Your Experience
To date, we have held three public consultations to feed into our final report. Thank you to all who took part and shared their eperiences and views.
Analysis of key themes and insights from these consultations and surveys will be made available in a phased way. Keep up-to-date on the Evaluation’s progress on our news and updates page.
The general public consultation closed in September 2025.
We received:
– Over 7000 responses.
– Numerous Individual Submissions.
– 44 Stakeholder submissions.
The findings from this consultation are available.
The consultation for children and young people closed in October 2025.
Hundreds of submissions were received from young people who were aged 11-20 at the beginning of the pandemic.
The findings from this consultation will be available in due course.
The consultation on the response in long term residential care facilities for older persons.
The survey for this consultation closed in February 2026. Analysis and other engagements are ongoing.
Keep up-to-date on the Evaluation’s progress on our news and updates page.
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Engagements include:
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