Thread by @docrussjackson

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The ENTIRE UK press & media, along with every #TuftonStreet think tank, has seized on a survey showing 'falling satisfaction' with the #NHS.

They ALL selectively avoid foregrounding the FACT the public shows VERY STRONG SUPPORT for the principles underpinning OUR #NHS.

The ghouls pushing for private health insurance ignore that the overwhelming majority of respondents agreed that the founding principles of OUR #NHS should ‘definitely’ or ‘probably’ apply - 9 in 10 backed the principle that OUR #NHS should be free of charge when you need it.

The ideologically extreme free market fundamentalist ghouls within & outside Government also ignored the FACT that MORE THAN 8 in 10 respondents supported the principles that OUR #NHS should be available to everyone & primarily be funded THROUGH TAXES - NOT private healthcare.

'Public satisfaction with OUR #NHS & social care in 2022' also highlighted that the main reasons people gave for being dissatisfied with OUR #NHS were waiting times for hospital & GP appointments (69%), STAFF SHORTAGES (55%) the GOVERNMENT NOT SPENDING ENOUGH on OUR #NHS (50%).

Of those who were satisfied with OUR #NHS, the top reason was that #NHS care is free at the point of use (74%), followed by the quality of care (55%) and the range of services and treatments available (49%).

There was also a jump from the previous survey in the proportion of people who chose improving A&E waiting times as a priority for the #NHS, from 38% in 2021 to 47% in 2022, taking improving A&E waits into the top three highest priorities.

There was a sharp increase in dissatisfaction with social care, with 57% of people saying they were dissatisfied.

Dissatisfaction with social care is higher than dissatisfaction with the #NHS overall or any of the individual #NHS services asked about.

In 2010, satisfaction with the #NHS stood at a record high of 70%. satisfaction is now at its lowest ever level, at just 29%.

These are the results of more than a decade of deliberate underfunding & a lack of workforce planning.

Remind me, what happened in 2010?

"I can guarantee you today: We will not break up or hinder efficient & integrated care - we will improve it. We will not lose control of waiting times- we will ensure they are kept low. We will not cut spending on the #NHS - we will increase it."

David Cameron, NHS speech, 2011.

"Even with satisfaction dropping to its lowest ever level, support for the founding principles of the #NHS remains strong. The public do not want a different model of health care, they just want the current model to work." - Dan Wellings, #NHS Public Satisfaction Report author.