Public satisfaction

Public satisfaction with the NHS and social care in Britain

Very or quite satisfied

Very or quite dissatisfied

Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied

Labour

Coalition

Conservative

80%

60

2020

First year of Covid-19

lockdowns in UK

40

20

0

1995

2000

2005

2010

2015

2020*

Very or quite satisfied

Very or quite dissatisfied

Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied

Labour

Coalition

Conservative

80%

60

2020

First year of Covid-19

lockdowns in UK

40

20

0

1995

2000

2005

2010

2015

2020*

Guardian graphic. Source: The King’s Fund and Nuffield Trust analysis of NatCen's BSA survey data. Note: *from 2020 onwards, our weighting procedure was altered to account for a change in survey methodology (from face-to-face to push-to-web)