How this fits in

During the COVID-19 pandemic, routine healthcare services in England faced significant levels of disruption, and NHS England recommended restoring NHS services to near-normal levels before the winter of 2020. This study found that, compared with activity in 2019, many pathology tests and much respiratory activity in primary care saw significant activity reductions from April to September 2020, largely recovering to near-normal levels by September, and some important tests were maintained at near-normal levels throughout. The authors are further developing the OpenSAFELY NHS Service Restoration Observatory for real-time monitoring and feedback for frontline clinicians and managers, to help measure and mitigate the ongoing indirect impact of COVID-19 on health and the NHS.