Sick and tired: Casting a long shadow

April 2023

© Commonwealth of Australia 2023
ISBN: 978-1-76092-498-0

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Chair's Foreword
Terms of reference
Members
Abbreviations
List of recommendations
Chapter 1 - Introduction
  • About the inquiry
  • Acknowledgements
  • Report structure
Chapter 2 - What is long COVID?
  • Overview
  • Current definitions of long COVID
  • What should Australia’s definition include?
  • Understanding long COVID
  • Committee comment
Chapter 3 - Research and data
  • Overview
  • Current and past research
  • Suggestions for future research
  • Data
  • Committee comment
Chapter 4 - Lived experiences of long COVID
  • Overview
  • Living with long COVID
  • Seeking medical help and specialised care
  • Impacts on employment and income
  • Impacts on mental health and social and daily activities
  • Committee comment
Chapter 5 - Prevention
  • Overview
  • COVID-19 vaccines
  • Antiviral treatments for COVID-19
  • Indoor air quality and ventilation
  • Committee comment
Chapter 6 - Responding to Long COVID
  • Overview
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment and management of long COVID
  • Settings and models of care
  • Australian Government funding for long COVID care
  • Health workforce: awareness, education and training
  • Committee comment
Chapter 7 - Recommendations
Addendum - Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
  • Possible overlap between long COVID and ME/CFS
  • Experience of people with ME/CFS
A. Submissions
B. Hearings and witnesses
  • Wednesday, 12 October 2022 – Canberra
  • Monday, 5 December 2022 – Liverpool
  • Friday, 17 February 2023 – Canberra
  • Monday, 20 February 2023 – Malvern

Committee Secretariat contact:

PO Box 6021
Parliament House
CANBERRA
Canberra ACT 2600

Phone: +61 2 6277 4145
Health.Reps@aph.gov.au

About this inquiry

Following a referral on 1 September 2022 from the Minister for Health and Aged Care, the Hon Mark Butler MP, the Committee will inquire into and report on Long COVID and Repeated COVID Infections.



Past Public Hearings

20 Feb 2023: MALVERN
17 Feb 2023: CANBERRA
05 Dec 2022: LIVERPOOL

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