Heidi Alexander MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, commenting on the results from the 2015 British Social Attitudes survey, said:

“This is the clearest sign yet that the public has lost trust in David Cameron’s handling of the NHS.

“The fact that one quarter of the public are now dissatisfied with the NHS shows just how far it has declined on this Government’s watch. Hospitals are in financial crisis, there are severe staff shortages, and patients are finding it harder to see their GP.

“Ministers might be in denial but the reality is that five years of a Tory government have left the NHS understaffed, underfunded and unable to cope with rising demand – and it is patient care which is suffering.

“We cannot allow this deterioration in public trust to go on any longer. Jeremy Hunt needs to stop picking fights with people running our NHS and start getting to grips with the crisis it faces.”