Health Market Research Insights And Findings
Survey Shows Social Workers Are Unlikely To Act Quickly On Neglect Cases
October 2013
Research by Community Care and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) has revealed child neglect is not a priority for social workers. Three fifths (60%) of respondents said there was pressure to downgrade cases of neglect… Read more...
Survey Shows Tooth Decay Hits a Quarter of Five-Year-Olds
September 2013
Public Health England recently released findings from their latest survey which looked at 133,000 dental examinations across the United Kingdom, covering two fifths (21.2%) of five-year-olds. Data suggests that a quarter (27%) of all five-year-olds had tooth… Read more...
Welsh Health Survey Shows High Levels of Obesity, Smoking and Drinking
September 2013
The recently released 2012 Welsh Health Survey shows that just a third (33%) of adults in Wales reported eating five or more portions of fruit and vegetables the previous day, while three tenths (29%), reported being physically active on five or more days… Read more...
Recent Research Shows Few Over 65s Feel Old, Yet Half Object to Ageism
September 2013
More than 2,000 people aged 65-93 were surveyed by YouGov for a firm providing support services for older people. Among respondents, almost half (47%), complained of ageism. Furthermore only 6% of over -65s describe themselves as ‘old’ and only… Read more...
Market Research Finds Two-Thirds of Nurses have Considered Resigning
September 2013
A Royal College of Nursing (RCN) survey of 10,000 staff found that two-thirds (62%) had thought about leaving their job because they were under too much pressure. Furthermore, three-fifths (61%) felt unable to give patients the care they would want to because… Read more...
Study Reveals Diabetes is Best Fought with Fruit Not Fruit Juice
September 2013
The British Medical Journal has recently published findings which show that eating certain fruits, including blueberries, grapes/raisins, and apples can reduce the risk of developing type-2 diabetes. Researchers from the UK, Singapore, and the US used the… Read more...
