The demand for rehabilitation following COVID-19: A call to service providers

The COVID-19 pandemic has largely and rightly focussed on the acute needs of the population, however; as infection rates continue to fall the need for rehabilitation services continue to rise. Initially it was expected that people hospitalised with COVID-19, particularly those treated in intensive care and high dependency units would require rehabilitation to return to their usual activities but it has become clear that there is a demand for rehabilitation for those hospitalised and non-hospitalised-following infection [1,2].
Source: Physiotherapy - Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Source Type: research