Impact of COVID 19 on Healthcare, Economy and Social Life in UK

This report discusses the impact of COVID 19 on healthcare, economy and social life in UK. It covers the changes in living habits, mental and physical health, GDP, and social system of the society.

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INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
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Impact of COVID 19 in UK on general level..........................................................................3
Impact of COVID 19 in UK on Healthcare.............................................................................4
Impact of COVID 19 in UK on Economy................................................................................5
Impact of COVID 19 in UK on Social Life..............................................................................6
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CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
The COVID 19 had made a major change in lives of the people, economy of the country
and healthcare services in UK. Health service facilities faced a lot of pressure during this period.
The nation had faced a downfall in GDP over the period and still experiencing the same. The
outbreak and lockdown measures have changed the living habits of people, their job status and
their mental and physical health (Creswell and et.al., 2021). UK announced the first lockdown on
march 2020 in order to minimize the impact of COVID. In this report, the impact of COVID 19
on healthcare sector, overall economy and social life of people has been discussed and various
data have been put in use for evaluation purpose.
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Impact of COVID 19 in UK on general level
The COVID-19 has impacted the lives of people on a wide level in UK. During the
lockdown, people were instructed to stay inside their homes which affected the living habits of
people. The country faced three lockdowns in the same period which has made life altering
changes in UK. The impact of pandemic and measures to control it has been different for
different social groups. People's mental and physical health has also been affected. People who
were uneducated and had very low earning were more affected due to the pandemic. People's
working life was drastically changed. Many people lost their jobs and earning source due to the
measures adopted to avoid the spread (Dyer, 2020). Due to such change, depression rates
increased and mental issues increased too. Economy of the country was also impacted. There
was 30% decrease in the economic activities. The COVID cases recorded in UK was 230585305
and deaths recorded was 189484. The pandemic has given rise to inflation in the economy.

Impact of COVID 19 in UK on Healthcare
The outbreak resulted in increased demand for hospitals, beds, resources, vaccines. The
fear of the pandemic has resulted in increased demand for healthcare as a little infection was
misunderstood as virus. There was substantial increase in the occupancy and demand for beds by
the patients (Houston, 2020). The virus had major impact on people who were above the age of
45 and who are suffering with some diseases like diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, etc. The
impact of virus was not only on physical health of people but also on the mental health. Cases of
emergency were low in the start of the pandemic but afterwards due to the virus emergency cases
increased to larger amount.
Above data also concludes that the beds for critical care were very low as compared to the
COVID cases during the period. Due to this problem the people with minor symptoms of corona
were isolated to their home only and only highly serious patient were admitted to hospitals for
treatment. However, the total peak demand for the required beds was about 8 times higher than
the Beds available in UK Hospitals. Universities, schools, and other quarantine blocks were also
created in order to overcome this.

Impact of COVID 19 in UK on Economy
The economy of UK faced a major impact due to the pandemic. There was great downfall
in all the sectors in UK. This downfall gave rise to inflation in the economy. August 2021 was
the month that had a growth in GDP but it was still below the GDP recorded in February 2020.
The construction sector was the first one to be impacted by the pandemic and had seen downfall
in the GDP of this sector. A slow growth was noticed in the service sector but still continues to
be below the 2020 February level. During the pandemic the 23% of the total trade was closed on
temporary basis and businesses were observed to have a 60% downfall. Government and people
assumed that the economy or GDP would rise again when the lockdown period would be over
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but after lockdown the GDP had a fall in all the sectors. Due to such downfall, many people lost
their jobs and found themselves in a financially unstable situation which resulted in the increased
depression rate and mental health problems among people (Gewin, 2020). The above graph
shows that the GDP of the UK fell 0.3% in march 2022. There observed a major ups and down in
the economy. These figures show a diminishing value for the economy of UK, with a downfall in
manufacturing, construction and service industry altogether. This decrease has given rise to
inflation.
Impact
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COVID 19 in UK on Social Life
The pandemic had a major impact on the lives of people. It has impacted the social
system of the society. Due to the lockdown, the face to face or personal interaction among people
was reduced to a greater extent (Griffin, 2020). Due to such weak social lives of people, opinions
of people and support had changed a lot. Young people were seeming to be more affected by the
measures of lockdown and resulted in worsening of their relationship with others than older
generation. The lockdown resulted in loss of jobs and financial crisis among people gave a rise to
increase mental health issues. According to the given data it is concluded that the COVID era
was the main reason for the worst condition of Mental health. Age Group Between 16 to 39 were
the most affected persons showed the dramatics results for the same. During 2020 lockdown

period adults were collided up with problems like depression, anxiety and mental health causes
in UK. NHS managed and ensured to provide the therapies and treatment to the adult within their
home isolation only. Due to job problems, worst financial condition people made suicides. In
order to overcome these countries like UK developed a Mental health system service for quicker
treatment (Scambler, 2020).
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CONCLUSION
Through this report, it can be concluded that every country in the world faced major challenges
during the pandemic. Also, the recovery from the virus was very slow which was hardly noticed
in the past. Both, the public and private sector had to make changes in their working and
operations so as to minimize the spread of virus. Work from home came into scenery and many
people lost their jobs too. The GDP reduced to a greater extent due to change in the social life,
health of the people. Healthcare sector was most in demand while other sectors faced a downfall.

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