The NHS at 65

Ipsos MORI Social Research Institute Ipsos The British take great pride in their NHS but there are challenges NHS 65 71% agree "Britain's NHS AT National Health Service is 45% 40% 38% 36% one of the best in the world" 28% think all or most The The 16% Aneurin Bevan Royal Famly hospitals face similar quality issues to those discovered Armed Team Forces GB BBC "This is the biggest single experiment in social What makes you proud to be British? at Mid Staffs service that the World has ever seen undertaken" .and things have changed greatly since the NHS was first established in 1948 Population Over 65s Life expectancy Population Over 65s Life expectancy A43 million 65 78 11% 56 million 16% NHS Budget Average BMI NHS Budget Average BMI nimil (roughly £9 billion at today's value) 23 27 1948 £437 million 2013 £108.9 billion The NHS will need to continue to adapt but what do the public think? How will it balance the books? What role should the NHS play? How & where will it provide services? 66% mink it is an individual's responsibility to keep themselves healthy 82% agree 66% think "the NHS will face a severe moving services from hospitals into the community will help to improve them funding problem in the future" 58% agree 49% think but moving services causes anxiety "there should always be limits on what is spent on the NHS" the NHS should be able to limit AILT NEWN free treatment of people who do not look after their health EWS orld - Business Einance Life DAILY NEWS Sport - Weather HOU! £20 c20 Snghama World - Business - Finance - Lifestyle - Travel - Sport - Weather ARCH laue 20104 THE WORLDS BEST SELLING MATIONAL NEWSPAPER Est 1948 DA THOUSANDS MARCH - TO SAVE STAFFORD HOSPITAL THE World - Busin FOR TE GOIRNOR AND COy NS CASHIER ГHU -Weather Given these challenges the public are divided in their optimism Eat 194 Thinking about the NHS over the next few years do you expect it to get better or worse? Technical details Better Worse Read our blog: www.ipsos-mori.com/NHSat65 35% 32% The complete data sets as well as source & base information can be found in our NHS at 65 slide pack: www.ipsos-mori/NHSat65slides