Overview: COVID-19's impact on health care systems

Running head: CORONA VIRUS AND IMPACT ON HEALTHCARE
Corona Virus and Impact on Healthcare
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction..............................................................................................................................2
1.1. Problem Statement............................................................................................................3
1.2. Aims and Objectives of the Research...............................................................................3
1.3. Research Questions...........................................................................................................4
2. Review of Literature.................................................................................................................4
2.1. Gaps in the Review of Literature......................................................................................6
3. Research Methods....................................................................................................................7
3.1. Research Philosophy.........................................................................................................7
3.2. Research Design................................................................................................................7
3.3. Data Collection and Analysis............................................................................................7
3.4. Sample Population............................................................................................................8
3.5. Sampling Technique.........................................................................................................8
3.6. Ethical Factors...................................................................................................................8
References........................................................................................................................................9

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1. Introduction
The corona virus is a single virus belonging to an entire family of viruses and it is known
to cause ailments such as the common cold, or illnesses of a more serious nature such as the
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and the Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (Lillie et al.
2020). The Coronavirus disease, which is referred to by the acronym COVID-19, is a brand new
strain of viruses that emerged for the first time in the month of December in 2019, in the region
of Wuhan in China, from where it spread all over the country, and later to other neighboring
countries, gradually spreading to each and every corner of the globe (Thompson 2020). By the
month of March 2020, COVID-19 is seen to have plagued and taken lives in each and every part
of the world, in countries of the Global North as well as the Global South. Some of the Western
nations that are severely impacted by this virus are the United States of America and the United
Kingdom among others (Keeling et al. 2020). In the wake of COVID 19, a desperate attempt has
been made by the governments of all nations of the globe to enhance their healthcare facilities
and introduce new healthcare measures that can help to suitably isolate people suffering from the
virus, offer treatment and also protect those who have not come into contact with the virus as yet
(Moss et al. 2020). This assignment prepares a research proposal that seeks to investigate the
impact that the outbreak of the COVID 19 pandemic has had on the healthcare industry in the
United Kingdom. The proposal mentions the primary aims and objectives of the research, the key
questions that are to be answered by the investigation, a review of literature on the subject is
undertaken and the methods that are going to be used to conduct the investigation are also
outlined. Additionally, the ethical factors that are to be taken into consideration when carrying
out the study are mentioned towards the end of the proposal.

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1.1. Problem Statement
The outbreak of the COVID 19 pandemic is relatively recent. It was only in the month of
December that the virus surfaced for the first time in Wuhan, in China from where it was
transmitted by human carriers to each and every part of the country (Flear et al. 2020). Travelers
from China carried the disease to neighboring countries of Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam and
international tourists visiting such destinations contracted the virus and carried it to their
respective countries, be it in the Global North or in the Global South (Razai et al. 2020). As a
result, the virus managed to spread to all corners of the world and has claimed the lives of quite a
few people, especially in European countries like Italy which were ill prepared for such a virus
outbreak (Thompson 2020). The United Kingdom has also been quite severely impacted by the
virus outbreak and most if not all the people in the country have been urged to engage in social
distancing and to stay in isolation. The healthcare industry in the United Kingdom has had to
really step up to meet this challenge and while the existing literature on the subject of virus
outbreak and healthcare responses does address how challenges in this respect are to be
overcome, the COVID-19 with all its novelty is not a subject that has been researched upon as
yet, especially with respect to the type of impact that it has had on the healthcare industry in the
UK up until now (Flear et al. 2020). This investigation will address this gap in the literature by
attempting to see the specific impact that COVID-19 has had on healthcare professionals and the
healthcare industry in the United Kingdom.
1.2. Aims and Objectives of the Research
The aims and objectives of this study are as follows –
 To understand the impact of COVID 19 on the healthcare industry in the UK