Most people with COVID-19 feel better within a few days or weeks of their first symptoms and make a full recovery within 12 weeks. For some people, symptoms can last longer.
There is local help and support available to access.
Long COVID clinic
Staff members suffering with long-term symptoms of coronavirus can access a specialist service provided by South Tees NHS Foundation Trust.
Staff members can benefit from the trust’s expertise in respiratory medicine, medical psychology, physiotherapy and lung function testing as well as its support services such as radiology and the cardiac investigation unit.
Appointments are being provided at Redcar Primary Care Hospital.
To access the long COVID clinic, patients must be referred by a GP or another healthcare professional. This ensures other possible underlying causes for symptoms have been ruled out.