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Health
Roughly one patient every three or four days died as a direct result of malnutrition or dehydration in NHS and non-NHS hospitals in England and Wales across 2015. Read
Health
The government has previously estimated that "health tourism" costs the NHS around 0.3% of NHS spending allocated to specific services. Read
Health
There seems to be a 20 fold difference in delayed discharges from hospital between the best and worst performing councils. We’ve asked the Department of Health for more information. Read
Health
In the third quarter of 2015/16 around 95% of acute NHS trusts were in deficit. But by the end of 2015/16 it was 65% of all NHS trusts, of which 75% were acute trusts. Read
Health
51% of people working for the NHS are clinically qualified. Looking at it another way, that’s 53% of full-time equivalents. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
A scheme providing compensation of 25% on single train fares for delays between 15 and 29 minutes will be introduced from 11 December on some services. Read
Health
There were 24,300 excess winter deaths in 2015/16. These deaths were largely attributed to respiratory or circulatory conditions or dementia. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We looked at whether HS2 will be faster for travellers than current trains. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We've looked at the Labour and Conservative records on house building, the impact of the financial crisis and how house building measures affect the picture. Read
Health
Between 2011/12 and 2015/16 the number of patients whose transfer from hospital was delayed due to social care increased by one third. Read
