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).
Ipsos's recent research conducted on behalf of Disability Rights Commission (DRC) looks at public attitudes towards social care. The survey reveals that there is a gulf between expectation and provision of adult social care in Great Britain.
Results released from a GB-wide Ipsos survey, show that a third (35%) of the general public have never even heard of M.E. when prompted, despite there being almost three times as many people with M.E. as M.S.
Ipsos conducted research on behalf of Lifeblood: The Thrombosis Charity looking at public awareness of thrombosis. The aim of the research was to find out what people associate with the word 'thrombosis', and how aware they are of the symptoms.
Findings from this Ipsos survey suggest there is a declining knowledge among the British public with regards to HIV infection and personal risk. While most people are able to identify that sex without a condom between a man and a woman (79%) and between two men (79%), are possible ways HIV is transmitted these proportions represent declines from 2000 (from 91% and 88% respectively, in 2000). Knowledge is particularly low in London despite the higher prevalence of HIV in the capital.
Most people aged 40+ (around three in four) are willing to go to either NHS or private hospitals so long as they receive assurances over minimum standards of care, a MORI survey conducted for the Dept of Health, just publicly released, shows. However, awareness among this population group about the much heralded 'patient choice' agenda is currently very low: only four per cent say they know 'a great deal' about patient choice, and 15% 'a fair amount'. Conversely, two in five (41%) say they know absolutely nothing about choice in healthcare, with 39% knowing 'just a little' about it.
On behalf of RNID, Ipsos Social Research Institute conducted research among the general public in Great Britain to measure experience of hearing loss and explore why some people with hearing difficulties do not seek specialist help.
The inaugural Pfizer/MORI Health Choice Index provides encouraging findings for the Government's policies relating to the introduction of more choice and contestability in healthcare.
More than three in five (64%) UK adults use the services of a health professional, but 81% of this group admit they do not check whether the specialist treating them is qualified or not, according to a new survey by the MORI Social Research Institute.
