Thank you for the many positive tweets I’ve seen about @BBCQT its good to debate with colleagues the issue of the day. We need empathy in our public discourse thank you @NHSconfed team and members

NHS Confederation Chair Victor Adebowale on Question Time:
Q.Does Britain have a sick note culture?
A. No… It’s cruel…2m people have #LongCovid , a recognised illness as a result of #Covid …very rarely met someone who doesn’t want to work… We need to stop using performative language.”

Following new Office for National Statistics (ONS) data showing that Long Covid is still at high prevalence
With Long Covid SOS and Covid Action (Now!) we call for urgent investment into NHS services and treatment, research, and workplace support for Long Covid
longcovid.org/impact/press-r…

#WhyIsTheUKsoSick

Our trustee Danny Altmann on the ONS data:
'This data confirms what we are already seeing in the patient community - that far from being a remnant of the pandemic peak...
longcovid.org/impact/press-r…

Allowing HIV negative, SARS-Cov-2 individuals to develop what are AIDS Defining Illnesses is cruel. Folks drew the wrong parallels and ensured it would happen. Too late to do the right thing now.

Here is our joint press release with Long Covid Support 🌍 & Covid Action (Now!) sent out after the most recent Office for National Statistics (ONS) data (for England &Scotland not Wales)
“Our government consistently fails to consider Long Covid when discussing the long-term health of the country”

longcovidsos.org/post/why-is-th…

For the latest insights on the macroeconomic impact of #LongCovid in the UK, read our report launched March 2024 which explores the wider economic impacts of Long Covid on jobs, households and the NHS no long-term healthcare funding commitments are made.👉bit.ly/3xv0303

We overuse the metaphor of the boiling frog and the slow-mo car crash and all that. But this really is SUCH a massive problem we seem to just blithely ignore.

NHS Confederation Chair Victor Adebowale on Question Time:
Q.Does Britain have a sick note culture?
A. No… It’s cruel…2m people have #LongCovid , a recognised illness as a result of #Covid …very rarely met someone who doesn’t want to work… We need to stop using performative language.”

“As Long Covid Support said, the ONS figures are clear on one thing in particular: that the “pandemic is not over””

#LongCovid
#LongCovid RuinsLives
#CureLongCovid
#CovidIsNotOver