- Conference
- 2024 National Health Care Service Group Conference
- Date
- 8 December 2023
- Decision
- Carried
In March 2023 the Office of National Statistics estimated that 1.9 million people in the UK were experiencing Long Covid.
The TUC and the Long Covid Support Group published research, in the same month, stated that 66% of people with Long Covid have experienced unfair treatment at work.
The Industrial Injuries Advisory Council has recommended that Health and Social care workers with Long Covid, should be able to claim Industrial Injuries Benefit.
Long Covid is as much a disability as any other disability.
Conference calls on the Health Service Group Executive to:
1. Work closely with the TUC and other bodies in gaining recognition of Long Covid as a disability.
2. Continue to support our members suffering Long Covid.