Health
Boris Johnson’s first interview of 2020: fact checked
The Prime Minister repeated a number of claims about the NHS and policing which we’ve looked at before. Read
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Claire Milne
Health Editor
Claire joined Full Fact in 2016 and leads on work relating to Health and Social Care. In addition to fact checking work, she takes part in Full Fact’s work with schools, universities and statisticians, speaking about fact checking and the work of Full Fact. She has also appeared on BBC Live Lessons talking to schools about how to spot misinformation.
Usman Khan and sentencing terror offences
After the London Bridge attack, there's been a debate over how people in the UK are sentenced for terror offences, in particular Usman Khan, the attacker. Read
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What do leaked Treasury documents tell us about checks on goods crossing the Irish Sea?
We look at what the leaked Treasury documents Jeremy Corbyn revealed say about checks on goods between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. Read
Analysis
This supposed Dominic Raab tweet seems to be an old fake
There is no evidence he ever tweeted it and it was widely reported as a fake over a year ago. Read
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The £20.5 billion NHS England spending increase is the largest five year increase since the mid-2000s
NHS England spending is set to increase by £20.5 billion between 2018/19 and 2023/24. The last time spending increased by at least that amount was between 2004/05 and 2009/10. Read
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How much public health spending goes to the private sector?
Depending on how you count it the figure could be anywhere between 7% and 26% of spending by the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England. Read
Analysis
Claim that immigrants “only” pay £400 surcharge to use the NHS ignores their tax contributions
At the moment, the immigration health surcharge is £400 for non-EEA immigrants to the UK, but their tax payments also contribute to the running of things like the NHS. Read
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Health
Paying £500 million more a week for drugs post-Brexit is based on a fairly extreme scenario
While it’s certainly possible the NHS could pay more for drugs after a post-Brexit US trade deal, we can’t say what this would look like until after a draft agreement has been released. Read
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BBC Question Time get themselves in a mess over who broke electoral law
Fiona Bruce and an audience member found themselves each talking about Leave.EU and Vote Leave. Read
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Health
Claim about social care spending and nurse numbers needs more context
Just under 97,000 nurses voluntarily resigned from the NHS in England between 2010 and 2018. Overall the number of nurses working in the NHS is higher than in 2010. Read
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