Covid: A million people were denied access to heart medications.
According to a recent study, the pandemic prevented approximately 500,000 people in the UK from beginning treatment to help prevent heart attacks and strokes.
A team from the British Heart Foundation (BHF) examined prescribing information for the first 18 months following Covid's release.
It appears that 491,000 people—or 27,000 people every month—did not use blood pressure medications.
Additionally, 316,000 people were not treated to decrease their cholesterol.
According to the team, more work needs to be done to guarantee that everyone who need therapy does so.
Normal NHS services were greatly affected during the outbreak.
For instance, there was a decrease in the detection, monitoring, and treatment of high blood pressure and other risk factors for heart and circulatory diseases.
Despite the NHS taking steps,
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