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Helen Goss
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COO & Scotland @longcovidkids
❤️‍🔥Parent/carer #LongCovidKids
🤘🏼Advocate #LongCovid
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🪐Space nerd
🌪️Chronically persistent force of nature
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November 15, 2024 at 1:41 PM
3. The centrally-funded provision of #LongCovid services in Scotland was left to the discretion of health boards for the first 18 months therefore there was variation in access and quality.

Was this the best approach?
November 15, 2024 at 1:40 PM
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November 15, 2024 at 1:36 PM
2. July 2021 the Scottish Government instructed NSS to conduct a mapping exercise to discover how health boards were supporting people with #LongCovid

Q: Why did it take so long?
A: It followed the creation of the guidance.

👉 The guidance was 19 pages. Only 250 words was #LongCovidKids
November 15, 2024 at 1:35 PM
A catch up thread on the UK Covid Inquiry as relates to #LongCovid & #LongCovidKids in Scotland.

Yesterday, Caroline Lamb, NHS Scotland and Director General of Health and Social Care gave testimony.

Thread...

1. Scottish Government funding £2.5m for Long Covid (no paed research)
November 15, 2024 at 1:30 PM