Long Covid Nurse Group Meetings

The QICN’s Long Covid Nurse Group has now closed following the end of its dedicated funding and a shift in organisational priorities.

Established in 2021, with support from the National Garden Scheme, to explore practice in managing Long Covid across community, primary care and social care settings, its legacy endures: all summaries and materials from previous meetings will remain permanently accessible to support ongoing learning.

We would like to thank Helen Donovan, Queen’s Nurse, Long Covid Programme Lead, for her expertise, passion and her vision for the network.

Please see below for details of the meetings and their summaries:

Meetings from 2025

• Common Conundrums in Menopause Care – 20 November 2025
  Speaker: Ruth Bailey, ANP Sexual Health
  Read the summary here 

• Oral Health and Nutrition in Covid and Long Covid – 15 May 2025
  Speakers: Dr Graham Lloyd-Jones, Consultant Radiologist, Salisbury Hospital; Dr Emily Walters, Research Fellow, Nutrition and Covid 19 Recovery Hub, University of Plymouth
  Read the summary here

• Looking after yourself – 21 January 2025
  Speakers: George Plumptre, Chief Executive, The National Garden Scheme; Salli Pilcher, Queen’s Nurse, Community Collaborative Lead Nurse, North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
  Read the summary here

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Meetings from 2024

• Long Covid: where are we now? – 19 November 2024
  Speakers: Professor Trisha Greenhalgh MD, University of Oxford; Professor Danny Altman, Professor of Immunology at Imperial College London
  Read the summary here

• Long Covid Occupational Health and Revalidation after Long Term Illness – 20 September 2024
  Speakers: Dr Clare Rayner, Consultant Physician in Occupational Medicine, University of Manchester; Professor Ewan B Macdonald OBE, Professor of Occupational Medicine, Head of Healthy Working Lives Group; Anne Trotter BEM, Assistant Director, Education and Standards, NMC; Dr Alison Twycross, Chair of Supporting Healthcare Heroes
  Read the summary here

• Current Epidemiology in Long Covid and Current Treatment Options and Approaches – 10 July 2024
  Speakers: Professor Nisreen Alwan MBE, Professor of Public Health, University of Southampton; Honorary Consultant in Public Health, University of Southampton NHS Foundation Trust; Dr Melissa Heightman, Consultant Physician and Clinical Lead Post Covid Service University College London Hospitals NHS Trust/North Central London Integrated Care System, National Specialty Advisor for the Long Covid program, NHS England
  Read the summary here

• Cognitive-linguistic difficulties in Long Covid – 21 May 2024
  Speakers: Prof. Louise Cummings, Professor of Clinical Linguistics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Kerry Davies, Nurse, Long Covid advocate and Giving Voice Award Winner from the RCSLT
  Read the summary here

• Women’s Health and Long Covid – 21 March 2024
  Speakers: Debra Holloway, retired nurse consultant in gynaecology, menopause specialist, RCN fellow. Ruth Bailey MSc BSc (Hons) RGN DFSRH Onc Cert Queen’s Nurse ANP Sexual Health Chair RCN Women’s Health Forum and FSRH Council Nurse Rep
  Read the summary here

• Support Healthcare Heroes and Over the Counter Treatment for Long Covid sufferers – 29 January 2024
  Speakers: Dr Alison Twycross and Dr Michaela Barnard, Supporting Healthcare Heroes UK; Dr Vincent Cheng, Pharmacist, Academic & Evidence Synthesis Research, University of Bristol and Ade Williams MBE, Superintendent Pharmacist, Bedminster Pharmacy
  Read the summary here

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Meetings from 2023

• Community Rehabilitation Alliance Standards – 23 November 2023
  Speakers: Pip White BSc MSC MA(Law) MCSP, Chartered Physiotherapist; Dr Anne Johnson, Associate Professor, University of the West of England, Bristol
  Read the summary here

• Women’s Health: Long Covid and the Menopause – 22 September 2023
  Speakers: Ruth Bailey MSc BSc (Hons) RGN DFSRH FRT Queen’s Nurse, ANP Sexual Health Chair, RCN Women’s Health Forum; Katharine Gale, Founder and Director of FluxStateLtd, Nurse Consultant in women’s health
  Read the summary here

• Occupational Health Challenges – 18 July 2023
  Speakers: Sarah Fowler, Independent Occupational Health Nurse Practitioner, Flex Occupational Health Ltd; Tracie Mckelvie, Registered Nurse & Specialist Nurse Practitioner in Occupational Health
  Read the summary here

• Long Covid Research Development Projects – 25 May 2023
  Speakers: Expert by Experience Kerry Davies; Louise Brady RN Primary Care Nursing Lead, NHSE, Nursing Directorate; Jason Westwood NHS England, Senior Manager, Primary Care Nursing & Next Gen Nurse Programmes
  Read the summary here

• Long Covid and Health Inequalities – 31 March 2023
  Speakers: Dr Aoife Malloy, Senior Clinical Advisor in the National Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Programme; Hazel Nyamajiyah, NHS England; Dr Gillian Janes, RGN PhD MA BSc (Hons) SFHEA, Associate Clinical Fellow, Leadership and Service Improvement, Honorary Associate Professor
  Read the summary here

• Neurobic Exercises and Long Covid – 21 February 2023
  Speakers: Gareth Rowlands, Battle Dementia
  Read the summary here

We are very grateful to our sponsors The National Garden Scheme, who generously funded this network. Please show your support by visiting a garden open for charity.