Healthcare

The NHS is currently facing significant pressures due to various challenges which will further escalate in the future if unaddressed. Additional funding and evolving NHS services are necessary remedies, as are the greater use of technology and measures to retain staff. But it’s also important to take action on areas outside of the NHS’s control like social care and the social determinants of health. Policy-making for the NHS should adopt a long-term approach, grounded in evidence and incorporating the perspectives of patients, the public and NHS staff in a meaningful way, to ensure that long-term investments are sustainable.

In nationally representative research, carried out over 4 weeks of telephone interviews across the UK, 60% of respondents (without a dementia diagnosis) agree with the statement “dementia is a cause of death”.

58% of Britons think about their mental wellbeing often according to an Ipsos Global Advisor Survey for World Mental Health Day 2023.

48% across 31 countries say the quality of the healthcare in their country is good – but the picture is inconsistent.

The public’s top priorities for the NHS are to address the pressure or workload on NHS staff, increase the number of staff, and improve waiting times for routine services, according to a new Ipsos survey for the Health Foundation.

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Molly Dawson looks at results from the 2022 Adult Inpatient Survey, coordinated by Ipsos on behalf of the Care Quality Commission. The data tells us that overall experience remains generally positive but is deteriorating across several areas, in particular waiting times, and there continues to be stark differences in experiences between patient groups…

New polling by Ipsos reveals that 53% of Britons support the strikes by junior doctors, while 43% oppose railway strikes

A majority of the public think it should be legal for a doctor to assist a patient aged 18 or older in ending their life providing certain conditions are met, according to a new Ipsos survey.