The Wellcome Trust Monitor Wave 3 - Reports and infographics

The Wellcome Trust Monitor is a unique survey of the UK public that is conducted every three years to look at changing knowledge and attitudes to medicine, science and health.

The survey covers the following topics

How interested are people in science and medical research?       

The value of science in everyday life and informal science experiences    

Confidence and ability to get better health outcomes

Public interest in hearing from scientists          

Participation in medical research      

What does the public know about science and medical research?

The value of scientists engaging with the public

What is important to the public when deciding what to eat and drink?

Antibiotic resistance and the use of antibiotics 

Complementary and alternative medicine       

The full report, Executive Summary, data tables and associated infographics can all be accessed here. The full SPSS dataset for this and previous Waves can be accessed via the UK data archive.

All current and previous reports can be accessed on the Wellcome Trust website. See www.welcome.ac.uk/monitor