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Launched in November 2022, the new nationally endorsed guidelines direct general practitioners (GPs), physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists and dieticians on how best to care for patients living with symptoms 4 weeks after their Developing care guidelines for long COVID They have also been trialling a care pathwayĭesigned around the patient and their individual symptoms. Trying to find a solution to this conundrum, researchers from KU Leuven, a research university in Belgium, have been working to develop evidence-based guidelines to help health professionals treat patients. With over 200 reported symptoms, a one-size-fits-all treatment plan simply does not work. Unfortunately, because long COVID is new disease, doctors have often been uncertain as to the most effective ways to care for these patients. Even now, while the worst of the pandemic may be over, the risk of developing long COVID symptoms from aĬOVID-19 infection – at 10–20% of those infected – remains just as strong. Across the WHO European Region, an estimated 17 million people were thought to be living with the long-term effects of COVID-19 in 2020/2021.