Emeritus Prof Christopher May

Does the uptick in NHS patients' satisfaction (picking up slightly from historically low levels) indicate that Wes Streeting's 'reforms' are starting to have an effect, or is it just evidence that expectations have been so depressed, that the personal threshold for 'satisfaction' is now low enough for a few more patients to feel satisfied with the NHS (crisis-ridden) services?

My felling is the latter, while Streeting will believe the former.

#NHS #health #politics
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/25/public-satisfaction-with-nhs-rises-wes-streeting

Public satisfaction with the NHS rises for first time since 2019

Wes Streeting set to hail result as proof of progress, but Britons remain frustrated with long waits for GP hospital care

The Guardian
Mar 25 at 7:02amWeb
Show threadABOLISH PRIVATE HEALTHCARE!⚫1d ago
@ChrisMayLA6 My dissatisfaction is with Wes Streeting and NHS management, replacing our doctors and pandering to private ORGANISED CRIME SYNDICATES!!! #TakeBackOurHealthcare #PutPatientsFirst
Show threadWalrus 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿1d ago

@ChrisMayLA6

Any increase in our satisfaction with the NHS is entirely due to the wonderful people operating it. We remain only too well aware that Streeting and Starmer still want to flog the NHS off to US insurance "businessmen".

Show threadRobert Pluim 🇪🇺1d ago
@ChrisMayLA6 There's a third option: the people who would have been dissatisfied have died off whilst waiting for care.