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Recruitment to the LOCOMOTION study reached 1288 in September! Updates and upcoming work from LOCOMOTION workstreams (WSs): WS 1.1 - Quality Improvement Collaboratives (QICs) have taken place on Fatigue and Inequalities. QICs involve Healthcare Professionals from the participating NHS clinics coming together to engage in a 6-weekly cycle of facilitated meetings in which they; identify topics,...
The collaboration between ELAROS 24/7 Limited and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust won an Innovate Award in the category Outstanding Collaboration with Industry, in the new awards from the Academic Health Science Networks (AHSN) and NHS Confederation. Presented at an award ceremony attended by almost 400 NHS leaders, innovators and partners. ELAROS are one of...
Publication Reference: Greenhalgh T, Sivan M, Delaney B, Evans R, Milne R. Long covid – an update for primary care. BMJ 2022;378:e072117. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2022-072117 (PDF) This Practice Pointer, Long covid – an update for primary care, in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) provides an update on treating Long COVID in primary care and outlines how healthcare professionals might...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) European Regional Meeting in Tel Aviv discussed the region's health services response to Post-COVID-19 condition / Long COVID. There are >17 million individuals with the condition in the region (53 member countries) with a varied level of response from health services across the countries. Manoj Sivan (LOCOMOTION Co-CI), who has...
Study milestones achieved in August: Recruitment to the LOCOMOTION study across all workstreams surpasses 1000! Workstream 1.3 have achieved their key informant recruitment target of 15! They are also halfway to their Long COVID Patient recruitment target of 30. Highlighting an example of great work - The research team at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust enabled...
A test to help patients manage Long COVID at home has been developed. The adapted Autonomic Profile (aAP) test can be done by anyone with symptoms of autonomic dysfunction in conditions such as Long COVID, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and diabetes 1 and 2, where people experience dizziness or blackouts. The adapted Autonomic Profile (aAP)...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Europe Team, where LOCOMOTION chief investigator is an advisor, have written an editorial in Lancet Europe calling for countries to adopt integrated services to manage Long COVID and other long-term conditions efficiently. It aims to act as a "Call for action" to adopt integrated care models to manage Post-Covid-19 conditions....
An editorial on whether vaccines are a potential treatment for Long COVID has been published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). Lead LOCOMOTION researchers Manoj Sivan, Trisha Greenhalgh, Ruairidh Milne, and Brendan Delaney discuss the effects of vaccines on Long COVID, reflecting on recent work in the area published by others. Details on all of...
The first paper from the LOCOMOTION consortium has been published in BMJ Open. Titled "LOng COvid Multidisciplinary consortium Optimising Treatments and servIces acrOss the NHS (LOCOMOTION): protocol for a mixed-methods study in the UK". It is a 'protocol' paper, that is, a detailed plan for the study. It outlines the study aims and methodologies for...
Trish Greenhalgh, investigator for Locomotion in Oxford, has published a review of the book "The Long Covid Self-Help Guide: Practical Ways to Manage Symptoms". The book was written by clinicians in Oxford, including Locomotion researchers such as Anton Pick. It draws on case studies to provide a focus on self-management. She concludes "It offers a...