Dr Kathryn McKinnon: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- BMA occupational medicine committee chair
- Quoted on
- Long Covid
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
“It is unconscionable that the Government has kept these workers, who put themselves at immense personal risk to keep our health services afloat and to care for our loved ones during the pandemic, waiting for so long for recognition.”
What Dr Kathryn McKinnon has said
“It is deeply disappointing that we yet again mark another year where the government has failed to recognise long covid and severe post-Covid-19 complications as an occupational disease in healthcare workers.”
BMA occupational medicine committee chair · Long Covid · 30 Sept 2026 · Fresh call to recognise long Covid as occupational disease for nurses ↗
Where Dr Kathryn McKinnon has been quoted
- ‘Unconscionable’ that the Government has not recognised Long COVID as an occupational disease, warns BMA and RCNbma.org.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Fresh call to recognise long Covid as occupational disease for nursesnursinginpractice.com · 30 Sept 2026
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics — not necessarily citing them directly.
Professors, researchers and think-tank analysts quoted on the strength of their research rather than a clinical role. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 5 Oct 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.