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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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COVID-19 five years on: Young people most likely to say they’re lonelier and spending more time looking at screens than before the pandemic
Six in ten (60%) young people say they spend more time looking at social media and screens since before the pandemic started
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Boost for Keir Starmer as ratings improve - but public think his government are doing a poor job on issues that matter most
29% of Britons hold a favourable view of the Prime Minister (+8 from February), while 46% are unfavourable (-9).
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Ahead of the Spring Statement, economic optimism is at its lowest level since December 2022
Ipsos’ Economic Optimism Index sits at a net figure of -54, the lowest level since December 2022, shortly after Sunak became PM, following the Truss mini budget.
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“The NHS is broken but it’s not beaten”: Public opinion on A&E wait times
An Ipsos poll reveals concerns about the availability of beds in local A&E’s and how this impacts behaviour to seek care.
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Just one in seven say they feel better off since Labour came to power
Only 14% say they feel better off since Labour came to power, with four in ten (41%) saying they are worse off. A similar proportion (40%) have seen no change.
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Public prioritises cutting energy bills and NHS waiting times, but lacks confidence in Labour's ability to deliver
Public wants Labour to prioritise cutting energy bills and NHS waiting times out of a range of targets and milestones - but people are negative about progress so far.
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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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Awareness of violence against women high, but action lags, finds new Ipsos survey
A quarter (24%) of those surveyed shared that they personally know a woman or girl who has experienced domestic abuse in the UK within the last 12 months.
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The public see responsibilities for individuals, employers and government in enabling more people with health conditions to stay in employment and return to work
A majority of the UK public see people of working age with a long-term health condition, as having responsibility to manage this, so they can continue to work (88%). Yet a large proportion of the public also think employers (83%) and government (78%) have responsibility in helping support employees and people respectively to manage their long-term health conditions to stay in employment.