Health
Are more dentists now working in the NHS?
We look at conflicting claims about the state of NHS dentistry made by the Prime Minister and the British Dental Association. Read
Fact checks
Health spending
Fact checks about increases and decreases in funding of the NHS, including the number of hospitals being built and record levels of funding
Is the NHS Pay Review Body ‘independent’?
With many NHS workers on strike, some unions have challenged the independence of its pay review body. We take a look at the facts behind some of the main claims. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
Health minister’s claims on nurse pay fact checked
Maria Caulfield MP made a number of claims about how much nurse pay increases would cost during multiple media appearances. Read
Fact checks
Health
Steve Barclay’s figure for new nurses’ pay includes extra earnings
The health secretary said that a new nurse will typically earn over £31,000 a year on current pay. This is an estimate that includes extra earnings such as overtime. Basic pay for a new nurse is aroun Read
Fact checks
Health
Health secretary’s claim on health spending fact checked
Dr Thérèse Coffey said health and social care account for 40% of government day-to-day spending. That’s only true if you don’t count spending on things like pensions. Read
Fact checks
Health
Health spending isn’t set to account for almost half of all taxes
Figures quoted by LBC presenter Nick Ferrari didn’t take account of the total amount of public spending. Read
Fact checks
Health
Health doesn’t account for 40% of day-to-day public spending
Health accounts for around 20% of day-to-day public spending, not 40%. Read
Fact checks
Health
Clearing up the NHS pay debate
Parliament made a commitment to raise the total NHS budget, but did not specify how that money should be spent. Read
Fact checks
Health
Has the NHS had its budget reduced by £30 billion?
Labour claims that the Budget took £30bn out of day to day health spending, this is true if you include the withdrawal of last year’s Covid money. Read
Fact checks
Economy, Business & Finance
State spending isn’t at a record high when you consider the size of the economy
Public spending amounts to around 40% of the size of the economy. It’s been smaller before. It’s also been bigger before. Read
Fact checks
