In June 2023, 25 percent of Brits surveyed were of the opinion that the NHS provides worse quality healthcare in comparison to other European countries, a large increase from just ten percent believing this in May 2021. Since April 2021, the share of Brits who believed the NHS had better quality healthcare than the rest of Europe has steadily declined.
Distribution of opinion in the UK on how the quality of NHS compares to other European healthcare systems from 2019 to 2023
Characteristic
The NHS provides better quality healthcare than in other European countries
The NHS provides about the same quality of healthcare as in other European countries
The NHS provides worse quality healthcare than in other European countries
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