Living with Long Covid and accessing financial help

Developing Long Covid often requires adopting a new way of life - e.g. learning to pace, not being able to do everything you used to be able to do. This can be hard. We provide information to help you on your Long Covid journey.

In this section of our resources page there is information about:

What Long Covid is
Available support groups available
Managing some of the symptoms of Long Covid
Seeking medical help when you have Long Covid
Best practice guidelines.

Keep an eye on the website because we are add information to this page on a regular basis.

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