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People suffering from long-term Covid symptoms are having to wait more than 100 days for treatment, according to new figures, in what MPs have described as a “shameful postcode lottery” for care.
MPs have urged health secretary Matt Hancock to apologise over the delays after an investigation revealed that several of the “long Covid” clinics promised by the government do not appear to be up and running yet.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Coronavirus is calling for more funding to treat long Covid patients and end the disparities in care across the country.
The group’s investigation, based on freedom of information requests, found some patients were left waiting as long as 127 days for treatment after being referred to a local Covid clinic, while others only had to wait four days.