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

21 October 2016

Health

The cost of training a doctor

By Claire Milne and Richard Braham • 3 mins

The government estimates that it costs £230,000 overall to get the average student through medical school. “The taxpayer” doesn’t pay for all of this because some comes in student loans. Read

Fact checks
19 October 2016

Health

NHS trusts in deficit

By Full Fact Team • 2 mins

The latest figures show that 75% of acute trusts (hospitals) are in deficit. Read

Fact checks