Healthcare

The balance of opinion in the UK has hardened against private providers running healthcare services, says a new Ipsos poll for King's College London.

Public confidence and advocacy in the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) has increased, and public confidence in donation is boosted by regulation according to an Ipsos survey.

An Ipsos poll commissioned by the Royal Society of Chemistry has shown that 74% of the public believe that a major research and development effort is needed to create new antibiotics for fighting infectious disease.

Ipsos and the Foundation Trust Network explore public attitudes towards funding within the NHS. Do the public accept the need for change and how do they react to ideas for service changes?

Ipsos research fpr Bupa has shown that 1 in 4 Britons have suffered from knee pain in the last year and 81% of sufferers are currently in pain.

Ipsos's latest poll asks what people see as priorities for the NHS, including several priorities raised by the Francis report into Mid Staffordshire Hospitals Foundation Trust.

A new study for Cancer Research UK, published in the British Journal of Cancer shows what factors may hold people back from seeking early medical advice for symptoms of cancer.

Ipsos carried out a telephone survey for the Nuffield Trust on public spending and the NHS.

Ipsos conducted an ethnographic study for NHS Kidney Care to understand the world surrounding a young adult with kidney disease, to learn about and see the types of challenges they face in everyday life as a consequence of having a long-term condition.