Study Suggests Half a Million Missed Out on Blood Pressure Drugs During COVID-19 Pandemic
Thousands more heart attacks and strokes may occur in Britain as almost half a million missed the opportunity ...
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Thousands more heart attacks and strokes may occur in Britain as almost half a million missed the opportunity ...
Almost half a million fewer people received new prescriptions for blood pressure tablets between April 2020 and July 2021, new analysis shows. Around 316,000 fewer people got new statins.
Nearly half a million people missed out on starting medication to lower their blood pressure during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to research supported by the British Heart Foundation Data Science Centre at Health Data Research UK published today in Nature Medicine.
Patients in England, Scotland and Wales missed out on starting blood pressure-lowering drugs, British Heart Foundation says
Trends could lead to 13,000 more cardiovascular events, with findings said to be evidence of 'major disruption' to healthcare since lockdown