Public support for founding principles of NHS is falling across UK population
<p>Rise in economic hardship and changes in attitudes towards migration could explain drop in support, experts say</p><p>Public support for the NHS’s founding principles – that it is free to use, available to everyone and tax-funded – has fallen over the last five years, research has shown.</p><p>Backing for all three pillars dropped between 2021 and 2025 across the UK population, except for a small rise in millennials’ support for the NHS being funded from taxation.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/20/public-support-founding-principles-nhs-falling-across-uk-population">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Rise in economic hardship and changes in attitudes towards migration could explain drop in support, experts say</p><p>Public support for the NHS’s founding principles – that it is free to use, available to everyone and tax-funded – has fallen over the last five years, research has shown.</p><p>Backing for all three pillars dropped between 2021 and 2025 across the UK population, except for a small rise in millennials’ support for the NHS being funded from taxation.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/20/public-support-founding-principles-nhs-falling-across-uk-population">Continue reading...</a>