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Long Covid: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of regional differences in the (a) availability, (b) accessibility and (c) resourcing of NHS Long COVID assessment and treatment services.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
4 Feb 2026
Target answer date
25 Feb 2026
Answer
25 Feb 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 4 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of regional differences in the (a) availability, (b) accessibility and (c) resourcing of NHS Long COVID assessment and treatment services.

  2. 25 Feb 2026

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  3. 25 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    Integrated care boards (ICBs) are independently responsible for the commissioning of long COVID services which meet the needs of their population, subject to local prioritisation and funding. While this may result in regional and local variation of long C...

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