Working with Long Covid
Money Box
BBC
4.2 • 825 Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
What happens when Long Covid means you just can’t work like you used to? What kind of support could you be entitled to? And do you qualify for any benefits? Seb Choudhury hears from Holly, Jules, Lesley, and Sara about their experience with Long Covid. Whilst our panel of experts offer their advice and tips for returning to and leaving work. Panel: Ruth Cornish – Founder and HR Expert – Amelore Will Hadwin – Benefits Adviser & Trainer
More information:
https://longcovidwork.co.uk/
Presenter: Seb Choudhury
Producer: Drew Hyndman
Editor: Maggie Latham
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| 0:00.0 | On a winter's night in 1974, a crime took place that would obsess the nation. |
| 0:07.0 | It was an extraordinary news story. |
| 0:09.0 | The story of an aristocrat, Lord Lucan, who's said to have killed the family Nanny, |
| 0:14.0 | mistaking her for his wife, then somehow just disappeared. |
| 0:18.0 | One of the great mysteries in English criminal history. We're still looking for Lucan. |
| 0:21.6 | It's honestly one of the most powerful stories of my lifetime. |
| 0:25.6 | I'm Alex Fondunzelman. |
| 0:26.6 | This is The Lucan Obsession. |
| 0:28.6 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:30.6 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:36.6 | Welcome to this episode of the Moneybox Live podcast, the program about your money. |
| 0:42.9 | There are currently 1.8 million of us suffering from the symptoms of long COVID. |
| 0:48.2 | In many cases, it's left people unable to work, which during a cost of living crisis can be devastating. |
| 0:55.2 | Today on Moneybox Live, we'll be looking at how this legacy of the pandemic is affecting |
| 1:00.7 | people's finances and whether businesses can adapt to help employees. |
| 1:05.8 | We'll meet our experts in a moment, but first, let's take a call. |
| 1:09.9 | Holly is on the phone. Hello, Holly. |
| 1:12.9 | Hello, sir. Hello. Now you caught COVID in March 2020, a month before that vaccine |
| 1:19.4 | rollout, which then turned into long COVID. For those who don't know, just tell us what the symptoms are. |
| 1:28.0 | Yes, well, we talk a lot about fatigue, which affects us all, |
| 1:33.8 | which is part of it, and it's so much more than that. |
| 1:39.0 | So many other parts of the body are affected, |
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