Question reference: S6W-00315
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: 1 June 2021
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 June 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will (a) engage in and (b) fund research into the impacts of long-COVID.
Answer
The NHS Research Scotland infrastructure funded by the Scottish Government Chief Scientist Office is supporting a number of studies on the longer term effects of COVID-19 infection. These include the UK-wide Post-hospitalisation COVID-19 study (PHOSP-COVID) led by the University of Leicester that is recruiting individuals who were discharged from hospital following COVID-19 to study the short (0-6 months), medium (6-12 months) and long-term (12 months +) effects of the disease PHOSP-COVID Home Page - PHOSP-COVID
On December 22 2020, the Chief Scientist Office announced the outcome of its funding call for Scottish-led research on the long-term effects of COVID-19 infection. Following a competitive independently peer reviewed process 9 Long-covid research projects were funded with a total funding commitment of around £2.5 million. Details of the funded projects are available from the Chief Scientist Office website