the wide range of research studies on understanding Long Covid
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Karen Matthews
- May 16
- 1 min
Qualitative (Interview based) Research Study in Chronic Pain - Call for Participants
We have been contacted by an MSc student about an ethically approved research project into chronic pain. 'Barriers and facilitators to...
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Long Covid SOS Team
- Mar 31
- 1 min
Long Covid was debated on 31/03/2022 in the House of Commons - watch it here
Long Covid was debated on 31/03/2022 in the House of Commons - watch it here
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Long Covid SOS Team
- Feb 21
- 2 min
Statement in response to the Prime Minister’s announcement on 21/02/2022 removing all Covid measures
Today’s announcement from Boris Johnson is yet another blow to those who are living with the long term effects of Covid-19.
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Long Covid SOS Team
- Feb 10
- 2 min
Statement from LongCovidSOS about further easing of restrictions announced by Boris Johnson 09/02/22
Statement from LongCovidSOS about further easing of restrictions announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on 9th February 2022
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Ondine Sherwood
- Jan 11
- 4 min
"We cannot afford to let them down" The Health & Social Care Select Committee publishes their report
"Clearing the backlog caused by the pandemic" LongCovidSOS were asked to submit written evidence to this inquiry (see this post) and also...
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Long Covid SOS Team
- Sep 18, 2021
- 10 min
LongCovidSOS submit evidence to the Health and Social Care Select Committee inquiry into the Backlog
We were asked to submit evidence to the committee's inquiry "Clearing the backlog caused by the pandemic" You can read our submission on th
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Long Covid SOS Team
- Jul 15, 2021
- 3 min
LongCovidSOS writes to Sajid Javid: "We must take long covid into account when easing restrictions"
We ask you to urgently reconsider the timing of the removal of all measures to mitigate the spread of Covid-19. Any steps towards
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Karen Matthews
- Jun 29, 2021
- 1 min
UK Volunteers required to help test a questionnaire
The Therapies in Long Covid (TLC) Study led by the University of Birmingham in the UK (LongCovid SOS is a partner), is looking for...
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Long Covid SOS Team
- Jun 29, 2021
- 3 min
‘I remember’ - the Scottish Covid Memorial
Alec Finlay has been appointed to work on Scotland’s Covid memorial in the grounds of Glasgow’s Pollok Country Park. In this blog he talks
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Ondine Sherwood
- May 18, 2021
- 3 min
LongCovidSOS publish results of their survey into the impact of vaccination on Long Covid Symptoms
Since the rollout of the vaccine programme, there has been concern among those with Long Covid that vaccination could exacerbate their sympt
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Ondine Sherwood
- Apr 22, 2021
- 3 min
Research is needed now to help people with Long Covid
This is an extract of a letter Long Covid SOS sent to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock in February 2021
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Ondine Sherwood
- Apr 15, 2021
- 1 min
How are patient advocacy groups helping Long Covid recognition and research?
Amidst the uncertainty and life-changing symptoms of Long Covid, patients are uniting to amplify calls for recognition and further...
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Ondine Sherwood
- Mar 16, 2021
- 1 min
LongCovidSOS launch Vaccine survey
Anecdotal evidence from support groups and a patient generated survey suggest that a proportion of people with Long Covid may derive benefit
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