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15% of new full-time NHS England nurses left full-time work in the year May 2016 to May 2017. Overall, 41% of new nurses weren’t in full-time employment by May 2017. Read
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Around 83% of English acute hospital trusts are in deficit so far this year. Social care spending has also fallen by £1.3 billion since 2010. Read
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Nearly a quarter of respondents to a Royal College of Nursing survey said they had taken an additional job. We don’t know how representative this is of all nurses. Read
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A report estimates 120,000 more people have died since 2010 than would have if the mortality rate from 2001-10 had stayed the same. Read
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The number of A&E attendances has generally been increasing, with a smaller proportion being seen inside four hours. Read
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NHS England say it’s incorrect there were no psychiatric beds available overnight across England on 28 October 2017. Previously services providers have said no beds of particular types were free. Read
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The number of people detained under the Mental Health Act has increased by 47% in ten years. Read
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The UK’s population is ageing and more people are going to A&E every year. Read
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NHS England told us that new guidelines on collecting information on the sexual orientation of patients aren’t compulsory. Read
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Around 4,000 women living in Ireland and Northern Ireland came to England and Wales for an abortion in 2016. Read
