There were several interesting elements in last week’s results in the British Social Attitudes Survey about what the public think of the NHS.
The first and most important aspect of the story is that we are very lucky to have the data at all. The government decided to cease financial support for the survey and threatened its future. That the Kings Fund stepped in to the funding breach was vital to the continued existence of the data set. Those of us interested in what the public think about the NHS have the Kings Fund to thank for the continued publication of data that has now been collected for over a decade.
