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Long Covid: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support exists for children under 16 diagnosed with Long Covid.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
11 Feb 2026
Target answer date
23 Feb 2026
Answer
23 Feb 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support exists for children under 16 diagnosed with Long Covid.

  2. 23 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    NHS England has invested significantly in supporting people with long COVID. This includes setting up specialist long COVID services nationwide for adults, and children and young people, and investing in ensuring general practice (GP) teams are equipped t...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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