Management of Long COVID

General
Greenhalgh T. et al. (11 August 2020) Management of post-acute covid-19 in primary care. BMJ2020;370:m3026 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3026

NICE
NICE (18 Dec 2020) Rapid guideline: [https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng188/chapter/4-Planning-care Managing the long-term effects of COVID-19. NICE guideline [NG188 ] ] Published date: 18 December 2020 Response and critique to the guideline: Gorna R, MacDermott N, Rayner C, O’Hara M, Evans S, Agyen L, Nutland N, Rogers N and Hastie C. (18 Dec 2020)Long COVID guidelines need to reflect lived experience. The Lancet. Published Online https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32705-7

SIGN
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (Dec 2020). Long COVID (Patient Information Leaflet)

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (Dec 2020). Managing the long-term effects of COVID-19.

International/Other
NIH (Updated: 17 Dec 2020) COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines ''Please note these guidelines are mostly restricted to COVID-19 in the acute setting with a small word here about long COVID.

Long COVID clinics
60 LC clinics announced by NHS England 18 Dec 2020

Pacing and chronic fatigue
Click here for Pacing Resources

This Week In Virology podcast episode - Long Covid Long-term COVID and ME/CFS: Discussing patients with long-term COVID and similarities and differences with ME/CFS.

Torjesen I. (21 July 2020) NICE cautions against using graded exercise therapy for patients recovering from covid-19. BMJ2020;370:m2912 doi:https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2912 from:

NICE (July 2020) Statement about graded exercise therapy in the context of COVID-19.

Return to work
NHS Employers: Supporting staff to return to the workplace

Please also see employment issues and sick pay page.