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Long Covid service
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About the service
The Long Covid team provide detailed, individual assessment of Long Covid symptoms and how these may affect the patient’s health and wellbeing. They offer advice and treatment to help people to manage their symptoms and work towards their goals.
Why would someone choose the service?
We are a holistic therapy-led service providing support and care for patients suffering with Long Covid symptoms.
Staff you may meet
- Occupational therapy is the assessment and treatment of physical and psychiatric conditions using specific, purposeful activity to prevent disability and promote independent function in all aspects of daily life.
- Physiotherapists help people to improve their range of movement in order to promote health and well being. This can help people to live more independently.
- We have a range of health workers who all have different specialities. This could be in a certain condition, a therapy or the advice they can give you. Our specialists our highly skilled and trained professionals, ready to offer you help and advice whenever you need it.
Why a professional should choose the service
Long Covid is a new condition that is being heavily researched and funded – we are providing much-needed assessments and treatment.
Support offered
The patient will be offered an initial face to face appointment with a therapist to complete an assessment. This may be followed by either telephone or video call appointments, online educational groups, or face to face therapy sessions, depending on their needs.
Our therapy led treatment sessions include:
- Fatigue management
- Breathlessness techniques
- Cognitive assessments and brain training
- Pain management
- Vocational rehabilitation
- Reflexology / acupuncture
- Advice on sleep difficulties
- Assessment of autonomic dysfunction
- Somatic tracking
- Referrals to appropriate onward agencies such as Barnsley Talking Therapies
Outcomes
- Self management of symptoms
- Recovery
Referrals accepted from:
Consultants, GPs
Referral criteria:
To access the service the patient will need to have a Long Covid diagnosis from their GP or consultant and it be over 12 weeks since their acute Covid infection.
The relevant referrers have the referral form which states the criteria for referral.