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title: "Silent Sufferers: Market Research"
description: Our ‘Silent Sufferers’ research reveals the impact of the Government’s ‘Protect the NHS’ coronavirus messaging.
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# [Silent Sufferers: Market Research](https://www.healthhero.com/blog/2021/04/09/silent-sufferers-market-research)

 Written by [HealthHero](https://www.healthhero.com/blog/author/healthhero) | Apr 9, 2021

Our **‘Silent Sufferers’ research** reveals the impact of the Government’s ‘Protect the NHS’ COVID-19 messaging on stopping people from making a GP appointment and the knock-on effect this had on their health and wellbeing.

58% of adults who avoided making a GP appointment reported a negative impact to their physical health, with the number one reason being they didn’t want to over burden the NHS (45%), whilst one third had concerns about catching COVID-19 at their GP practice. As a result, people have been left suffering in silence and are the pandemic’s ‘secondary’ casualties.

**[Download the full report to learn more.](https://www.healthhero.com/silent-sufferers)**

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