In a YouGov poll of over 1600 staff, 68% said they believe the bill will lead to changes for ‘basic services’.
Along with maternity care, this also includes services such as cancer screening and the ambulance service.
The poll also shows 71% think the health secretary is doing bad job, and 78% believe more patients will be excluded from NHS care under the reforms.
It is the first independent poll on the NHS plans to be conducted across all the medical professions, at a range of management levels.
David Babbs is executive director of
38 Degrees – the non-profit political activist group whose members paid for the poll.
He said: ‘For over a year 38 Degrees members have been telling Andrew Lansley to stop ploughing on regardless and to start listening to the concerns of the public and health care professionals.
‘Time and again Lansley's tried to claim that the silent majority of NHS staff support him. This poll shows that's not true.’
The survey was conducted on 17-26 January this year and also shows that 84% of health workers surveyed have no confidence that the right balance between competition and collaboration will be struck.
The full poll results are available to
download here.
