and here we are, you know, on the cusp of october and there's still nothing firmly in place. the department of health told spotlight it anticipates new long covid services will be established by the end of october. it indicated a number of long covid clinics will open — but it couldn't say exactly where these will be. and it said the services will be designed for adults only. the need for support for children will be kept under review. it's estimated around £2.5 million a year will be needed for long covid support, but stormont hasn't yet agreed a health budget to ensure the funding beyond march next year. and the department of health has admitted to spotlight that it also hasn't yet collected the data required to assess what services are actually needed. even though we're now 18 months into the pandemic. chest heart and stroke questions how