Public Health

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.

Despite today's GDP figures showing that the UK has emerged from the double dip recession, half of the public (52%) still consider the economy to be among the most important issues facing Britain today,

Concern about the economy falls in line with an increase in economic optimism, according to our September Issues Index.

Despite the public's captivation with London 2012, the economy and unemployment remains top of their agenda.

The July Economist/Ipsos issues index shows that concern about race relations/immigration has increased, along with concern about the NHS.

Despite the Eurozone crisis, just 8% place the Euro/EU amongst the most important issues facing the country, as general economic issues continue to dominate.

Since 2000, Ipsos has conducted a series of surveys about public perceptions of the NHS on behalf of the Department of Health. These are the findings of the Spring 2012 wave of the survey.

As the UK again comes to terms with a recession, concern about the economy has increased, and three fifths (61%) now place this issue amongst the most important facing the country, an increase of six percentage points since April.

The April Economist/Ipsos Issues index shows that, this month, two fifths of the public (40%) place unemployment among the most important issues facing the country, the highest level of concern in over thirteen years, as the unemployment rate reaches its highest level in seventeen years.