UK: avoiding hospitals during coronavirus pandemic 2020

As of June 28, 2020, in the United Kingdom, it was found that around 47 percent of survey respondents had been actively avoiding going to hospitals or other healthcare settings to protect themselves and others from the coronavirus (COVID-19), although this share is a fairly large net decrease since the first survey wave.

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How often have you avoided going to hospital or other healthcare settings to protect yourself or others from coronavirus (COVID-19)?

Survey date	Not at all	Rarely	Sometimes	Frequently	Always
Mar 30 to Apr 5	11.3%	1%	3.6%	7.4%	76.7%
Apr 6 to Apr 12	11.4%	1.2%	3.3%	6%	78.2%
Apr 13 to Apr 19	14.3%	1.2%	3.1%	6.5%	74.8%
Apr 20 to Apr 26	14.6%	2.2%	3.6%	7.4%	72.2%
Apr 27 to May 3	19.9%	2.2%	2.9%	7.2%	67.8%
May 4 to May 10	16.4%	2.2%	3.9%	6.8%	70.7%
May 11 to May 17	21.9%	2.8%	8.9%	7.6%	63%
May 18 to May 24	21%	2.9%	4.9%	8%	63.3%
May 25 to May 31	22.6%	2.4%	4.7%	6.9%	63.4%
Jun 1 to Jun 7	23.9%	2.8%	5.6%	7.4%	60.3%
Jun 8 to Jun 14	22.6%	1.8%	4.3%	9.2%	62%
Jun 15 to Jun 21	24%	3.1%	5.1%	11.1%	56.8%
Jun 22 to Jun 28	33.4%	2.7%	6.6%	9.9%	47.4%

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Release date

July 2020

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

March 30 to Jun 28, 2020

Number of respondents

Approx 1,000

Special properties

UK Adults

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Full question was worded in the source as :"Thinking about the last 7 days… how often have you avoided going to hospital or other healthcare settings to protect yourself or others from coronavirus (COVID-19)? As a reminder, please exclude any measures that you have already taken for reasons other than coronavirus (COVID-19)."

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