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Chapter 46 - Case Study 2: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Healthcare Staff – Lessons from a Selection of Interventions Put in Place During the Pandemic

from Section 5 - Sustaining and Caring for Staff During Emergencies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2024

By
Kate Allsopp ,
Sonya Wallbank  and
Richard Williams
Edited by
Richard Williams ,
Verity Kemp ,
Keith Porter ,
Tim Healing  and
John Drury
Richard Williams
Affiliation:
University of South Wales
Verity Kemp
Affiliation:
Independent Health Emergency Planning Consultant
Keith Porter
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham
Tim Healing
Affiliation:
Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London
John Drury
Affiliation:
University of Sussex
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Summary

The aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of the challenges that have affected healthcare staff in the UK through the COVID-19 pandemic, and to illustrate a selection of the responses of the UK’s National Health Service in establishing support systems and services to help to mitigate the psychosocial and mental health impacts on staff. The topics covered include the context of the NHS at the start of the pandemic and the framework on which the NHS response was based, the impact of the pandemic on staff members and teams, the initiatives put in place to support staff, and challenges for the future.

Keywords

COVID-19healthcare staffmental healthmoral injuryResilience Hubstaff support
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Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health
The Psychosocial Aspects of Health Emergencies, Incidents, Disasters and Disease Outbreaks
 , pp. 345 - 354
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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