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NHS: More beds, more doctors, and more flu vaccines?
The number of NHS hospital beds has halved in the last thirty years, but the number of doctors has risen consistently. Read
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How much money does the NHS need and how much is it actually getting?
Experts said NHS England needed £4 billion in 2018/19. The government announced in November it will receive £1.6 billion, or £1.9 billion including capital spending. Read
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More ambulances are being delayed outside A&Es
One in six ambulances were delayed for over half an hour after arriving at A&Es in England in the first week of 2018. Read
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More people, more (NHS) problems?
Both the UK’s population and average life expectancy has increased since the founding of the NHS. Read
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Is the NHS recruiting enough new GPs?
The number of GPs is falling, but we can’t be certain by how much. The number in training is rising, although we don’t know if this will be enough for the government to meet its recruitment targets. Read
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Mental health crisis care
Liaison psychiatry is available in nearly all A&Es in England. More than half of these are 24/7, but the extent of care provision still varies across them. Read
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Mental health staff in the NHS
The number of mental health doctors and nurses in the NHS has been falling. Read
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NHS spending on mental health
NHS England spent £11.6 billion on mental health in 2016/17. Read
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Mental health: staff working in talking therapies
Staff numbers working in the talking therapies programme for people with anxiety and depression have risen by at least 2,850 since 2012. Read
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Mental Health in England: Jeremy Hunt vs Ralf Little
The actor and the Health Secretary got into a dispute on Twitter over mental health services in England. We factchecked their claims. Read
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