in many cases even without hospital admission.For those patients who have been hospitalised, the longer-term consequences can be more serious, hence covid being described as a 'modern day polio'.It's led to growing concerns in the medical community that some patients may need a clear long-term treatment plan to give them the best outcome.Alex Horsley, Consultant Respiratory Physician at Wythenshawe Hospital and a reader at the University of Manchester, is also director of the clinical research