Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2015

Variable Details

Variablegpshare1
LabelF6 GPs allowed to share information about patients to help improve services. Do you think that this should be allowed?
Question text Suppose GPs were to be allowed to share information about patients to help improve services provided by another government department. For example if they routinely passed on information about all people with a long-term illnesses like severe arthritis to the benefit offices so that those people could be encouraged or helped to apply for disability benefits. Do you think that this should be allowed?
Responses
1 Yes definitely 543
2 Yes probably 396
3 No probably not 112
4 No definitely not 121
5 Other 5
98 (Don't know) 25
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2015
Interviewer InstructionsSHOWCARD
UniverseNorthern Irish adults;National;Adults aged 18 or over, living in private households in Northern Ireland during 2015.
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study