The hidden impact of COVID-19 on patient care in the NHS ...
urgent GP referral. This outcome was avoidable. Although a pandemic on the scale of COVID-19 was always likely to cause major disruption to health services, the drastic extent to which the NHS had to shut down routine care is a consequence of over a decade of underinvestment and (in the case of public health and social care) cuts to services.
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