🧬 New research study: Research shows Long Covid can occur during pregnancy, with symptoms and potential risks affecting maternal health and care decisions.
Article link: shh-uk.org/?p=35892
#LongCovidResearch #MaternalHealth #PregnancySafety #MentalHealthSupport
Covid spreads through the air. The evidence is clear. Professor Trisha Greenhalgh explains what that means for healthcare workers who are still at risk. Watch on our resources page.
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The Covid Inquiry is clear: IPC guidance failed.
Five key mistakes led to avoidable harm for healthcare workers and patients.
We cannot afford to ignore this. Read the paper by @EvonneTCurran.bsky.social and @alitwy.bsky.social
👉 shh-uk.org/five-ipc-...
#SafeAir4All
I keep seeing the figure for children with long Covid misquoted. The 6 million figure originates from the CDC (In collaboration with NIH Recover) and isn’t a global figure, it’s 6 million children with long Covid just in the US alone. A very sobering thought: 🧵
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Today at 11:00 💙
Our SHH-UK support group for healthcare workers with Long Covid is happening this morning.
Come as you are — listen, share, or just be part of a community that understands.
🔗 Join: teams.microsoft.com/...
#LongCovid #PeerSupport #SafeSpace
The APPG on Long Covid held a successful AGM on 24th March 2026. It has been registered and is good to go for another year!
Plans were discussed for upcoming meetings, and minutes from the meeting will be available on our website soon.
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Reminder: our SHH-UK Long Covid support group is tomorrow (Tuesday 14th) at 11:00.
If you’re a healthcare worker living with Long Covid, join us for a supportive, understanding space.
🔗 teams.microsoft.com/...
📩 supportgroup@shh-uk.org
🧬 New research study: Dizziness, rapid heart rate, and fatigue in Long Covid may be linked to POTS. Research highlights impacts on daily life and work.
Article link: shh-uk.org/?p=35890
#LongCovid #Fatigue #MentalHealth #LongCovidAwareness #HealthcareHeroes
The latest OECD report, published this week, makes it clear that Long Covid isn’t just a health issue — it’s a workforce crisis.
Reduced productivity, job loss, ongoing care needs.
Better protection = better outcomes.
Read the report: shh-uk.org/long-covi...
Healthcare workers with #LongCovid — join our online support group
📅 Tues 14th
⏰ 11:00–12:00
A safe space to connect, share & be heard.
🔗 teams.microsoft.com/...
📩 supportgroup@shh-uk.org
#CareForThoseWhoCared
"The policies required to provide integrated care for long COVID contribute to building resilient and people-centered health systems for any future health threats."
At LMU, a peer group for students with Long Covid and fatigue has been established by inclusion tutors. It highlights how important inclusion is in university life—especially when flexible, low-threshold formats make participation possible.
More in the interview: www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
And not just long covid as a condition itself - the lockdowns saw a lot of physical deconditioning of people in mid-to-later life which didn't just go away when things re-opened. These will have had long term impacts both on health and the ability to maintain employment
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🧬 New research summary: Returning to work with Long Covid is often slow & complex. Flexible, tailored support is key to helping people manage symptoms and stay in work.
Article link: shh-uk.org/?p=35852
#LongCovid #ReturnToWork
Healthcare workers living with Long Covid — you’re not alone.
Join our online support group
🗓 14 April
⏰ 11:00–12:00
A safe space to share, listen, and connect.
🔗 Join: teams.microsoft.com/...
#LongCovid #HealthcareWorkers #Support
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" #LongCOVID is still poorly understood, with millions of people living with fatigue, cognitive impairment, & cardiovascular effects that medicine is only slowly grappling with":
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Failing to call Covid airborne was not just a scientific error. It had deadly consequences. Healthcare workers lost their health, their careers and in some cases their lives.
#SafeAir4All #CovidIsAirborne #LongCovid
Read more: shh-uk.org/failing-t...
🏃 Run. Fundraise. Make a difference.
Support healthcare workers living with Long Covid through our Run for Charity events.
From 5Ks to marathons – there’s something for everyone.
👉 shh-uk.org/run-for-c...
#SafeAir4All #CareForThoseWhoCared
many of us are losing the ability to seek & understand information such as this because we’re being discouraged on all sides from doing so…
including by an ongoing pandemic that everyone has been convinced is mild.
and also the existence of gen AI.
#CovidIsntOver
Speaking from personal experience with Long COVID: yes.
Long COVID is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
New research from Karolinska Institutet shows people with Long COVID have a higher risk of heart issues like arrhythmias and coronary disease—even if they weren’t hospitalised during their initial infection.
Widespread structural and functional brain alterations in COVID-19: a systematic review of MRI studies — Chen et al "We identified 49 articles meeting the inclusion criteria." "We comprehensively summarized COVID-19 associated microstructural and functional alterations, categorized by imaging modality."
Widespread structural and functional brain alterations in COVID-19: a systematic review of MRI studies
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#LongCovid #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC
Every Covid reinfection carries hidden risks. The body keeps a tally. For healthcare workers facing repeated exposure at work, prevention is not optional. It is essential.
#SafeAir4All #LongCovid #Reinfection
Read more: shh-uk.org/repeat-co...
The Inquiry recognised that reporting of HCW deaths under the RIDDOR Regulations for reporting occupational disease should be better.
Sadly it didn't address the failure to report occupational infections which don’t cause deaths but leave HCWs crippled with Long-COVID.
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Importantly though, the Inquiry recognised that ventilation is only effective against ‘far-field’ transmission, but has no impact on other transmission routes such as, for example, close quarter care of infectious patients.
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Having accepted that ventilation is an important risk reduction measure for airborne diseases, the Inquiry took evidence from Professor Beggs concerning the benefits of installing HEPA air filters:
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Baroness Hallett’s unequivocal recommendation is that the DHSC and relevant health authorities:
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The Inquiry concluded:
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AGPs: ‘DEAD IN THE WATER !’
The Inquiry considered the vexed question of Government only allowing RPE for Aerosol Generating Procedures. It has now been laid to rest – or at least it should be, unless DHSC and NHS persist in ignoring Lady Hallett’s recommendations.
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