TY - JOUR T1 - Long COVID in children: the perspectives of parents and children need to be heard JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 216 LP - 216 DO - 10.3399/bjgp21X715769 VL - 71 IS - 706 AU - Frances Simpson AU - Carolyn Chew-Graham AU - Amali Lokugamage Y1 - 2021/05/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/71/706/216.abstract N2 - Parents have been struggling to obtain help and support, watching their children with persistent symptoms following acute infection with COVID-19. Early on in the pandemic, parents and children felt they were disbelieved by their GPs. As ‘long COVID’ came to be recognised in adults1 and named as such by patients2 there came to be a growing acceptance that it can also occur in children as evidence emerged.3 Indeed, ONS data suggest that 12%–15% of children may have symptoms lasting 5 weeks after an acute infection with COVID-19.4Lack of GP awareness has led to some parents whose children have long COVID feeling that their children’s symptoms were minimised, experiences highlighted in the recent All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) about long COVID in children on 26 January 2021.2 … ER -