FOI:2022/498

1.Do you have a standalone policy that details how your organisation will support managers and employees on the I issue of long Covid?

No, we do not have a standalone policy

2. If not, have you amended another policy to detail how your organisation will support managers and employees on the issue of long Covid?

This is covered in the attendance at work policy and the strategic staff health and wellbeing action plan. Not a policy, but we have co-produced, with staff side, some Guiding Principles.

3. In either instance, please supply a copy of your policy/policies

See Attachment

4. How many employees have notified the organisation that they have been diagnosed with long Covid?

85

5. How many days have you lost as an organisation due to formally diagnosed long Covid?

2336, 2,336 calendar days lost (This works out as average 28 days per employee)

6. If you are unable to answer questions 4 and/or 5 specifically, what data do you have on long Covid?

Answer contained within answers to Question 4 and 5.

7. Do you have a specific rehabilitation package available to staff with long Covid (other than signposting to standard NHS care)?

We have developed a link between Occupational Health and the local NHS Long Covid service and the Post Covid Syndrome Services for East Lancs and Blackburn with Darwen, enabling flow of information to support staff and also to expedite cases where required Attached is a document of their services information.