Thread by @long_covid

Commons debate on #LongCovid starts with @LaylaMoran giving an introduction.

"An estimated 300k have experienced #LongCovid in the UK. There are over 4000 more Long Covid cases added everyday"

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"There is nothing mild about Long Covid." @LaylaMoran continues.

"The all-party group are asking for three things:
Better reporting, urgent money for research and recognition by employers and the welfare system"

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"Headteachers, nurses, keyworkers on front line who have no choice but to do their job with inadequate PPE & testing & now face financial ruin for doing their duty. It is unacceptable"
"UK Goverment should recognise #LongCovid as a occupational disease"
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"To everyone who shared their story I want them to know they've not been forgotten, that this house has heard them and it's listening, I hope is now that the Government will step up and act too" - @LaylaMoran

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Dr Dan Poulter: "#LongCovid has a life changing impact on those that is affects. Young people very often are victims of these life changing impacts. We're literally learning more by the day. We need better data."

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Ian Lavery: "Worrying times, #LongCovid is a serious threat and it's effects are debilitating. The social security system needs to recognise the needs of those living with Long Covid"

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Carol Monaghan: "The sheer numbers affected by Long Covid is a serious health challenge. Health providers should be supplying guidelines on symptom management. @NICEComms moved swiftly to publish guidelines but omits major symptoms"

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Tonia Antoniazzi: "Long Covid is very real. Colleagues and former colleagues from this house, inc @JoPlattLeigh has been a great campaigner on the issue, the online support groups has been a lifeline"

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Chris Loder: "We are forgetting those who suffer from Covid, who survive it but who do not fully recover & left with one of the many debilitating conditions"
"@Long_Covery is a support group for children with #LongCovid & their parents"

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MP @GwynneMP speaks of his personal experience of #LongCovid: "It's been a hard slog, my short-term memory has been shot to pieces."

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Debbie Abrahams: "1 in 10 have symptoms beyond 12 weeks. We need to support people during their illness. We need to learn from the mistakes made from how we treated #MECFS patients"

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Jo Gideon: "#LongCovid can affect anyone and everyone in society including those who are young, fit and healthy. It's vital we reduce health inequalities in our society."

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Wayne David: "Too often #LongCovid patients feel forgotten. Opera singer @LeeDavidBowen is a #Longcovid suffering in my constituency, 10 months later he's still suffering from fatigue and has bad days"

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Claire Hanna: "It isn't just a respiratory disease. It's regrettable that we still have those who persist with the narrative, falsely, that COVID only affects the vulnerable"

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Alistair Carmichael: "So little is known about #LongCovid, it's an emerging picture. We need to accept we don't yet know the full picture. There is a lot of cross-over with #MECFS, you can see it's a problem with which we'll have to come to terms with.

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Barbara Keeley: "They need a health system that's able to identify #LongCovid, we need to establish if Long Covid is an occupationally acquired disease"
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Janet Daby: "Long Covid can affect anyone that has caught the virus, many do not know it exists. Getting a diagnosis can be challenging. People with Long Covid can connect online with patient groups, sufferers can feel isolated and can find their work seriously affected"

Neale Hanvey: "Government needs to raise public awareness of #LongCovid and to limit community transmission. In line with other post-viral syndromes like #MECFS may become a life-long condition"

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Now @DrRosena Allin-Khan: "For thousands it has lasting mental & physical impacts, many months after initial infection. Still so little is known about the debilitating symptoms. Tribute to @LongCovidSOS and all other support groups who campaign tirelessly and support one another"

Dr Rosena Allin-Khan: "With better data collection, further research and by listening to those living with #LongCovid we can begin to effectively treat this condition. We know for certain the symptoms of Long Covid can be severe."

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"I urge the Government for a patient-led approach" 👏 @DrRosena

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Nadine Dorries: "The Government continues to work with NHS and other stakeholders to develop and deliver high-quality services to patients. The NHS has developed a 5-point plan for dealing with #LongCovid."
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Nadine Dorries: "UKRI announced a joint-research funding call for the long-term physical and mental effects of COVID-19 in non-hospitalised patients, expected to commence in early 2021"

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Layla Moran summing up: "I hope you have the assurance that this house will continue to listen and encourage the Government to act. We need to learn from #MECFS. We need to push on financial support and failure of the welfare system to cope."

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Thank you @LaylaMoran and team for all your hard work in getting this debate in @HouseofCommons today.

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