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).
Three quarters of people in Britain (76%) see cancer as a national health priority, according to new research from MORI. The survey, commissioned by CancerBACUP, aims to help determine Britain's attitudes to cancer.
Many people in Britain do not know enough about other possible choices of treatment when prescribed a new medicine, according to the MORI Social Research Institute.
Four in five (79%) British adults are aware that cholesterol is a type of fat that circulates in the bloodstream, according to research from MORI. The project, commissioned by Flora, also shows that some people wrongly think that it is a form of heart disease, or a description of being overweight (nine per cent and six per cent respectively).
New MORI research conducted for BUPA suggests that the general public and GPs welcome more healthcare choices to be given to NHS patients. The desired choices range from more provision of information, to being involved in the choice of a surgeon to perform an operation. The public lends most support to patients being able to choose in which hospital to have an operation (or being more involved in this choice), whereas GPs are most supportive of patients being provided with more information about their treatment.
NHS chief executives are generally supportive of the idea of Foundation Status Hospitals, according to new research from MORI Social Research Institute. The research, commissioned by the NHS Confederation for its annual conference, was among 102 Chief Executive across a range of NHS Trusts, Primary Care Trusts and Strategic Health Authorities.
One in five British people (20%) say they experience stress on a daily basis and feel the emotional consequences are severe. Nearly half who have ever felt stressed have felt depressed or down (45%), a quarter of people (24%) have felt isolated by it, and one in eight (13%) believing they have nowhere to turn.
I am going to read out a list of branches of nursing. Could you tell me in which of these branches of nursing you are currently studying i.e. working in?
A third of student nurses (35%) are left in charge of patients in the absence of registered nurses and doctors, according to a MORI Social Research Institute survey. The research reveals more than a quarter (28%) of first year students are also left alone in charge of patients
