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An NHS target for the proportion of cancer patients being treated within 62 days of referral is being missed. In January the proportion meeting the target was the lowest since 2009. Read
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The government wants to achieve equality between the physical and mental health services provided to people, but it’s not there yet. Read
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The recent tribunal ruling on the disability benefit PIP was about the interpretation and application of the language of existing regulations. Read
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We don’t have figures specifically for the total number of nurses on hospital wards. Read
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It’s hard to say exactly how far NHS bed numbers have fallen in the past ten years, since the count before 2010 included different things. Read
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The Prime Minister and leader of the opposition clashed over the number of hospitals which are unsafe and how many are good or outstanding during Prime Minister’s Questions. We factchecked their claim Read
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We don’t know yet how changes to NHS bursaries will affect the number of places universities offer. Read
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It’s been falling almost constantly since the 1980s, but there's more to these figures than meets the eye. Read
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There are more midwives in England than there were in 2010, but the trade union representing them estimates that there’s a shortage, as has the National Audit Office. Read
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20 councils accounted for 50% of the discharges delayed due to social care in November 2016. 24 councils accounted for around 50% of delays due to any reason. Read
