Investigating changes in mental health services utilisation in England and their impact on health outcomes and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Protocol for a health data-linkage study

• Ge Yu ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: ge.yu@newcastle.ac.uk

  Affiliations Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North East and North Cumbria, St Nicholas’ Hospital, Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0891-2501

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• Luke Vale,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North East and North Cumbria, St Nicholas’ Hospital, Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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• Peter McMeekin,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Health and Life Science, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0946-7224

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• Sheena E. Ramsay,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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• Yu Fu

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Services Research, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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