The Recovery Room with Jackie Baxter
Welcome to The Recovery Room with Jackie Baxter - a gentle, grounded space for anyone navigating a health challenge.
For five years, this show was known as The Long Covid Podcast, supporting thousands of listeners through the uncertainty of post‑viral illness. After my own lived experience and recovery from Long Covid, the conversations naturally grew wider — into ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia, Dysautonomia, Trauma, Burnout and the deep nervous‑system work that underpins so many healing journeys.
This reimagined podcast honours that evolution.
Each week, I explore the science, stories, and small, steady practices that help the body feel safer and more supported. You’ll hear from clinicians, researchers, practitioners and people walking their own recovery paths through the power of honest conversation.
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The Recovery Room with Jackie Baxter
27 - Dr Jenny Ceolta-Smith: The Aftermath of Leaving Work
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Episode 27 of the Long Covid Podcast is a chat with Dr Jenny Ceolta-Smith, Occupational Therapist and Co-Founder of Long Covid Work & Occupational Health for Long Covid.
In this episode we discuss the situation in the UK that sadly a lot of people with Long Covid are now in - what happens when you have to leave work? What options might you have, and what can you do afterwards?
We have plans to do another episode in the future, so if you have employment questions, please do get in touch and we'll do our best to answer them.
Links:
ACAS https://www.acas.org.uk https://www.acas.org.uk/long-covid
National law centres (GM law) https://www.lawcentres.org.uk https://www.gmlaw.org.uk
Equality advisory service - https://www.equalityadvisoryservice.com
GM law webinar "A Guide to Employment Law without Representation" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hykKCluupdk&t=4s
Long Covid Work website https://longcovidwork.co.uk
Help with benefits https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/
FAQ sheet from Solicitor specialising in employment law **coming soon**
Follow Jenny on Twitter @JCeoltaSmith
Jenny's LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenny-ceolta-smith-8521a532/
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