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<p>NHS England published <em>Long COVID: the NHS plan for 2021/22</em> on 15 June.
Within the Plan, a multi-disciplinary care pathway is outlined as a principle of care
for ‘long’ COVID-19, with the expectations that services must offer multidisciplinary,
physical, cognitive, psychological and psychiatric assessments. The paediatric hubs
also announced as part of the Plan will consist of multidisciplinary teams which can
provide assessment services and remote support to other clinicians to ensure ongoing
holistic support. The Plan also outlined that by mid-July, healthcare systems should
provide fully staffed ‘long’ COVID-19 service plans covering the whole pathway from
primary care through to specialist care using multidisciplinary teams. A copy of <em>Long
COVID: the NHS plan for 2021/22 </em>is attached.</p><p>The National Institute for
Health and Care Excellence’s <em>COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing the long-term
effects of COVID-19</em>, states that access to multidisciplinary services should
be provided for assessing physical and mental health symptoms and carrying out further
tests and investigations and that integrated, multidisciplinary rehabilitation services,
based on local need and resources should also be provided. A copy of the guideline
is attached.</p>
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