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Hospitals in the red: the size of the NHS provider deficit
NHS trusts faced an overall deficit of £830 million in 2014/15 and this is expected to rise to around £2 billion this year. Read
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Pay for carers: will the 'national living wage' increase spending by £1 billion a year?
Some of the £1bn cost could be incurred anyway without the policy, and the figure rests on a lot of uncertainty. Other estimates even suggest higher costs. Read
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E-cigarettes on the NHS? Not so fast
Today's review of the evidence on e-cigarettes puts NHS prescription on the agenda, but there's more to it than this one recommendation. Read
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Evidence for 6,000 weekend deaths published
The Department of Health has published evidence behind its claim that 6,000 deaths could be prevented by a 7 day NHS. Read
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Diagnosis unknown: how many diabetes cases go undetected?
GP practice registers show 3.3 million diagnosed diabetes cases in 2013/14, but the methodology and reliability of the undiagnosed figure is more uncertain. Read
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Accident and emergency: attendances and performance
In 2017 there were 23.6m A&E attendances in England. Recent years have seen more targets missed and longer waiting times than previous years. Read
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Nobody knows how many lives could be saved by a seven-day NHS
It's claimed that better NHS care at weekends—the "7-day NHS"—could save 3,000 lives, or 6,000, or somewhere in between. In reality, nobody really knows. Read
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About 27% of Europeans are likely to experience a mental health problem in a year
It's claimed 27% of Europeans suffer from a mental health problem. The research backs this up. Read
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7-day NHS: no source yet for claims that 6,000 deaths a year could be avoided
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said 6,000 people a year die because hospitals don't offer a 7-day service, but the evidence for this hasn't been published Read
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Wanted: evidence that a bad diet causes 70,000 premature deaths every year
It's widely claimed that a bad diet leads to 70,000 premature deaths a year in the UK. But it's difficult to find a reliable source for this figure. Read
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