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Personal assistants, the job role with the highest wellbeing and work-related quality of life in the adult social care sector
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) recently published the findings from the first wave of the Adult Social Care (ASC) workforce survey, which was conducted by Ipsos in partnership with Skills for Care and University of Kent. Laura Dale and Claire Lambert look at the findings about the experience of personal assistants who support people with care and support needs to live more independently.
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Understanding the state of cyber security in the adult social care sector and its supply chains
Findings from a project commissioned by DHSC to understand the state of cyber security in the adult social care sector and its supply chains have been published.
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Why Including Women in UK Policy Making about Violence Against Women and Girls is Key to Accelerate Action in 2025
How government and police can earn back the confidence of women who’ve lost faith in their ability to tackle VAWG.
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Understanding Society: Putting the Place into Public Services
Drawing on 8 MRP models, we explore satisfaction with public services across the UK with interactive maps that enable you to explore satisfaction with a range of public services by local authority.
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Can Labour deliver? Public services face inequality crisis
Ipsos’ annual ‘Understanding Society’ report “Putting the Place into Public Services” utilises 8 MRP (Multilevel Regression and Poststratification) models to understand public perceptions of key services in every local authority area across the UK, including health services, policing, public transport, and education, as well as housing, jobs, and overall quality of life and community cohesion.
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International Women's Day: Spotlight Projects in Public Affairs
To celebrate International Women's Day across Public Affairs, we wanted to explore various policy areas and projects completed over the past year and put spotlight on how they are able to contribute towards this year's theme of 'Accelerating Action'.
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6 in 10 Britons believe shoplifting has risen over the past year, half believe drug related crime has increased
Over half of Britons (59%) believe shoplifting has increased in their local area in the past 12 months.
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Easier access to GP practice appointments is now the public’s top priority for the NHS, overtaking resolving staffing issues
The public’s priorities for the NHS have shifted since May 2024. For the first time, making it easier to get appointments at GP practices is the public’s top priority for the NHS (38%). This is followed by improving waiting times for A&E (33%), reducing the number of staff leaving the NHS by improving working conditions (29%) and reducing waste and improving the efficiency of NHS services (29%).
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DHSC publish results from survey on the work-related quality of life and wellbeing of the adult social care workforce.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) commissioned Ipsos, the University of Kent and Skills for Care to develop, design and conduct a survey of the adult social care workforce in England to measure work-related quality of life and wellbeing. This research was commissioned and conducted in 2023, but the findings are still relevant and provide insights and evidence to inform policy development to support the adult social care workforce.
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Public Affairs Insights: Our Flagship Publications
Explore our thought leadership on the state of public opinion on politics and society, policy and public services.