The above question was asked to the It-Your-Vote community.
We provided additional information for the question which was:
"The NHS is under tremendous pressure with an ageing/growing population, medical advances which are able to save more people but can be more costly, increased staff costs and the list goes on... So, if we want a 1st class health service it will need to come through a big increase in the NHS budget. But, maybe taxing people is not the right method and the government needs to continue to provide smaller increases to the NHS budget by taking money from other sectors. Alternatively, maybe the NHS is trying to do too much and some services should be dropped and therefore, only made available privately. ".
The available answers for this questions were:
1. No view
2. Very Important-tax increases is ok providing it goes directly to improving the NHS
3. Important-NHS must be improved, but not without any tax increases
4. Happy with NHS-no improvement needed
5. Don't agree with NHS-we should have an insurance based healthcare
The winning answer was "Very Important-tax increases is ok providing it goes directly to improving the NHS" with 60.52% of the total vote.
| Answer | Percentage |
|---|---|
| No view | 0.87% |
| V-Important tax rise ok | 60.52% |
| Important no tax rise | 27.19% |
| No need to improve | 5.26% |
| Shutdown NHS | 6.14% |
| Answer | Male % | Female % | Total % |
|---|---|---|---|
| No view | 0.87% | 0% | 0.87% |
| V-Important tax rise ok | 42.10% | 18.42% | 60.52% |
| Important no tax rise | 22.80% | 4.38% | 27.19% |
| No need to improve | 4.38% | 0.87% | 5.26% |
| Shutdown NHS | 4.38% | 1.75% | 6.14% |
