Research Proposal: NHS, Social & Health Workers During COVID-19

This research proposal aims to examine the role played by social and health workers in assisting the community during the COVID-19 global pandemic, specifically focusing on the NHS. It outlines research objectives to determine the challenges faced by these workers from both personal and professional perspectives, investigate their role in providing community assistance, and explore the strategies and policies adopted by the NHS to protect them. The proposal poses research questions related to these objectives and justifies the relevance of the research topic by highlighting the crucial role health and social workers played during the crisis, including supporting people, managing resources, and providing accurate information. The proposal also acknowledges the mental pressure faced by health workers due to increased workload and aims to highlight the support strategies launched by the NHS. The research intends to contribute to the understanding of the role and responsibilities of health and social workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Research proposal

Contents
RESEARCH AIM............................................................................................................................3
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES............................................................................................................3
RESEARCH QUESTIONS.............................................................................................................3
RELEVANCE OF RESEARCH TOPIC.........................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

RESEARCH AIM
To examine the role played by social and health workers for assisting community during
global pandemic COVID-19. A study on NHS
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
 To determine the challenges faced by health and social workers during global pandemic
situation COVID-19 in respect of personal and professional perspective
 To investigate the role of social and health workers in providing assistance to community
during the time of COVID-19
 To explore the strategies and policies adopted by NHS to protect social and health
workers volunteered for COVID-19
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
 What are the challenges faced by health and social workers during global pandemic
situation COVID-19 in respect of personal and professional perspective?
 What is the role of social and health workers in providing assistance to community during
the time of COVID-19?
 What are the strategies and policies adopted by NHS to protect social and health workers
volunteered for COVID-19?
RELEVANCE OF RESEARCH TOPIC
The pandemic situation of COVID-19 has left the world devastated and in this respect
major role was being played by health and social workers. After the declaration of pandemic by
WHO high alert was seen by all the nations (Ballard and et. al., 2020). This was the situation of
crisis in which medical professional, health and social workers, front-line staff and many other
followed government guidelines so that to navigate people and treat people as well. During the
situation social workers was the major responsibilities that to support people and to use resources
in optimal time and by developing medical attention complexities within healthcare system can
be managed. Amid COVID-19 different implications were faced within health and social
workers which means that health care workers were required to work in different dimensions so
that they can support people and deal with this global crisis (Waters, 2020). In this health
workers played numerous role and ensured that people are getting accurate and real information

so that they do not get panic and calmly deal with ground scenario. The current report is going to
provide information in terms of role and responsibilities played by health and social workers
amid COVID-19. This is observed that health workers are executing their duties with overtime
and this is creating mental pressure within them due to which they are not able to concentrate
over their personal belongings. The report will highlight such measurements and strategies
launched by NHS in order to support their volunteer so that proper assistance can be given and at
the same time they can perform well (Wells and et. al., 2021). On the other hand, the report is
going to relate on ground manner as COVID-19 is considered as one of the emerging topic which
is one of the existing topic in the current time and can be beneficial for various people to increase
their understanding.

REFERENCES
Books and journals
Ballard, M. and et. al., 2020. Prioritising the role of community health workers in the COVID-19
response. BMJ Global Health, 5(6), p.e002550.
Waters, R., 2020. Community Workers Lend Human Connection To COVID-19 Response:
Article examines the role of community health workers in responding to the COVID-19
pandemic.
Wells, K.J. and et. al., 2021. Community health workers and non-clinical patient navigators: A
critical COVID-19 pandemic workforce. Preventive Medicine, 146, p.106464.