Covid Sufferers Struggle for NHS Support
This is a UK news story, published by BBC, that relates primarily to Covid news.
UK news
For more UK news, you can click here:
more UK newsCovid news
For more Covid news, you can click here:
more Covid newsNews about epidemics & outbreaks
For more epidemics & outbreaks news, you can click here:
more epidemics & outbreaks newsBBC news
For more news from BBC, you can click here:
more news from BBCAbout the Otherweb
Otherweb, Inc is a public benefit corporation, dedicated to improving the quality of news people consume. We are non-partisan, junk-free, and ad-free. We use artificial intelligence (AI) to remove junk from your news feed, and allow you to select the best health news, business news, entertainment news, and much more. If you like this article about epidemics & outbreaks, you might also like this article about
long Covid adult clinic. We are dedicated to bringing you the highest-quality news, junk-free and ad-free, about your favorite topics. Please come every day to read the latest long Covid news, specialist long Covid services news, news about epidemics & outbreaks, and other high-quality news about any topic that interests you. We are working hard to create the best news aggregator on the web, and to put you in control of your news feed - whether you choose to read the latest news through our website, our news app, or our daily newsletter - all free!
physical support KayleeBBC
•Health
Health
Long Covid: Young people describe 'battle' to access NHS care
82% Informative
Two million people in the UK have long Covid , according to the Office for National Statistics .
Symptoms include dizziness, shortness of breath, brain fog, heart palpitations, joint pain and muscle aches.
Kaylee , 17 , a promising gymnast who hoped to represent her country, developed the virus on her 12th birthday.
She said doctors failed to identify the cause of her illness and she was not diagnosed until she was 13 .
For five years , Kaylee 's parents have been paying for her to receive specialist oxygen therapy.
Long Covid Kids has called on the Welsh government to ring fence money for specialist long Covid services.
A spokesperson said that as Bethan was now 20 , she could be referred to the long-term adult clinic via her GP .
The Welsh government said it had increased funding to support people living with the effects of Covid to 8m.
VR Score
85
Informative language
85
Neutral language
63
Article tone
informal
Language
English
Language complexity
43
Offensive language
not offensive
Hate speech
not hateful
Attention-grabbing headline
not detected
Known propaganda techniques
not detected
Time-value
short-lived
External references
4
Source diversity
2
Affiliate links
no affiliate links
Small business owner?