Healthcare

Research exploring options for revising the Adult Social Care Survey (ASCS) and Personal Social Services Survey of Adult Carers in England (SACE) has been published. Administered by local authorities using guidance from NHS Digital, ASCS and SACE are the primary sources of information and insight into people’s experiences of, and satisfaction with, care services in England.

The public think that the standard of care of the NHS and social care have got worse over the past 12 months, and only a third of the public think the NHS is providing a good service nationally, according to a new Ipsos survey for The Health Foundation.

The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) has commissioned Ipsos and the Care Policy Evaluation Centre (CPEC) at LSE to conduct a project to explore how to best collect data on adults’ care needs, care history and how people approach paying for care. DHSC needs robust, accurate and reliable information about these to understand how people interact with, and are supported by, the adult social care system.

The Hysterical Health report by Ipsos explains how culturally embedded beliefs about gender might be shaping healthcare practices in the UK.

Ipsos conducted an impact evaluation of the Sexual Health, Reproductive Health and HIV Innovation Fund on behalf of the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID).

The latest Ipsos poll reveals that only 3 in 10 (30%) oppose the planned nurses' strikes.

Anita Jeffreson looks at results from the NHS Maternity Survey 2022, run by Ipsos on behalf of the Care Quality Commission, to see what the data tells us about experiences of maternity services.

The Public Perceptions of Community Pharmacy Survey, conducted by Ipsos on behalf of NHS England (NHSE), explores public attitudes towards community pharmacy in England as well as their openness to expanding the services on offer from pharmacies.

The survey, commissioned by Community Integrated Care show 9 in 10 think social care is important