One in two may be prepared to pay more for NHS through taxation, survey shows
BMJ 2024; 384 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q754 (Published 27 March 2024) Cite this as: BMJ 2024;384:q754- Jacqui Wise
- Kent
Nearly half (48%) of respondents to a survey that has found record low public satisfaction with how the NHS is run would support the government increasing taxes and spending more on the health service.1
The latest British Social Attitudes survey, published by the King’s Fund and the Nuffield Trust, shows that overall public satisfaction with how the NHS runs has fallen to 24%, down from 29% the previous year.
The survey, which has run for 41 years, shows that satisfaction with the NHS has fallen by 29 percentage points since 2020. The previous peak was in 2010, when seven in 10 people reported being satisfied with the health service.
Dissatisfaction with the NHS is also at an all time high, as 52% of those surveyed said that they were dissatisfied with the NHS. Of those respondents who were dissatisfied, 71% cited …
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