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).
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.
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.
New Ipsos research in Great Britain, South Africa, Kyrgyzstan and Ethiopia suggests that for many young people there is still a stigma attached to HIV.
A survey to get feedback from GP practices on their perception of the support offered by their PCT and on the clinical and financial engagement of practices with PBC.
Ipsos was commissioned to examine general public perceptions of, and attitudes towards, the use of human tissue. Qualitative discussion groups in April-May 2007 were followed up with a quantitative survey.
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. The results of the first six surveys indicate that most eligible patients are not receiving any choice of hospital provider, despite government exhortations — although the proportion being offered a choice has improved with each wave of research, from 30% in May/June 2006 to 48% in March 2007.
