Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 40555
Long Covid: Health Services
Tabled: 24 March 2025
Answered: 1 April 2025
Question
Jo Platt
Labour (Co-op) — Leigh and Atherton
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on (a) diagnostics and (b) treatment pathways for people with long covid.
Answer
Ashley DaltonThere are no diagnostic tests for long COVID currently approved for use in the United Kingdom, and clinicians must rule out other conditions which present with similar symptoms to diagnose long COVID. Researchers are also working to identify blood-based b...
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