Royal College of Surgeons (RCOS) – Surgical Hub Survey

A survey of UK adults on the importance of willingness to travel to “surgical hub” hospitals (those without COVID-19 patients) for operations

Approaching six in ten (58%) UK adults say that if they needed an operation, it would be important for them to be treated in a surgical hub hospital.
Seven in ten (73%) UK adults say that if they needed an operation, they would be willing to travel to a surgical hub if it was not their nearest local hospital.
Three-quarters (77%) of UK adults think that an hour or less is a reasonable time for a person to be asked to travel to have an operation at a surgical hub hospital.
Three-quarters (78%) of UK adults agree that the government should continue to give the NHS £1 billion extra funding each year for the next 6 years to tackle long hospital waiting times.

Date Published: 28/05/2021

Categories: Health | Public and communities | UK

Client: Royal College of Surgeons

Methodology

Savanta ComRes interviewed 2,203 UK adults online from 7th to 9th May 2021. Data were weighted to be demographically representative of UK adults. Savanta ComRes is a member of the British Polling Council and abides by its rules.