Ipsos in the UK, working in partnership with Groundswell and Dr Stephen Green of Sheffield Hallam University, has completed an evaluation of the Rough Sleeping Drug and Alcohol Treatment Grant (RSDATG).
Confidence in human tissue regulation has increased after three years, according to and Ipsos survey for the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) published today.
New research, conducted by Ipsos for Dignity in Dying, investigates the both the public's opinion on the current law governing assisted suicide, as well as the opinions of MPs on whether doctors who assist terminally ill, but mentally competent, adult patients to die should be prosecuted.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) commissioned Ipsos to conduct a programme of research to investigate the British public's view on herbal medicines.
In the summer of 2008 the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA), in association with the Department of Health and the Local Government Association, commissioned Ipsos to conduct a survey of local government chief executives and other senior staff to find out what they know about, and how they are responding to, the Government's Health Improvement Agenda.
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.
A survey by Ipsos for Monitor finds that NHS Foundation Trust Governors generally feel able to exercise their statutory powers, represent their local areas, and hold the trust executive to account, but that there is room for improvement to make Governors feel more involved and engaged.
A recent Ipsos survey conducted on behalf of the Department of Health (DH) shows that cleanliness and staff attitudes are the most important factors for patients to feel they are treated with dignity and respect in hospitals.
Since the beginning of 2006, patients have been entitled to a choice of four or more hospitals when referred by their GP. From April 2008, this is extending to free choice, whereby patients will be able to choose where they are treated from any hospital that meets NHS standards. The Department of Health commissioned Ipsos to undertake a regular postal survey assessing the implementation of this policy.
New Ipsos research for the Citizens Advice Bureaux suggests that around 800,000 people in England are not collecting their prescriptions or getting them dispensed because of the cost involved.
