Social Care

Holding Hands
Healthcare Survey

Public confidence in the NHS improves, but attitudes towards social care remain deeply pessimistic

Latest polling from the Health Foundation and Ipsos finds that public perceptions of NHS performance have become less negative over the past six months, while views on social care remain overwhelmingly pessimistic. The findings also reveal limited public understanding of how social care operates, alongside growing support for a larger role for the state in funding and providing care.
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Healthcare Survey

A national grant to digitise and streamline adult social care assessments has been used to progress innovative practice in local authorities

Ipsos and IPC’s evaluation identified a range of examples of good and interesting practice where local authorities used the grant to fund new ways of managing and delivering assessments
Nurse-holding-clipboard
Healthcare Publication

Using a Discrete Choice Experiment to understand the public’s decision-making around arranging and paying for residential care

In 2023, Ipsos conducted research on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to explore how likely those expected to self-fund any necessary future residential care would be to involve their local authority in arranging the care and the factors influencing their decisions.
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Social Care Survey

Collecting data on income, assets and care needs to inform policy decisions on paying for social care

Laura Tuhou and Claire Lambert look at the feasibility and acceptability of collecting data about people’s income, assets and care needs as part of a survey aiming to inform future policy decisions about paying for care and support, and at what could make a survey on this more acceptable to the people invited to take part.
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Healthcare Survey

Decisions about arranging and paying for residential care among potential self-funders and their loved ones

In 2023, Ipsos conducted research on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care to explore how likely those expected to self-fund any necessary future residential care would be to involve their local authority in arranging the care and the factors influencing their decisions.
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Social Care Survey

An Ipsos evaluation of a DHSC grant to support local authorities in digitising and streamlining their adult social care assessment processes.

In 2023/24, Ipsos led an evaluation exploring the impact of a grant for local authorities targeted at digitising and streamlining adult social care assessment processes, on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
What do the public want from politicians when it comes to health and social care?
Election Publication

What do the public want from politicians when it comes to health and social care?

In a new blog post, our Health and Social Care research team looks at what health and social care policies the electorate are looking for from politicians in this general election
3 in 4 Britons say there’s too few care workers in Britain relative to the need
Social Care Survey

3 in 4 Britons say there’s too few care workers in Britain relative to the need

3 in 5 Britons say care workers are paid too little in an Ipsos survey of public attitudes towards social care.
Only a third of the public think the NHS is providing a good service nationally, yet support for the founding principles remains strong | Ipsos
NHS Survey

Only a third of the public think the NHS is providing a good service nationally, yet support for the founding principles remains strong

The public think that the standard of care of the NHS and social care have got worse over the past 12 months, and only a third of the public think the NHS is providing a good service nationally, according to a new Ipsos survey for The Health Foundation.
More than 8 in 10 say that shortages of social care workers is a problem for society in the UK
Social Care Survey

More than 8 in 10 say that shortages of social care workers is a problem for society in the UK

The survey, commissioned by Community Integrated Care show 9 in 10 think social care is important
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