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Press release: Results of delegate voting at the NHS Confederation Annual Conference 2002

24 May 2002

If the NHS were an animal, what would it be?

A rabbit 3%
A donkey 11%
An elephant 23%
A tortoise 12%
A load of cats 51%

Is a tax based system the fairest?

Yes 89%
No 11 %

Would changing the funding system address the NHS' problems?

Yes 9%
No 78%
Don't know 13%

Is it time to move the political debate on this topic forward?

Yes 71%
No 21%
Don't know 8%

Do you have any idea what a foundation hospital is?

Yes 54%
No 36%
Don't know 10%

Is it realistic to depoliticise the NHS

Yes 23%
No 71%
Don't know 6%

Is Kidderminster a one-off or the beginning of a trend

One off 23%
Trend 77%