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Have 200,000 nurses quit the NHS?
Around 200,000 nurses and health visitors who have left the NHS in England in the last eight years, including those who have retired or died in service. Read
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Reports on the benefits of 10 minutes of exercise need a health warning
The study looked at the impact of doing 10-59 minutes of moderate activity a week, compared to inactivity. Read
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Period poverty: how widespread is it?
27% of women responding to a survey in Great Britain said they couldn’t afford sanitary products. But it wasn’t designed to be representative and more representative surveys found it's about 1 in 10. Read
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Don’t attempt ‘cough CPR’ if you think you’re having a heart attack
If you think you’re having a heart attack you should dial 999. Read
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The Cancer Act doesn’t ban the researching of cancer cures
The Cancer Act 1939 makes advertising cancer cures or treatments illegal unless it’s to certain groups, mainly those involved in the medical profession. Read
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It’s unclear exactly how NHS England plans to save 500,000 lives
It’s unclear how NHS England plans to save 500,000 lives through its Long Term Plan. It hasn’t published much detail on how it calculated the figure. Read
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Booze telling the truth? Is Britain sobering up or not?
Alcohol consumption in Britain has been falling over time. But alcohol-related hospital admissions and deaths have remained at roughly the same level. Read
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Immigration
How many migrants have registered with GPs in the last decade?
6.5 million migrants have joined GP surgeries in the decade from 2007, but not all of them are here long-term and some were double counted. Read
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Will local NHS services in England have £570 billion to spend over the next five years?
English CCGs budgets are set to increase by around £3 billion each year in real terms over the next five years. Read
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Europe
This viral flyer on prescriptions after Brexit isn’t from an official source
The Department of Health and Social Care told us it didn’t make this poster. Read
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