Coronavirus Survey

Trustworthy (sources of information)

How trustworthy do you feel the advice and information on Coronavirus (COVID-19) from the following sources is?

Summary

  • Levels of trust in information and advice from Portsmouth City Council have increased in W2 (+6 percentage points).
  • Residents have lost confidence in the NHS, from local and national newspapers and news websites, and in news on the television.
  • Residents consistently feel that the advice and information from the NHS is most trustworthy, followed by that from PCC.

This chart shows a summary of how trustworthy residents feel the advice and information on Coronavirus is from a range of sources, from wave 1 to wave 2. Residents consistently feel that the advice and information from the NHS is most trustworthy (85% in wave 2), followed by that from PCC (81% in wave 2). Residents have lost confidence in the NHS, from local and national newspapers and news websites, and in news on the television in wave 2.

Base from top 1,920 | 1,318 | 1,893 | 1,300 | 1,896 | 1,299 | 1,909 | 1,307 | 1,913 | 1,314 | 1,910 | 1,309 | 1,914 | 1,313 | 1,919 | 1,306

Where do you find coronavirus information?

Summary

  • Across the board the government website is the key place residents are going to find coronavirus information (71%).
  • Less than half of residents visit each of the other places listed, the NHS website was second in line, visited by 46% of residents.

This chart shows that the government website is the key place that residents are going to coronavirus information (71%). Less than half of residents visit each of the other sources we asked about, the NHS website was second in line (46%), followed by Portsmouth City Council’s website and news websites (both 42%).

Base 1,311