A quick heads up if you are living with Long Covid. A national research trial is just about to close to participants, so if you want to be included, you need to be quick.
It’s called the LISTEN trial, and is about helping you work out how you can best manage whatever is going on for you. It’s not a cure, but a series of one-to-one sessions to really listen to you, help you identify priorities, and work on strategies and plans for what you need. It is totally personalised – not following a prescriptive ‘do this’ checklist. Neither is it someone telling you to just try yoga and mindfulness and eat more vegetables.
It’s free, is via Zoom, and provided by NHS staff. If you join up, you will be allocated to either the research arm (as described above) or to normal Long Covid care in your area, so being on the trial won’t prevent you from accessing any other support.
I’m really supportive of LISTEN because I was one of the people with Long Covid who helped co-design the trial, and train the health care practitioners working on it. To find out more, take a look here: https://www.listentrial.co.uk/about-listen.html
If you have any questions not answered on the website, please post and I’ll do my best to reply. Bear with me though, as I am 2.5 years in with Long Covid and still very much struggling.
Polite request - it would be really helpful and respectful if those not interested in this topic refrain from posting comments which will distract and use up the valuable energy of those who want to find out more. Thank you.