The Primary Healthcare Professionals Monitor is a survey of GPs and nurses working in primary care settings, including practice nurses and district nurses.
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GPs and nurses working in primary care are a key group for many medical and disability charities because they act as a gatekeeper to many health and social care services. As disseminators of health and lifestyle advice they are particularly well-placed to offer the public up-to-date information provided by charities, as well as referring them on for specialist support. A health professional’s knowledge about a particular condition, and their attitude towards it, can be a critical factor in a patient’s experience of healthcare. For example, if a GP or nurse is unaware of the latest advances in asthma care, their patients may not get the best support that is available.
Our Primary Healthcare Professionals Monitor offers charities a cost-effective way to understand this key target audience, their awareness of the voluntary sector and their level of contact with charities. By gathering information for a number of charities at the same time, we are able to reduce the costs for each participating organisation.
Issues covered include awareness of specific charities (spontaneous and prompted), level of contact from charities and how this has affected their views, preferred methods of communication from charities, awareness of particular initiatives and campaigns and which charities they support personally, if any. In addition, participants will be asked how well equipped they feel to provide information to their patients on specific conditions, disabilities and illnesses chosen by charities that are taking part in the research.
Participating charities are also able to request additional questions specific to their requirements (for an additional cost).
The first survey of GPs took place in 2001, followed by surveys in 2003, 2005 and 2007. The next wave, among GPs and nurses, will be in spring/summer 2010 (depending on demand).
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The sample size is 400 in total: comprised of 200 GPs and 200 primary care nurses. As we will be accessing respondents via an online panel that has already agreed to take part in research, we can be assured of achieving this sample size.If you are interested in this audience, we can also develop some bespoke research for you, sampling more GPs and nurses or other specialist health workers. See our
bespoke research page for more details.
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The cost for a single audience (either GPs or nurses) is £2,750 plus VAT.
The cost for both target audiences is £3,750 plus VAT.
Additional questions specific to participating charities are charged an additional cost, accordign to the type and complexity of the question, from around £175 plus VAT for a simple Yes/No question up to £700 plus VAT for an open-ended question.
For this you will receive a detailed report, and any in-house presentations on the research that you require. (back to top)
For more information about this research please contact Peter Higgs at peter.higgs@nfpsynergy.net or 020 7426 8869. (back to top)