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# People with persistent symptoms urged to check for Long Covid
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/people-with-persistent-symptoms-urged-to-check-for-long-covid/
- Published: 2024-04-04T06:03:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-04T04:20:55.000Z
- Description: People in Staffordshire who have a variety of persistent symptoms are being advised to check whether they have Long Covid.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Health, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:58, News

People in Staffordshire who have a variety of persistent symptoms are being advised to check whether they have Long Covid.

Health chiefs say that while many recover quickly after catching Covid, others can experience longer-lasting issues such as breathlessness, extreme fatigue, brain fog, anxiety and depression.

Anyone who has such symptoms for four or more weeks is being advised to ask their GP for a referral to the Long Covid Service being run by the Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). 

Trish Denison, occupational therapist and clinical lead for the service, said:

> “Because Long Covid is a new condition, we do not know everything about it yet.  
>  
> “Everyone is affected differently, although there are the four main symptoms.  
>  
> “If your GP refers you to us, your initial consultation will be by telephone or video and a clinician will talk to you and listen to the problems you are experiencing. They will then produce an action plan that will be sent to you and your GP.”   
>  
> Trish Denison

Additional steps could include blood tests or respiratory service referrals.

More details on the Long Covid Service are available [online](https://www.mpft.nhs.uk/services/long-covid-service?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk).