Health and Social Consequences
The Department of Health (DH) sponsored a longitudinal research project investigating the health and social consequences of the 2001 outbreak of FMD. The research team was led by Dr. Maggie Mort of Lancaster University and fieldwork took place between 2001 and 2003. Concentrating on Cumbria as the area that was worst hit by the epidemic, data has been collected via interviews, focus groups and individual diaries in order to document the consequences that the FMD outbreak had on people’s lives. In 2008 a book based on this study was published: "Animal Disease and Human Trauma, emotional geographies of disaster".
The research aims at identifying the far-reaching effects on the community as well as the individuals and the findings are important to understand what kind of support people need both during the actual crisis and the immediate aftermath. The data (interview transcripts, focus group transcripts and semi-structured diaries) as well as additional information can be found on the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) Qualidata website.
Under the EU systems, compensation could be paid to farmers, but only those whose animals were slaughtered; those who suffered as a result of movement restrictions, albeit due to government action, could not be compensated.
Read more about this topic: 2001 United Kingdom Foot-and-mouth Outbreak
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