King's College London

The second phase of a UK-wide study exploring the impact of providing health and social care during the COVID-19 pandemic published its findings today. Prof Jill Manthorpe, Director of the Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce at King's, is collaborating on the study. The project is led by Ulster University.

Open to social care workers, social workers, allied health professionals, nurses and midwives, the survey received 3,499 responses from across the UK. When asked about the impact of COVID-19 on their work, nearly half (49.3%) of the respondents UK-wide felt overwhelmed by increased pressures, 46.1% felt impacted but not significantly and only 4.6% reported that their service had not been impacted or had been stepped down.

Social work and nursing were the most impacted occupational groups.

The full reports from both phase 1 and phase 2 of the study can be accessed here.