Dr. John Lambert:

I think it is. I can just give the Deputy anecdotal comments from patients who have come to see me.

In my experience, the occupational health departments in the hospitals have been more supportive. These are patients who were infected in the workplace. I send letters to the occupational health doctors in the hospitals when they refer patients to me. If people are infected in the community and have private insurance, they will get different benefits and there are different pressures from their employers to get them back to work. There may be less occupational health support in some of the private networks and hospitals for these patients because some of them have not got better two years into their long Covid.