Table 1. Timeframe of INCLUDE data collection in relation to UK Government measures to manage the COVID pandemic.

Date	Mar 20	Apr 20	May 20	Jun 20	Jul 20	Aug 20	Sep 20	Oct 20	Nov 20	Dec 20	Jan 20	Feb 21	Mar 21	Apr 21	May 21	Jun 21	Jul 21	Aug 21	Sep 21	Oct 21	Nov 21	Dec 21	Jan 22
Government measures	Major national social restrictions				Local restrictions		Major national and local social restrictions						Easing of social restrictions
										Start 8th Dec			National vaccination programme								Omicron variant; Booster vaccinations
Data collection			IDEAL-CDI Study1		*
							INCLUDE Quantitative data collection
									INCLUDE interviews2
											INCLUDE interviews3
																						INCLUDE current study4

Note: Qualitative Semi-structured interviews with:

¹11 carers plus

^*follow up (2 carers)

²13 carers

³7 carers

⁴10 carers