A parliamentary committee inquiry will hear from frontline health professionals about treating long COVID and its effect on the health system.
The public hearing will be held on Monday, 5 December 2022 at Liverpool Hospital in South West Sydney as part of the House Health Committee’s inquiry into long COVID and repeated COVID infections.
The Chair of the Committee, Dr Mike Freelander MP, said: ‘The hearing will be an opportunity to hear from frontline health professionals about how our health system is managing long COVID, and their experience supporting patients with repeated COVID infections during some of the toughest days of the pandemic’.
The Deputy Chair of the Committee, Mrs Melissa McIntosh MP, stated: ‘The Committee is looking forward to hearing from hospitals, research organisations and other healthcare workers about what they have learned so far about long COVID and repeated COVID infections based on their observations while treating COVID-positive patients both during their infection and in the months after’.
The Committee intends to hold more public hearings in due course. While submissions to the inquiry closed on 18 November 2022, individuals and organisations wishing to make a late submission should contact the Secretariat by email at health.reps@aph.gov.au as soon as possible.
Further information about the inquiry, including the terms of reference and published submissions are available on the Committee’s website.
Public hearing details
Date: Monday, 5 December 2022
Time: 9.00am (AEDT) to 4.40pm (AEDT)
Location: Liverpool Hospital Education and Research Centre, Hospital Eastern Campus
Program:
9.00am–9.50am: Nepean Hospital
9.50am–10.40am: Westmead Hospital
10.40am–11.00am: Break
11.00am–11.50am: The Children’s Hospital at Westmead
11.50am–12.40pm: Liverpool Hospital
12.40pm–1.30pm: Break
1.30pm–2.20pm: Campbelltown Hospital
2.20pm–3.00pm: Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research
3.00pm–3.20pm: Break
3.20pm–4.00pm: Dr Kenneth McCroary, Macarthur General Practice
4.00pm–4.40pm: Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation
4.40pm: Close
Audio of the hearing will be broadcast live at aph.gov.au/live.
Media inquiries
Dr Mike Freelander MP
Chair of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport
Mike.Freelander.MP@aph.gov.au
(02) 4620 0293
For background information
Committee Secretariat
02 6277 4145
Health.Reps@aph.gov.au
For more information about this Committee, you can visit its website. On the site you can read published submissions and get details for upcoming public hearings. You can also track the Committee and receive email updates by clicking on the blue ‘Track this Committee’ button in the bottom right hand corner of the page.
