Development and testing of the Scottish GP Access Survey questionnaire
May 2009
We were commissioned by the Health Department of the Scottish Government to develop and test a short questionnaire and accompanying letter on access to GP surgeries.

National Patient Choice Survey, Wave 10
8 April 2008
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 MORI to undertake a regular postal survey assessing the implementation of this policy.

Doctors Still Top The Poll As Most Trusted Profession
5 March 2008
Doctors still top the poll as the professionals that the public trust most. An Ipsos MORI survey commissioned by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) shows that doctors come out first when the public is asked whom they generally trust to tell the truth. The annual poll indicates that nine in ten adults say they trust doctors to tell the truth.

National Patient Choice Survey, Wave 8
12 December 2007
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 MORI to undertake a regular postal survey assessing the implementation of this policy.

National Patient Choice Survey, Wave 6
21 August 2007
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 MORI 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.

GP Patient Survey Results Released
24 July 2007
The findings of the GP Patient Survey have now been released.

National Patient Choice Survey, Wave 5
12 June 2007
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 MORI to undertake a regular postal survey assessing the implementation of this policy.

Patients' Views Are Lost In Translation
18 September 2006
The public think the NHS is in crisis yet patients consistently report high levels of satisfaction with the care they receive. Lost in Translation — a new report published today by the NHS Confederation — examines why there is such a large gap in perceptions.

Support For Doctors' Assessments
14 July 2006
This Ipsos MORI research, undertaken for the Chief Medical Officer for England's Advisory Group, has looked at medical regulation in the light of the Shipman Inquiry's fifth report. The research was commissioned against the backdrop of the Government's review of the GMC's proposed new system of doctor revalidation. It was conducted among three key audiences — the general public, hospital doctors and GPs.

'Choice? What Choice?' Say Patients
4 January 2006
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.