Economy, Business & Finance
Will there be a million more over 70s in 2020?
The UK population is ageing, and this is putting considerable pressure on public finances. Read
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Nurse shortages: factchecking the last government's record
Jeremy Hunt and Andy Burnham have debated the cause of rising spending on temporary nurses. We check their claims on spending, nurse numbers, and Mid Staffs Read
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Wanted: a source for this widely used GP statistic
Some statistics can become so widely known and accepted by experts in the field that they become almost too obvious to provide a citation for. And so, in a puff … Read
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NHS bureaucrats: 20,000 fewer under the Coalition?
"What we did in terms of changing the NHS is we got rid of 20,000 bureaucrats"—David Cameron, 26 March 2015 There is no clear definition of a 'bureaucrat', which tends … Read
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Election 2015: Health
Polls consistently put health care as one of the most important issues helping the public decide who to vote for in the General Election. Here's our rundown of the claims … Read
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Clash of the manifestos: cancer funds
"Our Cancer Drugs Fund has given more than 60,000 people access to life-saving drugs"—Conservative manifesto "We will create a Cancer Treatments Fund so patients have access to the latest drugs, … Read
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Clash of the manifestos: are NHS waiting times up or down?
"Already millions more people can see a GP 7 days a week, from 8am-8pm"—Conservative manifesto "Fewer patients waiting longer than the 18, 26 and 52 week targets than in May … Read
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Clash of the manifestos: NHS staffing
"Over the last five years, we have hired thousands more doctors and nurses"—Conservative manifesto "[We have] increased the NHS budget every year in real terms, helping fund nearly 10,000 more … Read
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NHS: scale of the challenge
More patients, and in particular more elderly patients, mean demand for NHS services in England is on the rise. During the last parliament the population of England will have increased … Read
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Cancer treatment in England and Wales
Ed Miliband has announced that the next Labour government will invest "£150 million each year ... in new cancer diagnostic infrastructure". We wanted to find out how different governments approach … Read
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