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OpenSAFELY NHS Service Restoration Observatory 1: primary care clinical activity in England during the first wave of COVID-19.
Curtis, Helen J; MacKenna, Brian; Croker, Richard; Inglesby, Peter; Walker, Alex J; Morley, Jessica; Mehrkar, Amir; Morton, Caroline E; Bacon, Seb; Hickman, George; Bates, Chris; Evans, David; Ward, Tom; Cockburn, Jonathan; Davy, Simon; Bhaskaran, Krishnan; Schultze, Anna; Rentsch, Christopher T; Williamson, Elizabeth J; Hulme, William J; McDonald, Helen I; Tomlinson, Laurie; Mathur, Rohini; Drysdale, Henry; Eggo, Rosalind M; Wing, Kevin; Wong, Angel Ys; Forbes, Harriet; Parry, John; Hester, Frank; Harper, Sam; Evans, Stephen Jw; Douglas, Ian J; Smeeth, Liam; Goldacre, Ben.
  • Curtis HJ; The DataLab, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford.
  • MacKenna B; The DataLab, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford.
  • Croker R; The DataLab, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford.
  • Inglesby P; The DataLab, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford.
  • Walker AJ; The DataLab, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford.
  • Morley J; The DataLab, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford.
  • Mehrkar A; The DataLab, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford.
  • Morton CE; The DataLab, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford.
  • Bacon S; The DataLab, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford.
  • Hickman G; The DataLab, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford.
  • Bates C; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London.
  • Evans D; The DataLab, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford.
  • Ward T; The DataLab, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford.
  • Cockburn J; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London.
  • Davy S; The DataLab, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford.
  • Bhaskaran K; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London.
  • Schultze A; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London.
  • Rentsch CT; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London.
  • Williamson EJ; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London.
  • Hulme WJ; The DataLab, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford.
  • McDonald HI; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London.
  • Tomlinson L; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London.
  • Mathur R; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London.
  • Drysdale H; The DataLab, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford.
  • Eggo RM; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London.
  • Wing K; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London.
  • Wong AY; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London.
  • Forbes H; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London.
  • Parry J; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London.
  • Hester F; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London.
  • Harper S; TPP, Leeds.
  • Evans SJ; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London.
  • Douglas IJ; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London.
  • Smeeth L; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London.
  • Goldacre B; The DataLab, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford.
Br J Gen Pract ; 72(714): e63-e74, 2022 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1592598
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted healthcare activity. The NHS stopped non-urgent work in March 2020, later recommending services be restored to near-normal levels before winter where possible.

AIM:

To describe the volume and variation of coded clinical activity in general practice, taking respiratory disease and laboratory procedures as examples. DESIGN AND

SETTING:

Working on behalf of NHS England, a cohort study was conducted of 23.8 million patient records in general practice, in situ using OpenSAFELY.

METHOD:

Activity using Clinical Terms Version 3 codes and keyword searches from January 2019 to September 2020 are described.

RESULTS:

Activity recorded in general practice declined during the pandemic, but largely recovered by September. There was a large drop in coded activity for laboratory tests, with broad recovery to pre-pandemic levels by September. One exception was the international normalised ratio test, with a smaller reduction (median tests per 1000 patients in 2020 February 8.0; April 6.2; September 6.9). The pattern of recording for respiratory symptoms was less affected, following an expected seasonal pattern and classified as 'no change'. Respiratory infections exhibited a sustained drop, not returning to pre-pandemic levels by September. Asthma reviews experienced a small drop but recovered, whereas chronic obstructive pulmonary disease reviews remained below baseline.

CONCLUSION:

An open-source software framework was delivered to describe trends and variation in clinical activity across an unprecedented scale of primary care data. The COVD-19 pandemic led to a substantial change in healthcare activity. Most laboratory tests showed substantial reduction, largely recovering to near-normal levels by September, with some important tests less affected and recording of respiratory disease codes was mixed.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: COVID-19 Type of study: Cohort study / Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: English Journal: Br J Gen Pract Year: 2022 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: COVID-19 Type of study: Cohort study / Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: English Journal: Br J Gen Pract Year: 2022 Document Type: Article