Abstract The coronavirus pandemic has had huge impacts on the National Health Service (NHS). Patients suffering from the illness have placed unprecedented demands on acute care, particularly on Intensive Care Units (ICUs). This has led to an effort to dramatically increase the resources available to NHS hospitals in treating these patients, involving re‐organisation of hospital facilities, redeployment of existing staff and a drive to bring in recently retired and newly graduated staff to fight the pandemic. These increases in demand and changes to supply have had large knock‐on effects on the care provided to the wider population. This paper discusses likely implications for healthcare delivery in the short and medium term of the responses to the coronavirus pandemic, focusing primarily on the implications for non‐coronavirus patients. Patterns of past care suggest those most likely to be affected by these disruptions will be older individuals and those living in more deprived areas, potentially exacerbating pre‐existing health inequalities. Effects are likely to persist into the longer‐run, with particular challenges around recruitment and ongoing staff shortages. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved

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冠状病毒大流行对 NHS 的更广泛影响

摘要 冠状病毒大流行对国家卫生服务 (NHS) 产生了巨大影响。患有这种疾病的患者对急症护理提出了前所未有的要求，特别是对重症监护病房 (ICU)。这导致人们努力大幅增加 NHS 医院治疗这些患者的可用资源，包括重组医院设施、重新部署现有员工以及吸引最近退休和新毕业的员工来抗击这一流行病。这些需求的增加和供应的变化对向更广泛人群提供的护理产生了巨大的连锁反应。本文讨论了应对冠状病毒大流行的中短期医疗保健服务可能产生的影响，主要关注对非冠状病毒患者的影响。过去的护理模式表明，最有可能受到这些干扰影响的将是老年人和生活在更贫困地区的人，这可能会加剧先前存在的健康不平等。从长远来看，影响可能会持续存在，尤其是招聘和人员短缺方面的挑战。本文受版权保护。版权所有