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 ... Increasing National Insurance.
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NHS funding: public acceptance increasing National Insurance UK January 2017, by age
This statistic shows the levels of public acceptance in the United Kingdom (UK) for funding the National Health Service (NHS) by increasing National Insurance as of **, by age group. From the respondents aged 18 to 24 and ** to **, * percent and ** percent respectively believed that it was completely acceptable to fund the NHS by increasing income tax.
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Ipsos. (February 6, 2017). Public acceptance of funding the NHS by increasing National Insurance in the United Kingdom (UK) as of January 2017, by age group [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 06, 2026, from /statistics/679135/public-acceptance-of-increasing-national-insurance-to-fund-nhs-by-age-united-kingdom-uk/
Ipsos. "Public acceptance of funding the NHS by increasing National Insurance in the United Kingdom (UK) as of January 2017, by age group." Chart. February 6, 2017. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed August 06, 2026. /statistics/679135/public-acceptance-of-increasing-national-insurance-to-fund-nhs-by-age-united-kingdom-uk/
Ipsos. (2017). Public acceptance of funding the NHS by increasing National Insurance in the United Kingdom (UK) as of January 2017, by age group. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: August 06, 2026. /statistics/679135/public-acceptance-of-increasing-national-insurance-to-fund-nhs-by-age-united-kingdom-uk/
Ipsos. "Public Acceptance of Funding The Nhs by Increasing National Insurance in The United Kingdom (Uk) as of January 2017, by Age Group." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 6 Feb 2017, /statistics/679135/public-acceptance-of-increasing-national-insurance-to-fund-nhs-by-age-united-kingdom-uk/
Ipsos, Public acceptance of funding the NHS by increasing National Insurance in the United Kingdom (UK) as of January 2017, by age group ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/679135/public-acceptance-of-increasing-national-insurance-to-fund-nhs-by-age-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited August 06, 2026)
Public acceptance of funding the NHS by increasing National Insurance in the United Kingdom (UK) as of January 2017, by age group [Graph], Ipsos, February 6, 2017. [Online]. Available: /statistics/679135/public-acceptance-of-increasing-national-insurance-to-fund-nhs-by-age-united-kingdom-uk/
