The NHS says it's spent £220m opening dozens of long COVID centres around the country, but some sufferers report waiting many months to be seen and a charity wants the government to boost clinic staffing and do more research into treatments.
Some sufferers have asked for advice on buying their own oxygen to help breathlessness, according to the charity - a risk if not issued on prescription and properly monitored.
Thirty percent of people at long COVID clinics in England waited more than 15 weeks to be seen as of March/April, according to NHS data.Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video playerYvonne Alder, 60, caught coronavirus during the first wave and has experienced extreme long COVID symptoms.
She said she heard nothing for almost a year after being referred to a long COVID centre, and only got in after writing to her MP."The lack of support has been horrible," she said."If I had the strength to protest on the streets, I would do it. What about those that are getting COVID-19 today? A tsunami of long COVID sufferers are coming but there's been nothing done to help the first wave.
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