long covid support
Long Covid Support
Darnall Well Being’s Long Covid Support Group has been meeting monthly at Darnall Primary Care Centre since early 2023. The group meets in person and shares information on topics such as managing pain and pacing yourself. People can be referred by health professionals to this group or they can refer themselves.
For more information about this group, contact dwb.enquiries@darnallwellbeing.org.uk or 0114 249 6315.
Firvale Community Hub has a Long Covid Support Group which has been meeting every two weeks since the end of 2024. So far, they have had support from the NHS Community Respiratory Team and physios from the STH Long Covid Rehab Hub, and have discussed the importance of ventilation and support with Long Covid in the workplace.
For more information about this group, contact info@firvalecommunityhub.org.uk or 0114 261 9130.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals has information about their Long Covid rehabilitation hub here. This page can be translated into different languages, by selecting your preferred language at the top of the page.
As well as help to aid your recovery, there are also links to organisations who can help with particular symptoms, and support with getting back into employment.
Sheffield ME & Fibromyalgia Group now also support people who are living with Long Covid:
https://www.sheffieldmegroup.co.uk/long-covid
They do this by offering wellbeing support in person and online, and they can also offer welfare benefits and social care advice and advocacy.
The NHS has a website offering information and support to help with self-managing the after-effects of Covid-19:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/covid-19/long-term-effects-of-covid-19-long-covid/