Nurses, have you seen a rise in Covid-19 this summer?

We have launched a short survey to get a better sense of the current impact of Covid-19 on health and social care services and the workforces within them.

It comes as the World Health Organization (WHO) warned earlier this month that Covid-19 is “still very much with us” and on the rise in Europe and across the world.

Available statistics from the UK also point to a potential upward trend in Covid-19 cases over May, June and July, but data is much more limited than it once was.

Now, we are asking nursing professionals in the UK to anonymously tell us about your experiences of Covid-19 this summer.

We would like to know about the prevalence of Covid-19 in your workplaces, whether you’ve had Covid-19 yourself in the past few months, and whether you are worried about the impact of the virus.

In addition, we would like to find out more about the preventative measures and policies in place in your organisations against Covid-19.

When announcing the rise in cases, the WHO also warned of an “alarming decline” in vaccination coverage among high-risk groups including health workers. Therefore, our survey is also touching on the topic of vaccination.