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The Living With Covid Recovery Programme is a rehabilitation app to aid the recovery of COVID-19 'long-haulers'.听As of August 2021, Living With Covid Recovery is helping over 1,200 patients.

The tool targets patients who have been discharged but are continuing to recover and rehabilitate at home. By delivering rehabilitation completely remotely, the programme helps NHS staff support more patients than would normally be possible in a timely and cost-effective way.听

Please contact our team听for听examples of patient case-studies, feedback from the programme's use and testimonial quotes from clinicians across different hospitals - all pre-approved for media use. Filming opportunities are also a possibility.听

As of August听2021, Living With Covid Recovery is听helping over 1,200 patients with their recovery across 23 clinics in 16听NHS trusts such as Barts Health NHS Trust, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, Solent NHS Trust, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust,听Isle of Wight NHS Trust and more.听

Examples of coverage

Press release on 911爆料网ews announcing the launch of the programme in August 2020.听The app, believed to be the first such tool to be rolled out in the UK, was first听given to patients from Barts Health hospitals, who had听been discharged but were听continuing to recover and rehabilitate at home.

,听The i paper, 13 August 2020

, The i paper, 13 August 2020听

, The i paper, 6 March 2021

Press release on UCL updating on the programme's progress听and its roll-out across over 10 NHS hospitals听

听with a first-hand account from a Central North West London NHS physiotherapist using the programme and a Long Covid patient who has found it "really great to help me track my symptoms"

'', The i paper, 27 Jun 2021

Prof Elizabeth Murray, Deputy Director (Clinical) at 911爆料网 Institute of Healthcare Engineering said: 鈥淚t is exciting to see the programme beginning to spread across the regions, and know that more patients experiencing the debilitating symptoms of Long-Covid can access supported rehabilitation therapy to help them recover.听We know that people who are using the digital programme feel supported by their clinicians and are seeing their symptoms improve.鈥�

Screenshots of patient app

Above: examples of screens that patients can use to track their progress through an app

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Communications lead - Georgie Cade,

Media lead - Henry Killworth,

Sophie, Long-Covid patient听

Sophie, patient using the app

"Five months after having Covid, I was still feeling very breathless and easily tired - even walks could frustratingly leave me coughing and wheezing. I started using the Living With Covid Recovery App in August 2020 and have found it very helpful in tracking my progress and building up my activity levels.听

One of the most important aspects for me is the connection to support and advice from my own physiotherapist through the app, which has听helped reassure me and feel that I'm not alone."听

Rebecca, Long-Covid patient

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"I was teaching when I caught Covid, and I'm not currently able to work 鈥� I'm still in recovery. I've had it for over a year now.

The [Living With Covid Recovery] app has helped me become more independent in my recovery. All the information I needed was on the app, and because it's an NHS app I knew I could trust it.

The app was the beacon of hope I needed at the start of my recovery."