Health
GP appointments: are a quarter unable to get one within a week?
We factchecked whether a quarter of people can't get a GP appointment within a week. Read
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Laura O’Brien
Economy, Business & Finance
UK fastest growing economy in G7 last year
"Britain grew faster than any other major economy last year"—letter to the Telegraph from more than 100 business leaders Britain's GDP grew faster than any other of what the International … Read
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Health
Factcheck: does cannabis cause a quarter of psychosis cases?
It's been reported that a quarter of psychosis cases are the result of cannabis use, according to new research. But the research only covered one region. Read
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Health
Factcheck: NHS 111 isn't referring triple the number of patients to GPs and A&Es
"Referrals from NHS 111 to A&E increased from just under 400,000 calls in 2013 to over a million in 2014. Similarly, referrals to GPs went up from just under 3 … Read
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Health
Factcheck: How nurse numbers can be up as well as down
"Today, there are 2,500 fewer nurses in our NHS than in May 2010." - Tom Blenkinsop MP, 17 December 2014 "Today, actually, there are new figures out on the NHS... … Read
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Crime
Grooming gangs: what we know about the perpetrators and victims
In the wake of the report into sexual abuse in Rotherham, we take a look at the available evidence on perpetrators and victims in England and Wales. Read
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Health
51 million unable to see a GP by 2015? Why we don't have enough information to say
Research by the Royal College of GPs suggested that by 2015 the number of occasions when patients are unable to see their GP will have risen to over 50 million. But there's reason to be cautious about the figure. Read
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Health
Daily Mail's figures don't show that NHS "cosmetic surgery" has doubled in ten years
The Daily Mail has said figures show the number of cosmetic procedures paid for by the NHS doubled in a decade. The figures it was basing this on tell a different story. Read
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Health
Surveys don't show that 60% 'can't' see their GP within two days
An online banner from the Labour Party claimed that 60% of people are unable to see their GP within two days, but this was based on a survey that wasn't representative. Read
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Crime
BBC withdraws claim that social media crimes 'at least half' of front line policing
The BBC has amended an article which earlier quoted the head of the College of Policing as saying that 'at least half' of front-line policing was taken up by offences related to social media. Read
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