Long COVID and Public Health Scotland
- Conditions and diseases
- Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Long COVID describes continuing or new symptoms after COVID-19 infection. It can affect daily life, health and wellbeing.
Public Health Scotland (PHS) contributes to our understanding of long COVID within a wider group of post-infectious and associated complex chronic syndromes (PACCS).
What we have done
- Worked to prevent and control COVID infection.
- Used health data and evidence to improve understanding of the population impact of long COVID.
- Examined differences in risk, access, experience and outcomes within the limits of being able to identify definitive diagnoses.
- Synthesised evidence and provided public health advice.
- Contributed evaluation expertise and supported learning from previous activity.
- Worked with Scottish Government, NHS boards, researchers and third-sector partners to gain shared understanding of long Covid.
What we are doing
We will maintain a focus on prevention, population health intelligence and inequalities – exploring what is possible to measure using routine data sources.
What others are doing
- Diagnosing and treating individuals.
- Commissioning and delivering local long COVID services.
- Setting national policy.