Fig 1.
Emergency Department presentations to NHS Lothian per week with suspected acute coronary syndrome from January to May 2019 and 2020.
Key dates are denoted by ‘A’ first confirmed COVID-19 case in Scotland 02 March 2020 [12], ‘B’ lockdown enforcement 23 March 2020 [13], ‘C’ British Heart Foundation and media reports of decreased hospital presentation 03 April 2020 [14], ‘D’ ‘The NHS is open’ campaign launched 26 April 2020 [15].
Fig 2.
Summary of main interview themes and lessons for practice.
Table 1.
Theme: Pandemic shaping of help seeking behaviour.
Table 2.
Theme: COVID-19 exposure concern.
Table 3.
Theme: Hospital experience.