These notes document an August 2022 meeting with senior NHS England nursing and infection prevention leaders, where concerns were raised about Covid-19 infection control guidance and the failure to provide healthcare workers with appropriate respiratory protection.
The discussion highlights a concerning drive to return protections to pre-pandemic levels despite evidence of airborne transmission, risks from repeated infection and questions about whether those developing IPC guidance had sufficient expertise in environmental hazard and risk management.
More than 1 in 10 of 1,496 US healthcare personnel reported the same moderate or severe symptom at both three and six months after COVID-19. Read the findings, limitations and what they may mean for SHH-UK readers.
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A large US study of almost 2,000 children and adolescents found that those meeting the research threshold for probable Long COVID were more likely to experience difficulties with grades, attention and participation with friends.
