Dr Margaret O'Hara: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Trustee of Long Covid Support
- Quoted on
- Long Covid
- Tracked press citations
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
“Referrals have declined because Covid has been de-prioritised and very few people still test. It's difficult for a GP to diagnose long Covid if the patient doesn't know if they had Covid. Long Covid has not gone away.”
What Dr Margaret O'Hara has said
“We feel really strongly that's it's just being swept under the carpet now. There's a real attitude of see no Covid, hear no Covid. We are being left in some kind of void.”
from the pressure group Long Covid Support · Long Covid · 30 Sept 2026 · Blyth ex-GP says long Covid patients are being forgotten ↗
“We feel really strongly that's it's just being swept under the carpet now. There's a real attitude of see no Covid, hear no Covid. We are being left in some kind of void.”
pressure group Long Covid Support · Long Covid · 8 Sept 2026 · Long Covid patients are forgotten, ex-GP says ↗
Where Dr Margaret O'Hara has been quoted
- Closure of Mid Essex long Covid service criticised by charitiesbbc.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Blyth ex-GP says long Covid patients are being forgottenbbc.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Long Covid patients are forgotten, ex-GP saysbbc.co.uk · 8 Sept 2026
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