Questionnaire history
384 responses from medical doctors registered with the General Medical Council
Results
1. Radical change is unavoidable if the UK is to have adequate standards of healthcare?
| Response (q1366) | N | %
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|---|
| Strongly agree | 134 | 34.9
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| Agree | 170 | 49.3
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| Disagree | 71 | 18.5
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| Strongly disagree | 8 | 2.1
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| No view | 1 | 0.3
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Total responses 384
2. A clear and open system of healthcare rationing is essential if healthcare standards are to be maintained?
| Response (q1367) | N | %
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|---|
| Strongly agree | 114 | 29.7
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| Agree | 207 | 53.9
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| Disagree | 47 | 12.2
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| Strongly disagree | 10 | 2.6
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| No view | 6 | 1.6
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Total responses 384
3. There should be more Government regulation of health-averse habits such as smoking?
| Response (q1368) | N | %
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|---|
| Strongly agree | 110 | 28.6
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| Agree | 152 | 36.9
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| Disagree | 91 | 23.7
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| Strongly disagree | 24 | 6.3
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| No view | 7 | 1.8
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Total responses 384
4. A public debate about whether free care for all any longer makes sense is an essential step towards ensuring adequate healthcare in the UK?
| Response (q1369) | N | %
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|---|
| Strongly agree | 135 | 35.2
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| Agree | 153 | 39.8
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| Disagree | 71 | 18.5
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| Strongly disagree | 19 | 4.9
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| No view | 6 | 1.6
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Total responses 384
5. There is no point now in debating alternative methods of funding the provision of healthcare in the UK.
| Response (q1370) | N | %
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|---|
| Strongly agree | 14 | 3.6
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| Agree | 41 | 10.7
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| Disagree | 194 | 50.5
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| Strongly disagree | 127 | 33.1
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| No view | 8 | 2.1
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Total responses 384
6. The overriding priority today should be to support and implement the Government’s NHS Plan.
| Response (q1371) | N | %
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|---|
| Strongly agree | 6 | 1.6
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| Agree | 61 | 15.9
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| Disagree | 177 | 46.1
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| Strongly disagree | 99 | 25.8
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| No view | 41 | 10.7
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Total responses 384
7. For the Government’s NHS Plan to be workable:
| Response (q1372) | N | %
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|---|
| Not all the additional doctors proposed in the Plan will be needed | 1 | 0.3
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| The proposed number of additional doctors will suffice | 18 | 4.7
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| Rather more doctors than the numbers proposed will be needed | 95 | 24.7
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| Substantially more doctors than the numbers proposed will be needed | 248 | 64.6
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| No view | 11 | 2.9
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| Other | 11 | 2.9
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Total responses 384
| Other - Text Response (q1373)
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| a revision of how to distribute doctors' responsibility will be needed
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| an atmosphere of discipline and responsibility must be created
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| but there are already insufficient doctors to fulfil the proposed numbers!!
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| especially following the introduction of the European directive on hours of work
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| if primary care is mainstay of health provision, need thousands more gps
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| manpower planning is not a science
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| many many more doctors are needed per head of the population
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| more doctors and better paid than at present
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| needs re-writing
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| not enough people to be trained and not enough trained to be promoted
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| there are quality issues, too
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| there is too little memory of their other pronouncements and far too few gps pla
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| they haven't a clue
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| they need to build on winning back the trust of doctors including adequate pay
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| and a different skill mix
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| and loads of nurse practitioners and specialist hospital nurses.
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| and nurses and other professional staff
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| lowering of standards will need to continue e.g. less well qualified doctors
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| need more paramedical workers
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| number depends on system implemented, but rather more then less is needed
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| number of doctors is irrelevant
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| plus all the infrastructure
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| plus nurses, auxiliaries, cleaners etc (but not managers!)
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| remains to be seen
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| there simply will not be enough drs available, to fill the places
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| totally unworkable
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| unless morale improves, there will be no change
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8. For the Government’s NHS Plan to be workable:
| Response (q1374) | N | %
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| Not all the additional nurses proposed in the Plan will be needed | 4 | 1.0
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| The proposed number of additional nurses will suffice | 14 | 3.6
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| Rather more nurses than the numbers proposed will be needed | 124 | 32.3
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| Substantially more nurses than the numbers proposed will be needed | 218 | 56.8
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| No view | 17 | 4.4
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| Other | 7 | 1.8
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Total responses 384
| Other - Text Response (q1375)
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| I'm not sure there are enough nurses available or willing to work
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| manpower planning is not a science
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| must improve the working conditions of nurses
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| I have had no patients to whom this happened, in order to fill numbers
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| there are issues of responsibility, here
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| they will not be able to recruit enough nurses anyway - they already cannot.
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| where are the nurses going to come from ?
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| as above
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| number of nurses is irrelevant
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| the government are promising more nurses than they can deliver
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| too many nurses are diverted into nhs direct, but too few overall anyway
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| totally unrealistic
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9. For the Government’s NHS Plan to be workable:
| Response (q1376) | N | %
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| Not all the additional funding proposed in the Plan will be needed | 1 | 0.3
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| The proposed amount of additional funding will suffice | 8 | 2.1
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| Rather more additional funding than the proposed will be needed | 83 | 21.6
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| Substantially more additional funding than that proposed will be needed | 276 | 71.9
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| No view | 10 | 2.6
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| Other | 6 | 1.6
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Total responses 384
| Other - Text Response (q1377)
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| as long as health care is seen to be free, demand will grow faster than supply
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| more people means more money for pay.
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| reallocation from other activities of NHS may be needed
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| tax breaks for private insurance would allow the nhs treat others properly
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| and not just announced 3/4/5 times
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| as above
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| charging for missed appointments could be lucrative!
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| proposed funding is totally confusing
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| there is no point just pouring in money
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10. It will be practicable, within the timetable of the NHS Plan, to recruit the numbers of doctors and nurses necessary to achieve the objectives of the Plan.
| Response (q1378) | N | %
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| Strongly agree | 6 | 1.6
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| Agree | 17 | 4.4
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| Disagree | 128 | 33.3
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| Strongly disagree | 227 | 59.1
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| No view | 6 | 1.6
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11. If proper funding for the NHS means a significant increase in Income Tax, so be it.
| Response (q1379) | N | %
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| Strongly agree | 74 | 19.3
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| Agree | 175 | 45.6
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| Disagree | 87 | 22.7
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| Strongly disagree | 39 | 10.2
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| No view | 9 | 2.3
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12. There is a need for much greater private sector involvement in the overall provision of healthcare in the UK.
| Response (q1380) | N | %
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| Strongly agree | 67 | 17.4
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| Agree | 154 | 40.1
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| Disagree | 99 | 25.8
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| Strongly disagree | 39 | 10.2
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| No view | 25 | 6.5
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13. Charging something, however small, for a visit to the GP is essential if proper attention is to be given to the genuinely sick.
| Response (q1381) | N | %
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| Strongly agree | 97 | 25.3
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| Agree | 123 | 32.0
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| Disagree | 100 | 26.0
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| Strongly disagree | 50 | 13.0
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| No view | 14 | 3.6
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14. Those who can afford it should be required to pay for their healthcare needs.
| Response (q1382) | N | %
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| Strongly agree | 22 | 5.7
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| Agree | 121 | 31.5
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| Disagree | 165 | 43.0
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| Strongly disagree | 58 | 15.1
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| No view | 18 | 4.7
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15. Unless on benefit, pensioners should pay for their prescriptions.
| Response (q1383) | N | %
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| Strongly agree | 21 | 5.5
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| Agree | 103 | 26.8
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| Disagree | 180 | 46.9
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| Strongly disagree | 68 | 17.7
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| No view | 12 | 3.1
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16. Unless on benefit, patients should pay hotel charges when in hospital.
| Response (q1384) | N | %
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| Strongly agree | 28 | 7.3
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| Agree | 119 | 31.0
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| Disagree | 159 | 41.4
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| Strongly disagree | 62 | 16.1
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| No view | 16 | 4.2
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