Long Covid Support Services

Your COVID Recovery helps you to understand long Covid, and what you might expect as part of your recovery.

It provides advice for those experiencing long Covid, and for those who are supporting a loved one with long Covid.

Local Support

• yourcovidrecovery.nhs.uk covers a wide variety of symptoms that you can experience after having Covid-19

• Anosmia and Parosmia: Information around changes to your sense of smell. For any ongoing loss of smell or taste abscent.org and fifthsense.org.uk have some retraining advice.

• Voices of Hope – a local charity offering a free six-week active breathing course, for anyone with ongoing low-level anxiety, breathlessness and/or disordered breathing, at least 12 weeks or more after their diagnosis of Covid-19. Based around singing.

• Talking therapies – you may benefit from talking therapies if suffering with ongoing symptoms after having Covid-19.

• worry-tree.com can help you take control of your worries using cognitive behavioural therapy.

• MIND offers mental health information and support.

• iCope offer guided self-help and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Long Covid symptoms.

• The Kingston Stronger Together Community Response Hub is for Kingston residents who want to access local support after being impacted by Covid-19. To find out what support and advice services are available visit kingston.gov.uk/COVID-19 To request help fill out this form or call 020 8547 5000 Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm.

• Self Help UK is a chance to talk to others who have survived Covid-19 and had similar experiences.

• How to manage post-viral fatigue after COVID-19 – advice from The Royal College of Occupational Therapists about managing post-viral fatigue after a stay in hospital due to Covid-19

• How to manage post-viral fatigue after COVID-19 – advice from The Royal College of Occupational Therapists about managing post-viral fatigue after recovering at home with Covid-19

• Post-Viral Fatigue – A Guide to Management (PDF) – advice from the British Association for chronic fatigue syndrome and ME around post-viral fatigue

• How to conserve your energy – advice from The Royal College of Occupational Therapists about ways to conserve your energy as you go about daily tasks

We also have other long Covid support services on Connected Kingston including:

• Active Breathing Course

• Richmond and Kingston ME Group (ME/CFS) also support people with Long Covid