The future of the NHS was a major talking point during the recently-concluded election campaign – and anxiety around the issue hasn’t subsided in the wake of last week’s Tory landslide.
In fact, figures from comparison site ActiveQuote have revealed a staggering 810% increase in private health insurance enquiries immediately following the Conservative election win.
The site saw an upward trend of enquiries every day during election week, peaking on Friday at an 810% increase before dropping to a 275% increase on Saturday. These percentage figures are compared with the average leads over the three-week period leading up to the election.
“While most of our insurance products including life, income protection and unemployment cover have remained stable, the surge in health insurance enquires has been huge,” said Rod Jones, head of partnerships at ActiveQuote. “It has been interesting to see first-hand how some people have reacted to this election result, with many picking up the phone and getting online to scope out the cost of private medical insurance for their families.”
In his victory speech on Friday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson called the NHS his government’s “top priority.”
“So, we will deliver 50,000 more nurses, and 50 million more GP surgery appointments,” Johnson said, before committing to a “long-term NHS budget enshrined in law, £650 million extra every week.”
