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https://www.croakey.org/governments-urged-to-end-the-neglect-of-long-covid-prevention-and-treatment/>
"The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) released a statement this
week urging federal, state and territory governments to do a better job of
tackling long COVID.
The RACP says that patients with long COVID in Australia are being left without
necessary support with very few resources being invested in caring for people
with this condition, despite the Parliamentary report on long COVID and
repeated COVID infections.
Additional specific Federal and State/Territory funding for COVID ceased at the
end of 2022, and funding from within existing hospital agreements has mostly
ceased, resulting in clinic closures across the country as the long COVID
clinics no longer have enough funding to operate.
The RACP is calling for an urgent re-investment in long COVID clinics around
the country so that patients can continue to access treatment and care. “There
are no long COVID clinics operating in regional and rural areas of Australia,
making it almost impossible to get help for these communities,” said RACP
President Dr Jacqueline Small.
“We also know that nearly all the metropolitan long COVID clinics have since
shut down after a funding cut off in June this year. Long COVID is a serious
illness, and we must be ensuring that everyone has access to the
multidisciplinary care that this illness requires.
“The height of the pandemic may be over – but that doesn’t mean that people
aren’t still suffering with long COVID. It is a life-changing repercussion of
COVID-19 and we must do better to support patients to manage it.
“It’s time for Federal, State and Territory Governments across Australia to
step up and increase the funding for long COVID clinics both in metropolitan
areas but also in rural and regional locations, too.”"
Via Violet Blue’s
Pandemic Roundup: December 14, 2023
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-94652305
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
