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).
Half of people in the UK (52%) are concerned they could develop lung cancer as a result of passive smoking in the work place. The MORI Social Research Institute survey, commissioned by Cancer Research UK, shows two thirds of people (68%) overestimate the chances of survival while one in five (20%) have no idea about survival chances. Only 12% correctly estimate that just one in 20 diagnosed with the disease survive for five years.
Parents of asthmatic children across Europe say their child is experiencing increasingly negative feelings, like fear and unhappiness, due to asthma. In a survey conducted by MORI in France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy and Spain, many parents of asthmatic children say their child's quality of life has declined over the past three years.
Over three-quarters (77%) of British women recognise family history of breast cancer as a major determining factor for developing Breast Cancer, but worryingly, only thirteen per cent correctly identify old age as something that puts women at most risk.
Awareness among people aged 35 or more of the risks of having a heart attack or stroke is patchy, according to research by MORI. Some of the people most at risk are not concerned at the thought of suffering either.
People have a significant level of trust in the safety of available medicines, with almost two thirds (63%) believing medicines are thoroughly tested for use in children and babies before they are used in this country. The research conducted by the MORI Social Research Institute — commissioned by Action Research — shows one in five people (22%) agree strongly that this is the case.
A quarter of women — the equivalent of around six million women throughout Great Britain — admit they do not know what causes urinary incontinence, and a similar proportion cannot name a method of treating problems with the bladder, according to a survey conducted by MORI Social Research Institute.
Research by the MORI Social Research Institute for the British Medical Association has found that more than two in five (42%) patients would be willing to travel outside the UK for treatment and that more than half (51%) believe involving other organisations — including the private sector — would improve the provision of NHS health care.
The Arthritis Research Campaign (arc) has previously estimated that around 8 million people are affected by arthritis. From this survey, however, the proportion who say that they have or have had arthritis or joint pain is over a third (36%), which translates into more than 16 million adults — double the previously estimated number.
