NHS & Public Health Recent Publications

Ipsos MORI regularly publishes articles and reports which are available to download.

Health Matters Newsletters

Summer 2007 pdf, 342KB

Spring 2006 pdf , 342KB

 

Doctors Still Top The Poll As Most Trusted Profession

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.

The NHS Is Not Meeting Londoners' Expectations

NHS London

Published: 11 July 2007

Londoners are less positive about the quality of NHS services than people nationally. However, this lower overall satisfaction for some measures masks the fact that opinion about the NHS is more polarized in London, with a larger proportion of residents either very satisfied or very dissatisfied than residents nationally. This suggests a perceived lack of consistency in the quality of services for different groups of Londoners, which is likely to be exacerbated by the heavier use of NHS services in London, particularly A&E departments, than elsewhere.

National Patient Choice Survey, Wave 5

Department of Health

Published: 12 June 2007

The results of the first five 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 45% in January 2007.

National Patient Choice Survey, Wave 4

Published: 29 March 2007

National Patient Choice Survey, Wave 3

Published: 23 February 2007

National Patient Choice Survey, Wave 2

Published: 15 December 2006

National Patient Choice Survey, Wave 1

Published: 14 November 2006

Understanding Public And Patient Attitudes To The NHS

Healthcare Commission

Published: 30 October 2006

A summary of NHS-related research published by Ipsos MORI since 2000. This report looks at public and patient priorities for, and satisfaction with, a wide range of different aspects of the NHS. The report highlights key trends over the last five years, looks at regional and demographical differences, and summarises areas of change.

Patients' Views Are Lost In Translation

Ben Page & Jonathan Nicholls

Published: 18 September 2006

The public think the NHS is in crisis yet patients consistently report high levels of satisfaction with the care they receive.

Public Opinions On Choice In Out Of Hospital Care

Pfizer / MORI Health Choice Index

Published: 12 December 2005

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.

Health And The Election

Roger Mortimore

Published: 29 April 2005

A Briefing From The MORI Health Team — At election time, the focus on opinion poll findings tends to be very much on the voting intention figures.

Public Perceptions of the NHS — 2000-2004: What Are Patients And The Public Noticing?

Department of Health

Fieldwork: [18 November 2003 - 18 January 2004]

Published: [24 June 2004]

When I Get Older pdf document, 674K

Commission for Social Care Inspection

Fieldwork: [26 February - 2 March 2004]

Published: [16 June 2004]

[This document is located at the Commission for Social Care Inspection website.]

Public Perceptions of the NHS — 2000-2004: What Are Patients And The Public Noticing?

Department of Health

Fieldwork: [18 November 2003 - 18 January 2004]

Published: [24 June 2004]

Frontiers Of Performance In The NHS

Ben Page

Published: [28 June 2004]

As we consider the next steps in the reform and modernisation of the NHS, MORI's latest analysis, launched on 28 June 2004, and called "Frontiers of Performance in the NHS" highlights with more detail than ever before, the key factors that determine overall patient perceptions.

Attitudes To Public Services Reform

Radio 4 'Today' programme

Fieldwork: [2-4 July 2004]

Published: [6 July 2004]

The Impact On Public Expectation

Ben Page published in 'Patient Power: the impact of patient choice on the future NHS' edited by M Mythen and Dr T Coffey. New Health Network (ISBN: 0 9547842 3 5)

Published: [June 2004]

Understanding Public And Patient Attitudes

Ben Page published in the Health Service Journal

Published: [8 April 2004]