Expert panel discuss why long Covid is the UK’s next health crisis (The Independent, 10 March 2022)

Summary

How is the UK handling long Covid, one of the biggest health issues to emerge from the pandemic?

A panel of experts brought together by The Independent discussed this and the overall message was that the UK’s response has been lacking.

Chaired by Health Correspondent Rebecca Thomas and Science Correspondent Samuel Lovett, the panel included Dr Elaine Maxwell, Professor Amitava Banerjee and Professor Brendan Delaney.

The session explores the UK’s response in depth from research approaches to provision for patients. Watch back a video of the full event.