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# TITLE: Is the NHS doing a good job? [cc139d49c29197ddae138c71c23239da]
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# PUBLICATION DATE: 2025-10-12
# MODIFICATION DATE: 2025-10-12
# NUMBER ALTERNATIVES: 4
# NUMBER VOTERS: 5
# NUMBER UNIQUE ORDERS: 4
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 1: Statement 1 - “The NHS is a great institution and the nurses and doctors in the NHS work very hard. However, it has been subjected to years of under investment and is no longer capable of dealing with the patients it receives in an effective manner. Waiting lists for operations are at all time record highs while the staff are underpaid and overworked. Many doctors and nurses are looking to quit and move abroad where they will receive higher pay and better working conditions. If the government is serious about wanting to keep the NHS, then they need to invest in it properly and stop looking for ways to privatise it. Otherwise, the NHS will continue to decline and the public will lose faith in it.”
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 2: Statement 2 - The NHS is doing a reasonably good job, but it has been subjected to years of under investment and is no longer capable of dealing with the patients it receives in an effective manner. Waiting lists for operations are at all time record highs while the staff are underpaid and overworked. Many doctors and nurses are looking to quit and move abroad where they will receive higher pay and better working conditions. I do not think the NHS is doing a good job because it is not able to due to lack of funding, issues with staffing that has resulted from a lack of trained medical professionals and a backlog of cases. I think the NHS would be doing a good job if the government supported the NHS properly. I think the current government is motivated to underfund the NHS and create issues to the extent that public opinion changes and favour privatisation. I believe the Conservative party wants an American style system where business can profit. This will be at the expense of the public. I think the NHS is doing well to a point given its limited resources. You can only do so much with what you have and nurses/doctors/specialists are working hard with current resources but in a number of cases of falling short of excellent/timely care because they are
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 3: Statement 3 - “The NHS is a fantastic institution and the staff who work in it are heroes. The NHS is however, a victim of its own success. It has been subjected to years of under investment and is no longer capable of dealing with the patients it receives in an effective manner. Waiting lists for operations are at all time record highs while the staff are underpaid and overworked. Many doctors and nurses are looking to quit and move abroad where they will receive higher pay and better working conditions. We believe that the NHS would be doing a good job if the government supported the NHS properly. We believe the current government is motivated to underfund the NHS and create issues to the extent that public opinion changes and favour privatisation. We believe the Conservative party wants an American style system where business can profit. This will be at the expense of the public.”
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 4: Statement 4 - “The NHS is a great institution and the nurses and doctors in the NHS work very hard. However, it has been subjected to years of under investment and is no longer capable of dealing with the patients it receives in an effective manner. Waiting lists for operations are at all time record highs while the staff are underpaid and overworked. Many doctors and nurses are looking to quit and move abroad where they will receive higher pay and better working conditions. We think that the NHS would be doing a good job if the government supported the NHS properly. We think the current government is motivated to underfund the NHS and create issues to the extent that public opinion changes and favour privatisation. We believe the Conservative party wants an American style system where business can profit. This will be at the expense of the public.”
2: 2,3,4,1
1: 1,4,3,2
1: 3,1,2,4
1: 2,4,3,1