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Public perceptions of health and social care: Polling results

Published May 2026

Since 2021, The Health Foundation has partnered with Ipsos to deliver a programme of research into public perceptions and expectations of health and social care. Every 6 months, we poll a representative sample of the UK public using the UK KnowledgePanel – Ipsos’ random probability online panel – building on our previous work on this topic.

Latest polling results

The slide deck presents the results of our survey into public perceptions of health and social care conducted in May 2026.

Wave 10 (May 2026)

Previous findings (2018–2025) 

Wave 9 (December 2025)

Wave 8 (May 2025)

Wave 7 (November 2024)

Wave 6 (May 2024)

Wave 5 (November 2023) 

Wave 4 (May 2023) 

Wave 3 (November 2022) 

Wave 2 (May–June 2022)

Wave 1 (November–December 2021)

Further public polling

Climate change and health (September–October 2021)

Health and social care in light of COVID-19 (May–November 2020)
May 2020

July 2020

November 2020

General Election (November 2019) 

NHS at 70 (June 2018) 

Further reading