Public Health

Ben Page assesses for the British Medical Journal what the polls tell us about the public’s view of strike action by junior doctors.

Public support for the third round of the junior doctors' strike is as high as it was for the first two strikes in January and February, new polling from Ipsos for BBC News has found.

The February 2016 Economist/Ipsos Issues Index shows that, following the recent EU renegotiation and announcement of the referendum date, a fifth (20%) of the British public mention the EU amongst the most important issues facing Britain

Public support for the second round of the junior doctors' strike is as high as it was for the first strikes in January, new polling from Ipsos has found.

The January 2016 Issues Index shows that, after an absence of one month, concern about immigration has returned to the top of the list of the most important issues facing Britain.

The table and chart shows Ipsos's aggregated data from all 12 months of our 2015 Issues Index surveys

New polling from Ipsos finds that most in England are supportive of the planned junior doctors' strikes, as long as emergency care is still provided.

The latest GP Patient Survey (GPPS) results have now been published.

The December Issues Index shows that concern about the combined issue of defence, terrorism and foreign affairs has increased by 29 percentage points since November, and is now the most important issue concerning the public, mentioned by two fifths (42%).