Patients suffering with ‘long Covid’ can start to get support from specialist services, NHS England has announced. Long covid is the term used to describe the long-term effects suffered beyond the initial illness of Covid-19. NHS England said patient referrals to these new specialist services include those experiencing brain fog, anxiety, depression, breathlessness, fatigue and other debilitating symptoms. Hertfordshire residents suffering with such symptoms now may be able to receive help from assessment centres at the Hertfordshire Community Service Health Care Trust or at Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow. Hundreds of patients are already receiving help from the 69 assessment centres that are taking referrals from GPs of people who could be battling long Covid.
Patients suffering with ‘long Covid’ can start to get support from specialist services, NHS England has announced. Long covid is the term used to describe the long-term effects suffered beyond the initial illness of Covid-19. NHS England said patient referrals to these new specialist services include those experiencing brain fog, anxiety, depression, breathlessness, fatigue and other debilitating symptoms. Hertfordshire residents suffering with such symptoms now may be able to receive help from assessment centres at the Hertfordshire Community Service Health Care Trust or at Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow. Hundreds of patients are already receiving help from the 69 assessment centres that are taking referrals from GPs of people who could be battling long Covid.
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An artist s impression of plans for development at Northwick Park.
- Credit: Network Homes
Proposals for a redevelopment project at Northwick Park Hospital that will provide hundreds of new homes were approved by Brent Council.
Its planning committee unanimously approved the scheme, which will result in 654 flats, as well as a new nursery and retail space.
The NHS site was sold to Network Homes in 2019, through a One Public Estate (OPE) project - a government programme that encourages the sale of public land.
Five objections were submitted by neighbours to the plans, raising concerns about the loss of green space, the scale of development, loss of biodiversity, loss of existing housing, increased traffic and parking demand, and construction nuisance.
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