The majority of survivors who left hospital following COVID-19 did not fully recover five months after discharge and continued to experience negative impacts on their physical and mental health, as well as ability to work, according to results released by the PHOSP-COVID study today. Furthermore, one in five of the participant population reached the threshold for a new disability.Read More
Patient 100 joins study into Long COVID in Leicester
A foster mother and ex-nurse has become the one hundredth person in Leicester to join a national study into the long-term health impacts of COVID-19 for patients who were hospitalised with the disease.Read More
Breakthrough research breathes hope into a new treatment for asthma
An international team of scientists, led by the Universities of Leicester and Glasgow, has announced findings that could pave the way to a new treatment for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).Read More
First patient joins UK’s largest study into long terms effects of COVID-19
A patient from Leicester has become the first person in the UK to enter a study investigating the long terms effects of COVID-19.Read More