Comprehensive Analysis of COVID-19 Impacts on UK's Key Sectors

This report examines the wide-ranging impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the United Kingdom, focusing on healthcare, the economy, and social life. It highlights the initial government response, the subsequent waves of the virus, and the effects of lockdowns. The report details the strain on the healthcare system, including increased mortality rates and hospitalizations, and the economic consequences, such as a significant drop in GDP and job losses. Furthermore, it discusses the disruption to social interactions and the potential long-term mental health impacts. The report also touches on the government's efforts to mitigate these effects and the challenges faced in balancing public health and economic stability. Desklib offers a variety of similar reports and study resources for students.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
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COVID-19 in the UK.............................................................................................................3
Impact of COVID-19 on healthcare in the UK......................................................................4
Impact of COVID-19 on the economy...................................................................................5
Impact of COVID-19 on social life........................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
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INTRODUCTION
The COVID-19 pandemic is faced worldwide and is a major concern for every nation, how
nationwide people came together to find a cure for this virus. COVID not a new virus it’s just
and evolved virus strain. The pandemic affected every sector such as health, economic growth,
government stability, and social connection (Hassan-Smith 2020). The key highlight of this
report is about how COVID 19 impacted world particularly on UK. To support the research, the
proper data is shown of how COVID on UK affected. The next part of this report is about impact
on healthcare in the United Kingdom with reference with death cases. Countries all over the
world reacted to it in generic, the fall of global economy and loss of jobs. In present world
mental health also plays an import role due to this also get worse.
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COVID-19 in the UK
The first case of COVID 19 in UK was on 31 January 2020 almost 2 years ago, it still shows no
signs of ending. As the UK vaccinated a more than millions people, but cases of Covid-19 are
still circulating and new variants are causing concern. The Government of UK imposed
nationwide lockdown from the start of January in England and Scotland, to control the outburst
of COVID. But most likes many countries, the government of UK failed. It was noted that during
start the government false the number of actual cases. There were many controversies about this.
A major fall in every sector of UK, whereas healthcare sector of being the best in world couldn't
able handle the scenario. In the starting phase of COVID, to predict want will happen in future
was uncertain. Every nation started a program to develop vaccine that is affordable by everyone,
but as the time passed variants mutated and become more complex and more contagious. The
seems to very long, with continued interruption to social relationships. The social cost of
COVID-19 just began to emerge, but the mental health impact could already be being seen a fast
shoot up in metal health in the first phase only the unequally distribution of healthcare and
medication could easily be seen (Iacobucci 2020). Knowledge of the medicine of COVID-19
accrued quickly, but information of the most impressive policy issue remained uncertain.

Impact of COVID-19 on healthcare in the UK
A healthy people in every nation’s is the most important assets one country can get. Great health
helps in creating positive social and economic effect on individual and for society. After the
pandemic with life expectancy of people in UK started to fall for the first time in a century.
Following the 2008 financial crisis, public services had been eroded and the underlying economy
and social fabric frayed (Mahase 2021). The first aspect is the direct impact of the virus itself in
terms of deaths and severe illness. Early evidence from China (and later Italy) suggests that the

virus is likely to kill people who are older, have underlying medical conditions (particularly
hypertension, diabetes and ischaemic heart disease), and are male. The pattern in England, Wales
and Northern Ireland is that of COVID-19 patients showed similar conditions, so critical care is
needed.
On analysing both COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths during the pandemic (see graph and
pie chart above), COVID-19 mortality was higher from November till March, in England, Wales
and Northern Ireland having the highest second-wave mortality. It’s quite understood that the
death toll peaked on 19 January, with the highest number of deaths from Covid in the UK. From
November to February, hospitalizations for COVID-19 were high as compared to any other
month. In January it was 39,254 of his Covid patients in hospital.
The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting healthcare demand and supply. Medical needs have
changed as fewer infectious disease medicines were needed during the pandemic, and people's
search behaviour for medical needs impacted their need for medical services, contributing to
lower activity, are adapting to contain the prevalence of COVID-19 among staff and patients, as
well as the increasing COVID-19-induced workforce shortages for supply-side factors that have
impacted healthcare delivery (Manara and Gardiner 2020).
Impact of COVID-19 on the economy
Government is completing trying to bring down the COVID 19 cases by taking drastic measures,
but due this the economic activities are facing huge consequences. The government of UK
declared as nationwide lockdown from 23 march, 2020 to face the pandemic. This had helped
strap in the public-health crisis but is fetching on the economy. While the first lockdown, Gross
Domestic Product of United Kingdom went down by 25% in April if compare it to before Covid
cases i.e. February. The economic activity though over summer 2020, showing the opening up of
economy. Nation's economy got suffered again by the second waves during November to march.
The diminution was, however, much less terrible than it was during the first lockdown, as
consumers and businesses by then were used to change in environment and adapted from last
year. A powerful improvement in spring 2021 helped the GDP rise up, although growth laggard
in the summer and fall season (Mayor 2020). By October 2021, GDP was 0.5% less than pre-
pandemic times.

Such rapid change in economy had a severe impact on the implication of employments. In
COVID phases 7.4 million jobs are at risk of losing which can be permanent lay-offs,
impermanent leave, and cut down in hours and pay. The risks are highly inclined: people and
places with the lowest incomes are the most vulnerable to job loss(Savage, M.J. and Hennis, P.J.,
2020). To understand better look at bar chart below of unemployment in UK during COVID 19.
Impact of COVID-19 on social life
In the references of COVID-19, the normal way of interaction between individuals have been
severely disturbed. Earlier communication with employees in a break room gives an opportunity
to socialise beyond imagination an individual's social network, and these circumferential
communication (informal group) helps to coping with problems or seeking formal help (Panzone
and She 2021). Thus, the lack of these natural interactions may have cause the diminution of
indirect support-seeking opportunities.

CONCLUSION
The above report is about how COVID 19 impacted the healthcare, economy, social life and in
general on United Kingdom. Covid 19's variant involved multiple times and become more
contiguous every time, this had the restriction got stricter every time leads more worsen impact
on people and economy.
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