From doctors as patients: a manifesto for tackling persisting symptoms of COVID-19 (15 September 2020)

Summary

This letter, published by the BMJ, is written by a group of doctors affected by persisting symptoms of suspected or confirmed COVID-19. Their aim is to share their insights from both personal experience of the illness and their perspective as physicians.

In the letter they call for a number of principles to be used so that the best possible outcomes can be achieved for all people affected by persisting symptoms of COVID-19. These principles fall under three categories:

• Research and surveillance
• Clinical services
• Patient involvement
• Access to services.