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'Stealth privatisation' of the NHS? Private patients in NHS hospitals
We looked at whether the average private patient income has gone up per foundation trust or not. 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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Nurses in the UK and abroad
The effective number of practising nurses generally fluctuates across the year. So a comparison of the number of nurses from one year to another is most meaningful if figures for … Read
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NHS privatisation: the numbers
In response to claims that the NHS is being privatised under the coalition, the Prime Minister has said there's been a "tiny increase" in the proportion of NHS spending going … Read
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Health tourists: How much do they cost and who pays?
Where the £1.8 billion figure comes from, and the best rough estimates we have of deliberate and normal use of the NHS by foreigners. Read
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NHS 'black hole' - the size of the funding gap to 2020
The future shortfall in funding faced by the NHS in England will depend on the level of cost savings the NHS achieves. Read
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Election update, 11 April: NHS funding and access to GPs
We might be entering the home straight in the election campaign, but it's rather a different race occupying the minds of many journalists today. Read
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Are fewer GP surgeries offering extended hours?
The parties are at odds over extended hours at GP surgeries. We've examine Labour's figures and responses from the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. Read
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GP appointments: are a quarter unable to get one within a week?
We factchecked whether a quarter of people can't get a GP appointment within a week. Read
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HIV: are 60% of those diagnosed not British nationals?
"Here's a fact…there are 7,000 diagnoses in this country every year of people that are HIV positive… 60% of them are not British nationals" — Nigel Farage, 2nd April 2015 … Read
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