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National Patient Choice Survey, Wave 3
Since the beginning of 2006, patients have been entitled to a choice of four or more hospitals when referred by their GP. The Department of Health commissioned Ipsos to undertake a regular postal survey assessing the implementation of this policy.
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Corporate Responsibility
I'm on a mission; abolish the phrase "corporate social responsibility". And replace it with "corporate responsibility". Will you help me?
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Humanist Beliefs
Ipsos recently conducted a survey on behalf of the British Humanist Association. The objective of the research was to gauge the levels of Humanist-related opinion that exist amongst the British population.
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Survey Methods At Ipsos
Ipsos uses all major survey methods across our huge range of work. This runs from face-to-face in-home interviewer surveys using probability samples, through telephone surveys using quotas that are designed to reflect the population, to online studies using panels of people who have signed up to take part in surveys.
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National Patient Choice Survey, Wave 2
Since the beginning of 2006, patients are entitled to be offered a choice of four or more providers when referred by their GP. The Department of Health commissioned Ipsos to undertake a regular postal survey assessing the implementation of this policy in primary care.
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Britain At Work: A Marriage Breakdown In Progress?
Relationships between employers and employees in many British workplaces resemble a marriage under stress, characterised by poor communications and low levels of trust. This leads to underperformance, low productivity and high levels of staff turnover.
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The Business Impact Of Blogs
Andy Warhol said in the 1960s everyone will be famous for 15 minutes. He was of course talking about TV. David Weinberger, a famous blogger, brought Andy Warhol's assertion into the 21st Century commenting that blogging means everyone will be famous for 15 people. There has been a lot of hype about blogging in the media. This pan European research study conducted by Ipsos, in conjunction with Hotwire Communications is, we believe, the first of its kind to attempt to identify the business impact of blogging.
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National Patient Choice Survey, Wave 1
One of the government's cornerstones of its NHS reform is providing more choice to patients to make the NHS more flexible and responsive. Since the beginning of 2006, patients are entitled to be offered a choice of four or more hospitals when referred by their GP. The Department of Health commissioned Ipsos to undertake a major regular postal survey assessing the implementation of this policy in primary care.
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Public Trust In Doctors Is Still High
Ipsos have been monitoring public trust in professions since 1983. Doctors are consistently rated as the most trustworthy of a variety of professionals — including teachers, scientists, politicians and journalists.
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Parties For The Public Good
Research conducted by Ipsos for the Young Foundation shows that the British public believe political parties have an important role to play in democracy. Half the public (49%) say that political parties in Britain enable the people to have a voice; and a similar number also disagree that Britain would be better off if political parties did not exist and all politicians were independent. At the same time, fewer than a quarter believe that parties are open and transparent, and the most popular approaches to making parties more appealing would be for them to involve people more in local decision making and for them to listen more to the public.