Public pessimism about NHS grows sharply for Labours reforms
Public perceptions of the National Health Service have become sharply more pessimistic over the past three months, with an opinion poll showing the highest level of voter disillusion with the sector in four years. According to the latest results of the quarterly Deloitte/Ipsos MORI delivery index, some 22 per cent of people said they expected the NHS to get better over the next few years while 44 per cent expected it to get worse.
This overall "net better" result of -22 is the lowest score that the polling organisation has registered for public perceptions of the NHS since March 2002, when the MORI delivery index was first started.
This result means the public's view of the NHS's future performance has plunged dramatically since the last general election, consistently dropping quarter on quarter from a "net better" rating of +9 in May 2005 to its current -22 level.
Growing public disillusion with the NHS - which coincided with last week's row over the departure of Sir Nigel Crisp, NHS chief executive - is also felt by Labour supporters.
When asked whether they expected the NHS to get better or worse, Labour supporters gave a "net better" score of +2, a figure hugely down from the +53 at the time of the general election.
On the state of the education sector, public perceptions are nowhere near as bad as on the NHS. However, there has been a significant increase in pessimism over the past three months.
Asked whether they thought the education system would get better or worse over the next few years, 30 per cent of respondents said "better" and 28 per cent said "worse" - a net better score of +2. However, this was well down from the net better score of +12 that was registered by Deloitte/MORI in May 2005.
The decline in this score, which comes as Tony Bliar struggles to avoid a big Labour rebellion on his school reforms, means public perceptions are close to being at the lowest level recorded since the MORI survey was first undertaken in March 2002.
On prospects for the economy, there are signs that voters are getting sceptical after a brief post-election honeymoon for Gordon Brown, the chancellor.
Some 38 per cent said they agreed with the statement that, in the long term, the government's policies would improve the state of the economy, while 48 per cent disagreed. This net better figure of -10 is well down from the comparable figure of +9 at the time of the May 2005 election.
Ipsos/MORI interviewed 977 adults by telephone between March 10 and 12.
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This overall "net better" result of -22 is the lowest score that the polling organisation has registered for public perceptions of the NHS since March 2002, when the MORI delivery index was first started.
This result means the public's view of the NHS's future performance has plunged dramatically since the last general election, consistently dropping quarter on quarter from a "net better" rating of +9 in May 2005 to its current -22 level.
Growing public disillusion with the NHS - which coincided with last week's row over the departure of Sir Nigel Crisp, NHS chief executive - is also felt by Labour supporters.
When asked whether they expected the NHS to get better or worse, Labour supporters gave a "net better" score of +2, a figure hugely down from the +53 at the time of the general election.
On the state of the education sector, public perceptions are nowhere near as bad as on the NHS. However, there has been a significant increase in pessimism over the past three months.
Asked whether they thought the education system would get better or worse over the next few years, 30 per cent of respondents said "better" and 28 per cent said "worse" - a net better score of +2. However, this was well down from the net better score of +12 that was registered by Deloitte/MORI in May 2005.
The decline in this score, which comes as Tony Bliar struggles to avoid a big Labour rebellion on his school reforms, means public perceptions are close to being at the lowest level recorded since the MORI survey was first undertaken in March 2002.
On prospects for the economy, there are signs that voters are getting sceptical after a brief post-election honeymoon for Gordon Brown, the chancellor.
Some 38 per cent said they agreed with the statement that, in the long term, the government's policies would improve the state of the economy, while 48 per cent disagreed. This net better figure of -10 is well down from the comparable figure of +9 at the time of the May 2005 election.
Ipsos/MORI interviewed 977 adults by telephone between March 10 and 12.
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