Care home residents were hit hardest when the NHS cut back on non-Covid care during the pandemic, a review has revealed.
Emergency admissions plunged by a third and planned care by two thirds among those in the homes – more than among the general population.
Thousands were denied life-saving treatment for such things as heart attacks, strokes and cancer.
Others have been left in pain or with severe disabilities after missing out on cataract surgery and hip replacements.
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Government action needed to avoid 12,000 extra heart attacks and strokes
Print 7 March 2021 Imogen Blake
The pandemic could cause at least 12,000 extra heart attack and strokes in England over the next five years without bold Government intervention, according to a think tank’s new analysis.
The findings give further weight to our call for the Government to provide a clear plan and enough investment to address the significant backlog of heart care.
Around 470,000 fewer new prescriptions of preventative heart and circulatory disease medications like statins were issued in England during the pandemic, according to the research from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) and healthcare consultancy Carnall Farrar (CF).
Thousands of Britons are needlessly dying from heart conditions after 470,000 missed out on lifesaving medicines last year, a damning report will reveal this week.GPs issued 1.42 million new