Issue - decisions

Post COVID 19 Mental Health - update on activity from Steering Group

The Board resolved to:-

(i) note the progress on the development of the COVID-19 Mental Health

Clinic (follow up service for patients hospitalised) in line with Scottish

Government (SG) approval of the National Health Service – Grampian

(NHSG) specified service design;

(ii) note that recruitment to posts for this service has progressed;

(iii) note that additional Grampian wide work on post-COVID symptoms is

underway, led by Dr Emma Davies, (Public Health, NHSG long COVID lead);

(iv) request an update report from the Director of Public Health at the 25

January 2022 IJB meeting via Dr Emma Davies, registrar in public health, NHSG lead for long-COVID and chair of NHS G long-COVID SLWG; and

(v) note the wider SG planning for long-COVID as outlined in SG paper