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National Patient Choice Survey, Wave 4
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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Political Commentary - Are Public Sector Workers Deserting Labour?
In recent months there have been some high-profile controversies involving the relationship between public sector workers and the Labour Government. The most recent of these involved below-inflation pay rises for public sector workers, as well as opposition to the Government's public sector reforms — particularly with the NHS.
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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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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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Cameron's "Female Touch" A Myth
The idea that Cameron has a "female touch" that Brown is lacking is a myth according to new polling evidence released today.
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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 Sceptical About The Future Of Public Services
The British public are increasingly sceptical of the Government's ability to improve public services, according to the latest Ipsos Government Delivery Index - our regular 'health check' on government performance and public expectations. This scepticism is particularly apparent with the NHS, for which public expectations have reached a record low.
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Ethnic Minority Voters And Non-Voters At The 2005 British General Election
On Saturday 9 September 2006, Dr Roger Mortimore (Ipsos's Senior Political Analyst) spoke at the EPOP Conference in Nottingham*, on "Ethnic Minority Voters and Non-Voters at the 2005 British General Election", delivering a paper by himself and Kully Kaur-Ballagan (Ipsos Head of Ethnic Minority Research). The paper, which draws on Ipsos research conducted for the Electoral Commission after last year's election, explores the turnout and votes of Britain's various Black and minority ethnic (BME) communities. Turnout is strongly associated with a positive attitude to elections in general, as might be expected; but there is also some evidence of a strong community effect, with those who live in areas with many other BME residents disproportionately likely to have voted. Surprisingly, there is no evidence that attitudes to the government's policy in Iraq had any significant effect. The findings also illustrate how a high quality research design, including respondents from...
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Specialist Employment Adviser (SEA) Evaluation
The SEA role was piloted within Job Centre Plus (JCP) over two years in seven areas where ethnic minority unemployment is significantly higher than the national average. The initiative was intended to increase ethnic minority employment through the building of strategic and innovative relationships between local employers and the JCP.