Waiting for care: Understanding the pandemic’s effects on people’s health and quality of life

Waiting for care: Understanding the pandemic’s effects on people’s health and quality of life The effects of the pandemic should not be measured in mortality alone. The suspension of routine NHS care has affected people’s health and wellbeing – with the significance of this depending on the type of condition or treatment delayed.

For some conditions, a delay in care will make little or no difference. For others, a delay could lead both to living longer in pain – worsening quality of life – and/or a deterioration in their condition. This analysis explores the implications of this via two case studies – hip replacements and diabetes. The Health Foundation

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• Patients denied care during pandemic face agonising delays as waiting times hit record levels ITV News