Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 109916

Long Covid: Health Services

Tabled: 30 January 2026
Answered: 6 February 2026

Question

Mr Will Forster

Liberal DemocratWoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether future NHS planning guidance will require Integrated Care Boards to provide dedicated long covid pathways.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are allocated funding by the National Health Service based on a statistical formula which takes into account population size and needs, so that funding distribution is fair and objective. Further details on ICB funding alloca...

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