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Long Covid patients call for specialist clinics in Wales
People living with long Covid say access to slot treatment needs to improve amid calls for specialist clinics.
Paige Christopher, 25, said services were “disjointed”, with specialists not “talking to each other”.
Fellow sufferer Sian Griffiths, 42, said the Welsh government’s £5m Covid recovery plan puts “a lot of emphasis” on GPs, with limited patient time.
The Welsh government said its recovery programme would help sufferers as close to home as possible.
Dietician Ms Christopher from Broughton, Flintshire, has been suffering with breathlessness, chest pains and palpitations for the last six months.
She has made several trips to A&E after feeling as though she was having a heart attack or a stroke.
She said she has not been getting better, and was frustrated about the level of support and attention available.
“I was doing exercise classes, I could walk up mountains, I was going cycling, walking, as well as working, rushing around all the time,” she said.
“Now I can barely walk downstairs, and I can’t clean, I can’t cook, I can’t shower or wash my hair by myself.”
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