October 2023
Featured in this insight: Medical & healthcare, Public health & wellbeing
60% of doctors with long Covid are struggling to carry out day-to-day activities: According to a new survey by the BMA (British Medical Association), 60% of doctors with long Covid are struggling to carry out usual daily activities on a regular basis. Furthermore, more than a third (35%) reported that their ill health has negatively impacted their social lives and their ability to continue their previous hobbies.
The survey is the first comprehensive survey of doctors with post-acute Covid health complications, with over 600 UK doctors who are suffering from the effects taking part. The purpose of survey was to understand more about how long Covid symptoms are continuing to impact doctors, personally and professionally.
Further findings from the survey revealed that almost 1 in 5 (18%) doctors are now unable to work at all because of the effects of post-acute Covid. In addition to this, the survey revealed a reduction in the number of doctors working full-time. Just under a third of the respondents polled are now working full-time, found the survey (31%), whereas pre-Covid that figure was 57%. The survey also highlighted that 30% of respondents are 'often' working despite not feeling well enough to perform their duties, with 9% saying they 'always' are.
Doctors are also experiencing serious financial impacts because of post-acute Covid, according to the research, with almost half (49%) of those polled saying they have experienced some sort of loss of earnings. This is due to not being able to work, or because they have had to reduce their hours or responsibilities by a significant amount.
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