Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 8222

Health Services and Social Services: Long Covid

Tabled: 9 October 2024
Answered: 16 October 2024

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

Labour — Clapham and Brixton Hill

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.

Answer

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.