Polling: Building hospitals in the post-Covid era
The Conservative Government pledged in their manifesto to develop 40 new hospital projects. To what extent do you agree with the following statement: Building new modern hospital facilities has become more important, not less, following the coronavirus pandemic. | |
Strongly agree | 37% |
Agree | 43% |
Neither agree nor disagree | 14% |
Disagree | 3% |
Strongly disagree | 1% |
Don’t know | 2% |
The Government has announced a series of investments to improve UK infrastructure, including reforms to the planning system, as part of a £5bn economic recovery package for coronavirus. From the list of new policies below, please rank the three you most approve of in order, where 1 = the policy you approve of most. | |
Constructing 50 new schools | |
1st | 14% |
2nd | 21% |
3rd | 17% |
Delivering 40 new hospital projects | |
1st | 47% |
2nd | 20% |
3rd | 14% |
Planting 75,000 acres of trees every year | |
1st | 11% |
2nd | 16% |
3rd | 18% |
A scheme to improve the energy efficiency of public sector buildings | |
1st | 4% |
2nd | 13% |
3rd | 15% |
A 28.8bn road building programme | |
1st | 6% |
2nd | 11% |
3rd | 13% |
Building 180,000 new affordable homes over the next eight years | |
1st | 16% |
2nd | 18% |
3rd | 20% |
Other | |
1st | 1% |
2nd | 1% |
3rd | 3% |
When visiting a new hospital facility, aside from the standard of care, which of the following elements are the most important to you? | |
Natural light in your room/ward | |
1st | 15% |
2nd | 8% |
3rd | 11% |
Green spaces in and around the hospital | |
1st | 9% |
2nd | 12% |
3rd | 8% |
Convenient distance to your home/accessibility via public transport | |
1st | 26% |
2nd | 12% |
3rd | 12% |
Having a private/single room | |
1st | 18% |
2nd | 13% |
3rd | 10% |
Good quality hospital food | |
1st | 7% |
2nd | 21% |
3rd | 20% |
An environmentally friendly building | |
1st | 4% |
2nd | 8% |
3rd | 12% |
Ability to control your environment, such as lighting or temperature | |
1st | 4% |
2nd | 8% |
3rd | 10% |
Friendliness of the staff | |
1st | 16% |
2nd | 18% |
3rd | 17% |
None of the above | |
1st | 1% |
2nd | 0% |
3rd | 1% |
Thinking about your nearest hospital which you have visited, which of the following statements is closest to your view? | |
My local hospital is not a nice environment but provides essential services for the local community | 31% |
My local hospital is the bedrock of my local community and provides an essential service | 41% |
My local hospital is no longer the bedrock of my community and requires fundamental overhaul | 13% |
Don’t know | 16% |
On a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 is ‘not beautiful at all’, and 10 is ‘very beautiful’, please rate each of the following images of hospital buildings in the UK on their beauty. | |
Moorfields, London | |
10 | 4% |
9 | 5% |
8 | 7% |
7 | 9% |
6 | 8% |
5 | 13% |
4 | 8% |
3 | 8% |
2 | 10% |
1 | 14% |
0 | 15% |
Cleveland Clinic, London | |
10 | 8% |
9 | 10% |
8 | 14% |
7 | 15% |
6 | 12% |
5 | 15% |
4 | 8% |
3 | 7% |
2 | 4% |
1 | 4% |
0 | 3% |
Great Western Hospital, Swindon | |
10 | 4% |
9 | 4% |
8 | 10% |
7 | 11% |
6 | 12% |
5 | 15% |
4 | 10% |
3 | 8% |
2 | 10% |
1 | 10% |
0 | 6% |
Royal Tunbridge Wells Hospital | |
10 | 6% |
9 | 7% |
8 | 11% |
7 | 13% |
6 | 12% |
5 | 15% |
4 | 10% |
3 | 7% |
2 | 7% |
1 | 8% |
0 | 4% |
Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle | |
10 | 13% |
9 | 11% |
8 | 14% |
7 | 16% |
6 | 13% |
5 | 11% |
4 | 8% |
3 | 4% |
2 | 3% |
1 | 4% |
0 | 1% |
Southmead Hospital, Bristol | |
10 | 8% |
9 | 9% |
8 | 16% |
7 | 16% |
6 | 16% |
5 | 14% |
4 | 7% |
3 | 4% |
2 | 4% |
1 | 4% |
0 | 2% |
St Andrew’s Hospital, Northampton | |
10 | 17% |
9 | 14% |
8 | 19% |
7 | 15% |
6 | 11% |
5 | 11% |
4 | 5% |
3 | 3% |
2 | 2% |
1 | 2% |
0 | 1% |
Sunderland Royal Hospital | |
10 | 3% |
9 | 2% |
8 | 3% |
7 | 5% |
6 | 7% |
5 | 9% |
4 | 8% |
3 | 10% |
2 | 13% |
1 | 21% |
0 | 18% |
Watford General Hospital | |
10 | 2% |
9 | 2% |
8 | 3% |
7 | 5% |
6 | 7% |
5 | 9% |
4 | 9% |
3 | 10% |
2 | 12% |
1 | 22% |
0 | 19% |