• Charging for NHS services that are currently free by age 2017 Statistic

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This statistic shows the public acceptance in the United Kingdom (UK) of funding the NHS by charging for health services that are currently free as of January 2017, by age group. From the respondents, 5 percent of the aged 18 to 24 believed that it was completely acceptable to fund the NHS by changing some health services from free to paid while with the aged 65+ this number was 11 percent.

Public acceptance of funding the NHS by charging for health services that are currently free as of January 2017, by age

Age group	Completely acceptable	Fairly acceptable	Neither acceptable nor unacceptable	Fairly unacceptable	Completely unacceptable	Don't know
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Release date

February 2017

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

January 26 to January 29, 2017

Number of respondents

1,033 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)

Supplementary notes

Original question: To maintain the current level of care and services provided by the NHS, funding for the NHS would have to increase. I am now going to read out some suggestions people have made about how funding could increase. With that in mind, how acceptable or unacceptable do you feel each of the following measures would be ... Charging for some health services that are currently free.