Hardest hit by the lockdown will be the cancer sufferers, the elderly, those with poor mental health, young children and those currently in utero.

Economic downturn and wider NHS disruption likely to hit health hard – especially health of most vulnerable

Worsening economic conditions and disruptions to NHS services will have …

Government support is inadequate to protect work of key charities.

Macmillan Cancer Support chief executive Lynda Thomas said the [government] support did not go far enough.

"We are deeply concerned this commitment fails to recognise the scale of the challenge," she said.

"It won't prevent many of the nation's charities …

In BBC article, University of Bristol researchers say if the economy declines on a par with what happened following the 2008 financial crash we should expect see a loss of three months of life on average across the population because of factors from declining living standards to poorer health care …