成人快手

In the final episode of Lockdown's Legacy, medical professionals - including a paediatrician, GP, epidemiologist, family nurse, and child psychiatrist - share their insights into how lockdown affected young people.

As Covid arrived in the UK in early 2020, doctors braced themselves for a tsunami of infections. But in paediatric wards across the country, they never came. While intensive care units and respiratory wards filled up, the children's wards remained largely empty.

But even though Covid didn't affect young people as badly as older generations, lockdown did. Children remained stuck at home, most unable to go to school and unable to see their friends.

From delayed diagnoses and missed opportunities to spot signs of neglect and abuse, to the mental health crisis now affecting so many young people, Catherine Carr explores the legacy of lockdown for that generation, as told by the medics who witnessed it first hand.

Archive of Dr Lalith Wijedoru from NHS Voices of Covid-19 project, copyright University of Manchester.

Presenter: Catherine Carr
Producer: Tim Bano