Attitudes Towards GPs
Technical details
Technical details
- Survey conducted on MORI's Omnibus Survey.
- 1,004 interviews conducted face-to-face, in home, using CAPI (Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing).
- Interviewing took place between 4 - 7 June 1999 across 175 sampling points across Britain.
- Data are weighted to reflect the known profile the the population.
- An asterisk (*) denotes a finding of less than 0.5% but greater than zero.
- Where figures do not add up to 100% this is due to computer rounding, the exclusion of don't know or refused categories or multiple responses.
- Base: All (1004) unless otherwise specified.
Q1 Which of these best describe what you understand to happen when a family doctor or GP is "struck off" the medical register for a serious criminal offence? By serious criminal offence we mean negligence, sexual assault, fraud, drug dealing etc.
| They are banned from working as a doctor ever again |  65% |
| They are banned from working as a doctor for a given period | 30% |
| None of these | 1% |
| Don't know | 4% |
Q2 Using this card, can you tell me to what extent you agree or disagree with the following statements ... ?
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a) I would allow a member of my family or myself to be treated by a doctor who, as a result of a serious criminal offence, had been struck off and sent to prison.
b) Doctors who have been struck off should be able to continue calling themselves doctors and practice privately in alternative therapies.
c) The Government should not allow doctors who have been struck off to practice ever again.
| a | b | c | |
| % | % | % | |
| Strongly agree | 1 | 1 | 56 |
| Tend to agree | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 10 | 7 | 11 |
| Tend to disagree | 14 | 15 | 8 |
| Strongly disagree | 70 | 70 | 5 |
| Don't know | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Q3 How soon after being struck off for a serious offence, should a doctor be allowed to practice medicine again?
| 1-4 years |  17% |
| 5 years | 13% |
| 6-9 years | 4% |
| 10 years | 12% |
| 11+ years | 11% |
| Less than a year | 5% |
| Don't know | 38% |
Base: All who disagree that the Government should not allow GPs to practice after being struck off (127)
Q4 How likely or unlikely are you to ask a doctor if they have been struck off before?
| Very likely |  1% |
| Fairly likely | 2% |
| Neither likely or unlikely | 3% |
| Fairly unlikely | 16% |
| Very unlikely | 75% |
| Don't know | 2% |
