Public satisfaction with the UK's National Health Service (NHS) and social care has plummeted to unprecedented lows, as recent reports and statements from various sources highlight. A shocking report pointed out that elderly individuals are now waiting up to six months to receive essential care. Concurrently, satisfaction with the NHS has fallen to a 40-year low, amid a GP crisis and growing hospital waiting lists. This decline in satisfaction has been attributed to the global pandemic, which placed an unprecedented strain on the healthcare system. In 2010, 70% of people were satisfied with the NHS, but by 2024, this number had drastically dropped to 24%. Analysis from The King's Fund indicates that the NHS satisfaction trend has been the worst it has ever been, with a gradual decline before the pandemic and a significant drop thereafter. Political figures have commented on these findings, with Labour representatives criticizing the Conservative government's handling of the NHS and promising plans to revive the healthcare system. The decline in healthcare satisfaction comes ahead of an upcoming election, adding political urgency to the issue.
The last Labour Government delivered the shortest NHS waiting times and highest patient satisfaction in its history. We did it before - and after 14 failed Tory years we'll have to do it again. 🌹 https://t.co/CMyydRtjuY
British satisfaction with healthcare drops to new low ahead of election https://t.co/6Dd7aK7CTH https://t.co/xOMr5CvSHa
https://t.co/wchn3LViZ3 The Conservatives haven’t just crashed the British economy, they’ve broken our public services too. Labour has a plan to get the NHS back on its feet - we’ve saved the NHS from Tory neglect before, and we will do it again. General Election Now! @UKLabour
70% - NHS patient satisfaction level when Labour left office. 24% - NHS patient satisfaction level after 14 Conservative years.
The NHS satisfaction trend lines going back 40 years. Worst it's ever been. (Via @TheKingsFund) Gradual pre-pandemic decline, and then it falls off a cliff as a system running too hit can't cope with covid. https://t.co/V792JRAiNM
In 2010 70% of people were satisfied with the NHS. In 2024 only 24% were satisfied. What clearer indictment of Tory failure could there be? 💔 @BBCr4today
'Satisfaction with the NHS is at an all-time low, what are you going to do about it?' - @KayBurley 'It clearly comes in the context of the global pandemic which put unprecedented strain on our healthcare system' - @griffitha https://t.co/PAiZ4D1jU3 📺 Sky 501 https://t.co/lin3OiM1uy
Satisfaction with NHS slumps to record 40-year low amid GP crisis and growing hospital waiting lists https://t.co/1zoZjSdvPC
Public satisfaction with social care hits all-time low as shock report reveals the elderly are waiting six months to get essential care https://t.co/p5vedbwDLy https://t.co/R3RHNGqTmJ