Health Policy Journalist
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About 18% of total public expenditure goes to health, though health accounts for almost 40% of day-to-day departmental budgeted spending. Read
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The five-year tirzepatide trial is being funded in full by a pharmaceutical company called Lilly, not the taxpayer. Read
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Graphs showing “data for 2023-24” posted by the UKHSA on X aren’t actually based on real data. Read
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Despite claims on social media, vaccines are generally a safe and effective way to protect children from potentially fatal diseases. Read
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There is some confusion online regarding the Nightingale hospitals and how many people they treated during the pandemic. Read
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The government hasn’t said what data his claim was based on, but he may have been referring to figures from a Labour party FOI request in 2022. Read
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Mosquitoes released by a company which has received funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Florida cannot transmit malaria. Read
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Tobacco duties generate around four to five times as much money as smoking costs the NHS to treat. Read
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The report recommended that NHS England develop a new contract which would help GP practices serve a patient population of around 250,000. Read
The Associated Press has confirmed that the article was fabricated. It is also not true. Read
