World-leading study into long-term health impacts of COVID-19 launched by UKRI and NIHR

Posted on: July 7, 2020

Content originally fromย Medical Research Council


Today, UKRI and NIHR are announcing ยฃ8.4 million funding for one of the worldโ€™s largest studies into the long-term physical and mental health impacts of coronavirus on hospitalised patients. Results from the UK-wide study will inform the development of new and better measures to treat and rehabilitate patients hospitalised with COVID-19.

Around 10,000 patients are expected to take part in the ground-breaking new study, led by the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, a partnership between the University of Leicester and the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. The Post-HOSPitalisation COVID-19 (PHOSP-COVID) study will draw on expertise from a consortium of leading researchers and doctors from across the UK.

Read the full news article on theย UKRI website.

Author: Steering Member
Posted:
Categories: News

Leave a Reply

Related Posts

Supporting Carers Webinars

As part of Carers Week, Essex County Council are working with carers organisations to host webinars to highlight the importance of carer identification and early support offers available to carers. Your team may play a vital role in this. These webinars are aimed at all front-line practitioners and services working across Essex. Please complete this
Read more…

Read more...

Affordable Food roles in Essex

Thanks to the diversity and passion of partners across the County, The Essex Affordable Food movement is really gaining momentum and if you’d like to be part of the developing network that is being led by the providers themselves, there are three new opportunities to get involved. ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปย ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑย ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜ย ๐—–๐—ฉ๐—ฆย –ย ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒย ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑย ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธย ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟย (Full Time) The Affordable Food Network Coordinator will
Read more…

Read more...