The tool targets patients who are no longer infected but are continuing to recover and rehabilitate at home. By delivering aspects of rehabilitation remotely, the programme helps NHS staff support more patients than would normally be possible in a timely and cost-effective way. As of November 2021, Living With Covid Recovery is helping over 2,890 patients with their recovery across 30 clinics in 20 NHS trusts. There are plans to roll out to more hospitals soon to meet the growing need for this support.
The rehabilitation tool targets primary symptoms that ‘long-haulers’ report experiencing for many weeks and even months after the peak of their infection – such as fatigue, anxiety and breathing problems. It combines evidence-based methods from physiotherapists, psychologists, dieticians and respiratory physicians to create bespoke treatment plans for each patient.
Find out more about the programme and how it can assist you by clicking on the relevant box below.
Information for people with Long-Covid
Click here for more information about Long-Covid and how our programme can assist your recovery through the NHS
Information for clinicians
Click here for information for clinicians using the tool to support patients' rehabilitation
Information for NHS Trusts and commissioners
Click here to find out more about how the programme can assist your NHS Trust's delivery of rehabilitation
Information for journalists
Click here for examples of media coverage and key communications contacts
The Living With Covid Recovery Collaboration
Developing the Living With Covid Recovery app has been an incredible collaborative effort involving academic researchers, clinicians and members of the public.
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Our team
The programme has been developed by an interdisciplinary team of UCL health researchers and computer scientists in collaboration with UCLPartners, Barts Health NHS Trust, NIHR Applied Research Collaborations for Wessex and North Thames (NIHR ARC Wessex and NIHR ARC North Thames), University of Southampton and University of Exeter.
The app and dashboard have been developed by Living With, a private digital health company that already delivers a range of remote condition management products across the NHS.
NIHR support
Following successful use across Barts Health NHS Trust, the project was awarded over £780,000 from the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) to continue its expansion and help more patients in need. This study is one of many COVID-19 studies that have been funded by the NIHR as part of its Recovery and Learning call, totalling £5.5m in funding, to help better manage current and future waves of the COVID-19 pandemic and investigate its long-term impacts on the health and care system beyond the acute phase.
Living With Covid Recovery wins at the Innovate Awards 2022
The Living With Covid Recovery (LWCR) project won the Innovate Award 2022 for ‘Excellence in Patient and Public Involvement in Transformation and Innovation’ at a ceremony held in London on 29th September 2022, attended by 400 NHS leaders, innovators and partners.
