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Briefing: assessing the impact of COVID-19 on the clinically extremely vulnerable population.

Hodgson, Karen; Butler, Jessica E.; Davies, Alisha; Houston, Sarah; Marszalek, Kathryn; Peytrignet, Sebastian; Piroddi, Roberta; Wood, Frank; Deeny, Sarah

Authors

Karen Hodgson

Jessica E. Butler

Alisha Davies

Sarah Houston

Kathryn Marszalek

Sebastian Peytrignet

Roberta Piroddi

Frank Wood

Sarah Deeny



Contributors

Network Data Lab
Research Group

Abstract

By February 2021 more than 4 million people across the UK had been identified as clinically extremely vulnerable to COVID-19 and advised to shield. Our briefing shows the scale of the challenge of ensuring that the most clinically vulnerable to COVID-19 are kept safe, and in providing high-quality health and social care during the pandemic. It also indicates that there are substantial unmet needs that should be prioritised to ensure that the mental and physical health of this group does not deteriorate further. In this briefing, we: a) present analysis from the Networked Data Lab on the impact the pandemic has had on the clinically extremely vulnerable population, b) assess the mental health of people identified as clinically extremely vulnerable, c) examine the data on access to care for clinically extremely vulnerable, d) assess the limitations to the use of an algorithm-driven approach to identifying the clinically extremely vulnerable population which were exacerbated by poor availability of high-quality data.

Citation

HODGSON, K., BUTLER, J.E., DAVIES, A., HOUSTON, S., MARSZALEK, K., PEYTRIGNET, S., PIRODDI, R., WOOD, F. and DEENY, S. 2021. Briefing: assessing the impact of COVID-19 on the clinically extremely vulnerable population. London: The Health Foundation [online]. Available from: https://www.health.org.uk/publications/reports/assessing-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-the-clinically-extremely-vulnerable-population

Working Paper Type Discussion Paper
Online Publication Date Oct 31, 2021
Publication Date Oct 31, 2021
Deposit Date Sep 14, 2023
Publicly Available Date Mar 19, 2024
ISBN 9781911615675
Keywords Networked data lab; Analytics and data; COVID-19; Clinically vulnerable; Health and social care
Public URL https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2079096
Publisher URL https://www.health.org.uk/publications/reports/assessing-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-the-clinically-extremely-vulnerable-population

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