Early insight into the impacts of COVID-19 on care for people with long-term conditions

Summary

This blog has been written for the Health Foundation and looks at the impact COVID 19 has had on patients with long term condions.

Content

The purpose of this blog was to examine the impact of COVID-19 on access to and use of health care services for people with pre-existing health conditions including asthma, cancer    diabetes, heart disease and mental health illness. The Health Foundation supported an online YouGov survey of members of the public, designed by the Resolution Foundation. 6,005 UK citizens responded to the survey between 6 and 11 May.

This blog draws on the data and looks at:

• the level of reduction in access for care management
• the reasons behind the reduction in access.