Long covid—an update for primary care

What you need to know • Long covid (prolonged symptoms following covid-19 infection) is common • The mainstay of management is supportive, holistic care, symptom control, and detection of treatable complications • Many patients can be supported effectively in primary care by a GP with a special interest This article updates and extends a previous BMJ Practice Pointer published in August 2020 when almost no peer reviewed research or evidence based guidance on the condition was available.1 In this update we outline how clinicians might respond to the questions that patients ask.