Skip to main content

Main menu

  • HOME
  • LATEST ARTICLES
  • ALL ISSUES
  • AUTHORS & REVIEWERS
  • RESOURCES
    • About BJGP Open
    • BJGP Open Accessibility Statement
    • Editorial Board
    • Editorial Fellowships
    • Audio Abstracts
    • eLetters
    • Alerts
    • BJGP Life
    • Research into Publication Science
    • Advertising
    • Contact
  • SPECIAL ISSUES
    • Social Care Integration with Primary Care: call for articles
    • Special issue: Telehealth
    • Special issue: Race and Racism in Primary Care
    • Special issue: COVID-19 and Primary Care
    • Past research calls
    • Top 10 Research Articles of the Year
  • BJGP CONFERENCE →
  • RCGP
    • British Journal of General Practice
    • BJGP for RCGP members
    • RCGP eLearning
    • InnovAIT Journal
    • Jobs and careers

User menu

  • Alerts

Search

  • Advanced search
Intended for Healthcare Professionals
BJGP Open
  • RCGP
    • British Journal of General Practice
    • BJGP for RCGP members
    • RCGP eLearning
    • InnovAIT Journal
    • Jobs and careers
  • Subscriptions
  • Alerts
  • Log in
  • Follow BJGP Open on Instagram
  • Visit bjgp open on Bluesky
  • Blog
Intended for Healthcare Professionals
BJGP Open

Advanced Search

  • HOME
  • LATEST ARTICLES
  • ALL ISSUES
  • AUTHORS & REVIEWERS
  • RESOURCES
    • About BJGP Open
    • BJGP Open Accessibility Statement
    • Editorial Board
    • Editorial Fellowships
    • Audio Abstracts
    • eLetters
    • Alerts
    • BJGP Life
    • Research into Publication Science
    • Advertising
    • Contact
  • SPECIAL ISSUES
    • Social Care Integration with Primary Care: call for articles
    • Special issue: Telehealth
    • Special issue: Race and Racism in Primary Care
    • Special issue: COVID-19 and Primary Care
    • Past research calls
    • Top 10 Research Articles of the Year
  • BJGP CONFERENCE →
Research

The impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on primary care contact among vulnerable populations in England: a controlled interrupted time-series study

Scott R Walter, Chris Salisbury, Lauren J Scott, Frank de Vocht, John Macleod, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Helen J Curtis, Aziz Sheikh, Srinivasa V Katikireddi, Amir Mehrkar, Sebastian Bacon, George Hickman, Ben Goldacre, The OpenSAFELY Collective and Maria Theresa Redaniel
BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2025.0017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0017
Scott R Walter
1 National Institute for Health and Care Research, Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
2 Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • For correspondence: scott.walter{at}bristol.ac.uk
Chris Salisbury
2 Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
3 Centre for Academic Primary Care, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Chris Salisbury
Lauren J Scott
1 National Institute for Health and Care Research, Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
2 Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • ORCID record for Lauren J Scott
Frank de Vocht
1 National Institute for Health and Care Research, Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
2 Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
John Macleod
1 National Institute for Health and Care Research, Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
3 Centre for Academic Primary Care, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Yoav Ben-Shlomo
1 National Institute for Health and Care Research, Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
2 Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Helen J Curtis
4 Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science, Nuffield Department of Primary Care, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Aziz Sheikh
5 Nuffield Department of Primary Care, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Srinivasa V Katikireddi
6 MRC/CSO Social & Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Amir Mehrkar
4 Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science, Nuffield Department of Primary Care, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Sebastian Bacon
4 Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science, Nuffield Department of Primary Care, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
George Hickman
4 Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science, Nuffield Department of Primary Care, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Ben Goldacre
4 Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science, Nuffield Department of Primary Care, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
4 Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science, Nuffield Department of Primary Care, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Maria Theresa Redaniel
1 National Institute for Health and Care Research, Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
2 Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • Article
  • Figures & Data
  • Info
  • eLetters
  • PDF
Loading

Article Information

vol. 9 no. 4 BJGPO.2025.0017
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0017
PubMed 
40500153

Published By 
Royal College of General Practitioners
History 
  • Received January 23, 2025
  • Accepted April 17, 2025
  • Published online December 19, 2025.

Article Versions

  • Previous version (June 11, 2025 - 06:12).
  • Previous version (November 18, 2025 - 16:30).
  • You are viewing the most recent version of this article.
Copyright & Usage 
Copyright © 2025, The Authors This article is Open Access: CC BY license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Author Information

  1. Scott R Walter1,2,*,
  2. Chris Salisbury2,3,
  3. Lauren J Scott1,2,
  4. Frank de Vocht1,2,
  5. John Macleod1,3,
  6. Yoav Ben-Shlomo1,2,
  7. Helen J Curtis4,
  8. Aziz Sheikh5,
  9. Srinivasa V Katikireddi6,
  10. Amir Mehrkar4,
  11. Sebastian Bacon4,
  12. George Hickman4,
  13. Ben Goldacre4,
  14. The OpenSAFELY Collective4 and
  15. Maria Theresa Redaniel1,2
  1. 1 National Institute for Health and Care Research, Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
  2. 2 Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
  3. 3 Centre for Academic Primary Care, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
  4. 4 Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science, Nuffield Department of Primary Care, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
  5. 5 Nuffield Department of Primary Care, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
  6. 6 MRC/CSO Social & Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
    Scott R Walter, scott.walter{at}bristol.ac.uk
View Full Text

Article usage

Article usage: June 2025 to April 2026

AbstractFullPdf
Jun 20252200151
Jul 2025176080
Aug 202572039
Sep 202558028
Oct 202599028
Nov 202511915174
Dec 20254920890
Jan 20262526096
Feb 20262218836
Mar 20262324287
Apr 20262711193

Statistics from Altmetric.com

Back to top
Previous ArticleNext Article

In this issue

BJGP Open
Vol. 9, Issue 4
December 2025
  • Table of Contents
  • Index by author
Download PDF
Download PowerPoint
Email Article

Thank you for recommending BJGP Open.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person to whom you are recommending the page knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
The impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on primary care contact among vulnerable populations in England: a controlled interrupted time-series study
(Your Name) has forwarded a page to you from BJGP Open
(Your Name) thought you would like to see this page from BJGP Open.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
Citation Tools
The impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on primary care contact among vulnerable populations in England: a controlled interrupted time-series study
Scott R Walter, Chris Salisbury, Lauren J Scott, Frank de Vocht, John Macleod, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Helen J Curtis, Aziz Sheikh, Srinivasa V Katikireddi, Amir Mehrkar, Sebastian Bacon, George Hickman, Ben Goldacre, The OpenSAFELY Collective, Maria Theresa Redaniel
BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2025.0017. DOI: 10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0017

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Share
The impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on primary care contact among vulnerable populations in England: a controlled interrupted time-series study
Scott R Walter, Chris Salisbury, Lauren J Scott, Frank de Vocht, John Macleod, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Helen J Curtis, Aziz Sheikh, Srinivasa V Katikireddi, Amir Mehrkar, Sebastian Bacon, George Hickman, Ben Goldacre, The OpenSAFELY Collective, Maria Theresa Redaniel
BJGP Open 2025; 9 (4): BJGPO.2025.0017. DOI: 10.3399/BJGPO.2025.0017
del.icio.us logo Facebook logo Mendeley logo Bluesky logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • LinkedIn logo LinkedIn
  • Mendeley logo Mendeley
  • Bluesky logo Bluesky

Jump to section

  • Top
  • Article
    • Abstract
    • How this fits in
    • Introduction
    • Method
    • Results
    • Discussion
    • Notes
    • References
  • Figures & Data
  • Info
  • eLetters
  • PDF

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • primary health care
  • vulnerable patients
  • general practitioners
  • primary healthcare

More in this TOC Section

  • UK primary care teams and social determinants of health intervention: a qualitative study
  • Deprivation and primary care network performance: a national cross-sectional study of the Investment and Impact Fund scheme
  • Sociodemographic and clinical determinants of general practice consultation frequency among regular patients in Australia: a national study
Show more Research

Related Articles

Cited By...

Intended for Healthcare Professionals

 
 

British Journal of General Practice

NAVIGATE

  • Home
  • Latest articles
  • Authors & reviewers
  • Accessibility statement

RCGP

  • British Journal of General Practice
  • BJGP for RCGP members
  • RCGP eLearning
  • InnovAiT Journal
  • Jobs and careers

MY ACCOUNT

  • RCGP members' login
  • Terms and conditions

NEWS AND UPDATES

  • About BJGP Open
  • Alerts
  • RSS feeds
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

AUTHORS & REVIEWERS

  • Submit an article
  • Writing for BJGP Open: research
  • Writing for BJGP Open: practice & policy
  • BJGP Open editorial process & policies
  • BJGP Open ethical guidelines
  • Peer review for BJGP Open

CUSTOMER SERVICES

  • Advertising
  • Open access licence

CONTRIBUTE

  • BJGP Life
  • eLetters
  • Feedback

CONTACT US

BJGP Open Journal Office
RCGP
30 Euston Square
London NW1 2FB
Tel: +44 (0)20 3188 7400
Email: bjgpopen@rcgp.org.uk

BJGP Open is an editorially-independent publication of the Royal College of General Practitioners

© 2026 BJGP Open

Online ISSN: 2398-3795