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Perspectives on Long COVID-19 and work – recording and literature
This is a recording of an online summit aiming to clarify dilemmas in clinical and non-clinical practice relating to Long COVID-19 and a complex new condition and place it in a societal context. It covered:
What are the best current clinical approaches to improve functional capacity? ·
How can we link with the NHS offer, better? ·
What are current gaps in research? ·
What critical actions are now required?
Agenda
Welcome Professor Ewan Macdonald, OBE, University of Glasgow
Chair, President of the Society of Medicine Professor Anne Harriss
The size of the problem – why is Long Covid important? Dr Nisreen Alwan, University of Southampton
What is long COVID?
Clinical perspectives from a multidisciplinary view – Dr Clare Rayner
Long Covid Support – Lesley MacNevin
A US perspective – Dr David Strain – BMA David Putrino – Mt Sinai, Head of Rehab –
Government and NHS offer Alex Norris, MP, Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care) Cathy Hassell, NHS E, and I Q and A
Perspectives on return to work with long COVID An Occupational Medicine perspective – Dr Tony Williams
Rehabilitation perspectives – Dr John Etherington
Physiotherapy perspectives – Colette Owen
VR perspectives on early intervention – Deborah Edwards, VRA Chair
What are the research gaps… and next steps? Panel discussion
