In the 19 months since the UK first went into lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the news has been dominated by the virus. During the first lockdown, GPs were ordered by the NHS to operate a 'triage' policy, only seeing patients who had been screened first. Hospitals too stopped almost all routine appointments, waiting for - and then struggling under - the weight of admissions from COVID-19 patients.
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