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 survey, carried out by Ipsos Social Research Institute on behalf of the British Thoracic Society, analyses the general public's knowledge and possible symptoms of lung disease — Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
When asked spontaneously, almost two-thirds (63%) of adults in Great Britain say they have personally undertaken some type of change to their family's eating habits or activity levels in the past year, in order to lead a healthier lifestyle. The research conducted by Ipsos for the National Consumer Council shows that five per cent claim to have made at least four changes. Women are generally more likely to have made changes than men (66%, compared with 61%).
A new report, published by MORI on behalf of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) shows a broad awareness of the different types and applications of research into diet and health. However, there appears to be low awareness of how science works or how scientific excellence should be judged in practice.
MORI Social Research Institute and Birmingham and the Black Country Strategic Health Authority have published the results of research among local population and General Practitioners. The survey focuses on issues related to the Government's initiative to introduce more choice in the way patients get treated in the NHS.
More than four in five patients are confident in their doctor, but this confidence is directly correlated with the doctor's ability to provide adequate information, according to surveys commissioned by the General Medical Council (GMC) from MORI and NOP World.
MORI Social Research Institute and NHS Connecting for Health have published the results of a baseline study on the National Programme for IT (NPfIT), a large-scale investment into IT infrastructure in the NHS.
The Department of Health today releases the latest MORI research looking at the overall state of the NHS in the eyes of patients and the public, including both MORI's regular tracking of public views of he NHS, and for the first time, the release of our in depth plain English workshops which help improve the way communicators in the NHS get across key health messages to the public by understanding how NHS communications are received and identify practical "jargon-busting" tips for local NHS communications teams.
