Impact of COVID-19 on primary care contacts with children and young people in England: longitudinal trends study 2015-2020.
Kimberley A FoleyEdward John MaileAlex BottleFrancesca K NealeRussell M VinerSimon E KennyAzeem MajeedDougal S HargreavesSonia SaxenaPublished in: The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners (2022)
During the COVID-19 pandemic, CYP's contact with GPs fell, particularly for face-to-face assessments. This may be explained by a lower incidence of respiratory illnesses because of fewer social contacts and changing health-seeking behaviour. The large shift to remote contacts mitigated total falls in contacts for some age groups and for common non-transmissible conditions.