On the 6th of November ELAROS hosted their second webinar in the ‘Building a  Long Covid Service Legacy’ series to aid NHS services to support patients in primary, community, and care at-home across a range of long-term conditions.

This webinar is our 5th international webinar focused on supporting clinics, researchers, and most importantly, patients, with Long Covid and follows a recent episode back in June which focuses on sharing case studies from Long Covid services to inspire ideas on how to adapt the current NHS Long Covid offer to support a wider patient community.

We were joined by three excellent speakers:

Our first speaker was Lorraine Perry, Practitioner and Service Lead of the ME/CFS and Post Covid Assessment Services at the Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. Lorraine presented the plans at Somerset to deliver an integrated service for ME/CFS and Long Covid, and how the proposed integrated clinical pathway would play out.

A second presentation was given by Jeremy Gee, from Airedale and Bradford NHS Trust. Jeremy shared some case studies which showcased how Airedale is adapting its Long Covid model approach to serve the wider community of people with long term conditions. Jeremy spoke specifically about the success of their self referral process, supported by ELAROS, and how it has led to improvements in referral rates in more deprived areas as well as addressing disparity in referral rates based on gender and ethnicity. 

Finally, Román Rocha Lawrence, Director of Research and Development at ELAROS, announced an invitation to English NHS Trusts to join a national service evaluation with The University of Leeds and the Clinical Post Covid Society and the launch of a standalone version of our C19-YRS app for the public.

Colleagues can contact us at c19-yrs@elaros.com to request access to the recording and slides from this webinar.

You can learn more about the speakers from the event below or on the teams page:

Lorraine Perry, Practitioner/Service Lead ME/CFS & Post Covid19 Assessment Services, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Jeremy Gee, Long Covid Clinical Pathway Co-ordinator and Community Advanced Practitioner, Airedale and Bradford NHS Foundation Trusts

Román Rocha Lawrence, Director of Research and Development at ELAROS 24/7, Honorary Research Fellow at The University of Leeds

On the 26th of June ELAROS hosted a webinar to showcase how NHS MDT services are evolving to build a legacy from Long Covid to support patients in primary, community, and care at-home across a range of conditions.

During this webinar, Jeremy Gee from Airedale and Bradford NHS Trusts was invited to share insights into how their Long Covid Rehabilitation service is evolving to support: i) self-referrals, ii) a persistent symptoms service, and iii) vocational rehabilitation in stroke. This digital-first service is currently conducting pilots in these three areas to adapt the learnings from their Long Covid Service first launched in 2020 to support a wider patient group.

A second presentation was given by Professor Manoj Sivan, President of the British Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (BSPRM) and the newly established Post COVID Society in collaboration with NHS England to share his aims for the new professional clinical society for Long Covid and post-viral conditions.

The webinar was chaired by representatives from ELAROS 24/7 Ltd and University of Leeds; developers of the digital C19-YRS clinical research platform recommended by NHS England, NHS Scotland, and adopted internationally; to share case studies from other NHS Long Covid services and organisations who are adapting their approach to support patients with other chronic conditions and harder-to-reach groups in the community.

This webinar was aimed at healthcare professionals supporting patients with Long Covid and other chronic conditions such as chronic fatigue, chronic pain, and PoTS, as well as professionals working in Public Health, General Practice, Rehabilitation Medicine and associated research.

You can learn more about the speakers from the event below or on the teams page: 

Professor Manoj Sivan, Professor and Honorary Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Leeds & Leeds NHS Trusts, President of the British Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (BSPRM) and Post Covid Society.

Jeremy Gee, Long Covid Clinical Pathway Co-ordinator and Community Advanced Practitioner, Airedale and Bradford NHS Foundation Trusts

Román Rocha Lawrence, Director of Research and Development at ELAROS 24/7 Ltd, Honorary Research Fellow at University of Leeds.

ELAROS is thrilled to announce that we have been accepted into the prestigious Digital Health Playbook hosted by the Department for Business and Trade !

With over 180 UK innovators and exporters, the Digital Health Playbook is the gateway to the UK’s Healthtech innovation. It showcases extensive expertise in advanced patient care, insights and analysis, core infrastructure, and self-care.

We are honoured to be recognised among the very best in digital health in the UK.

Explore the UK’s Digital Health Playbook now to see our listing – – and discover other great innovators in the Healthtech space !

On the 15th of April 2024 ELAROS was named one of the five winners nationally of the SBRI project funded by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Department of Health and Social Care.

This funding will support ELAROS to deliver the ‘Open-OH’ project aimed at improving in-work health services as part of a government drive to tackle inactivity through an Innovate UK Contracts for Innovation grant.

This opportunity will enable us to accelerate the development and launch of a smart digital occupational health solution for people with Long Covid and other long-term conditions on their rehabilitation journey, recognising the estimated 1.9 million people with LC in the UK, many of whom are significantly impacted at work.

Although, there is a lot of hard work ahead of ELAROS with our early adopters and advisory board, the whole team is immensely excited to see this innovation come to life in the hands of people that need it most.

For more information on the project or to join our early adopter group, please contact open-oh@elaros.com or visit https://open-oh.com

We also wanted to congratulate all the other winners in this competition, it has been amazing to see the inspiring work ongoing in this space.