Covid 19: one year on
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Healthwatch Lincolnshire report on the findings from a survey about the impact of Covid-19 on health and social care during May and June 2021. During this period they received 414 responses.
- Down on previous months 42% of people responding felt fine and were looking forward to returning to some level of normality.
- There was a marginal increase from 19% to 22% of people who felt anxious about leaving the house
- There was also an increase in those who felt worried that restrictions were being eased too quickly from 28% to 33%
- there was still a consensus that people wanted more access to face to face appointments and still a fear that health care and particularly GP services were still closed. This may demonstrate the very literal and physical way people see and use primary care services irrespective of digital developments.
- 67% of respondents said the pandemic had negatively impacted their general wellbeing a little or a lot – The ongoing and much publicised delays in getting appointments, referrals, assessments, diagnosis, and ongoing treatment are all cited as reasons for the negative impact. •
- Over recent months they have seen a shift in the reasons people felt they were receiving an inequitable service. The main reasons cited for inequality were age, disability and have existing long-term conditions. Geography has moved down the scale