Today is International Long Covid Awareness Day. Given this it seemed appropriate to write a blog outlining the work done so far to set up a charity for healthcare workers with Long Covid as well as let you know how you can help us take this work forward.
Who are we?
The work to set up the charity is currently being led by three founding trustees all whom have Long Covid:
- Dr Alison Twycross (@alitwy)
- Dr Shaun Peter Qureshi (@shaun_qureshi)
- Adrian Powell (@chantillyexpat)
We are also grateful to the support we are getting from a couple of amazing volunteers to get the charity up and running.
Why are we setting up the charity?
Supporting Healthcare Heroes UK (@UKHealthca85341) has been set up:
To prevent and alleviate poverty and financial hardship for healthcare workers who developed post-acute covid-19 complications (Long Covid) following Covid-19 which was acquired because of carrying out their duties during the pandemic, whether or not they are still employed, by providing financial grants to individuals and/or other organisations and charities with similar aims.
The Government has continually stuck to its erroneous belief that Covid is over despite clear evidence that a significant proportion of the population have been affected by this mass disabling event.
Continue reading “Supporting Healthcare Heroes UK: A charity in development”