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"A&E waiting is worst for a decade". BBC News, 6 January 2015 This is right: figures published this morning showed that in the last three months of 2014, less than … Read
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With four months still to go until the polls open, the parties are already vying for our votes. We look at the claims made on their new campaign posters. Read
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The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has stepped in to correct inaccurate reporting of figures on the number of new nurses who are recruited from overseas. Earlier in … Read
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"Today, there are 2,500 fewer nurses in our NHS than in May 2010." - Tom Blenkinsop MP, 17 December 2014 "Today, actually, there are new figures out on the NHS... … Read
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This piece has been updated The Sunday People this weekend reported that NHS England lost 1,800 nurses this summer. That's right, and if you count midwives, health visitors, and school … Read
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With the government set to announce £2 billion in extra funding for the NHS next year, we look into the different estimates of how much money will be needed by 2020. Read
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"Young men of 25 die every day," says BBC Sport commenting on the death of the cricketer Philip Hughes. While it's unimportant in the context, thankfully that's not the case … Read
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News that kidney dialysis may no longer be prescribed by NHS England is beginning to cause alarm on Twitter and elsewhere. But it seems to have been misunderstood by some. … Read
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This morning it emerged that four out of five English hospitals inspected by the Care Quality Commission had been given an 'inadequate' or 'requires improvement' judgement on their safety levels … Read
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The consensus among experts is that switching to e-cigarettes has significant health benefits for smokers, although the safety of different models might vary. There are also concerns that they might … Read
