{"value":{"id":1286670,"askingMemberId":2510,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2021-02-11T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2021-02-25T00:00:00","uin":"HL13335","questionText":"To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans NHS England has to ensure that speech and language therapists are identified as essential members of the multi-disciplinary teams in the Designated Long COVID clinics announced on 7 October 2020.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4708,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2021-02-25T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>As part of the five point plan for ‘long’ COVID-19, NHS England made £10 million available to the National Health Service to establish post COVID-19 assessment clinics. The national specification for these services asks providers ensure patients have access to a multidisciplinary team of professionals to account for the multi-system nature of post COVID-19 syndrome. Where speech and language therapy are required, patients should be able to get the treatment they need.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Long Covid: Clinics","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1286670","method":"GET"}]}