Impacts of health care service changes implemented due to COVID‐19 on children and young people with long‐term disability: A mapping review

Abstract

In response to COVID-19, many countries applied measures and restrictions to limit virus spread, including 'lockdowns'. In the UK, these measures included social distancing, selfisolation, work-from-home mandates, and closure of some educational institutions. 1 Health care provision changed rapidly. Services deemed to be providing 'non-urgent care' suspended in-person appointments at home and in hospital and community settings, 2,3 and many implemented telehealth (i.e. remote health care provision using telecommunication technology such as telephone, e-mail, and videoconferencing) to maintain contact with service users.Service disruption adversely impacted children with disability and their families, 4,5 whose health, social care, education, and social support networks were all affected.

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Healthy Parent Carers: Acceptability and practicability of online delivery and learning through implementation by delivery partner organisations

“…3 The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated this problem, disproportionately affecting parent carers, with lockdowns, school closures and limited services leaving many families feeling abandoned. 16,17 Our consultations with parent carers suggest existing public health interventions are perceived as insensitive to the challenges that parent carers experience. Interventions to promote health equity are urgently needed.…”

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