Staffing crisis leaves long Covid patients waiting five months to be seen at clinics

Dr Siobhan Ni Bhriain also confirmed children are not being sent to the clinics, instead parents are directed to their GP with the option of referral to paediatricians.

People with long Covid can wait up to five months to be seen at a dedicated clinic, and none of the six clinics are fully staffed, the Oireachtas Health Committee heard on Wednesday.

It is also not yet known how many people here have suffered long Covid, with one senior doctor telling the committee he is still seeing some people who first became ill in March or April 2020.