Long Covid forced more than 2,600 NHS staff to take time off, figures show

Long Covid forced more than 2,600 NHS staff to take time off, figures show

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ore than 2,600 NHS staff in Scotland have been forced to take time off due to long Covid, new figures show.

Freedom of information requests by the Scottish Liberal Democrats revealed at least 2,603 doctors, nurses and midwives were recorded as having taken time off due to long Covid, some for more than two years.