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Health Services and Social Services: Long Covid

Asked by Bell Ribeiro-AddyLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 16 October 2024UIN 8222

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of Long Covid on the health and social care workforce.

Answered by Andrew Gwynne

The most recent data from the Office for National Statistics estimated that for the 4-week period ending 5 March 2023, 4.41% of healthcare workers and 5.33% of social care workers had self-reported long COVID symptoms of any duration.

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