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People become doctors when they complete their medical degrees, at which point they start work on a basic salary of just over £32,000. Read
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There was a fall in the NHS England waiting list in October—but it followed three days of strikes by junior doctors, consultants and specialty doctors earlier in the month. Read
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First-year junior doctors earn about £15.53 an hour in basic pay only—but the average junior doctor earned at least about £44,500 in the year to September 2023. Read
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People having a heart attack should call an ambulance immediately. The idea that they should cough to protect themselves is a common myth that’s been spreading for more than 20 years. Read
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Oliver Dowden said that the numbers waiting for elective care in England were falling ‘on many measures’ before the pandemic. We’re not sure which measures he means. On the main measure, they were not Read
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The country has not banned Covid vaccines, despite claims on social media saying it has. Read
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The chemical is used during the manufacturing process, but the FDA found no methylene chloride in samples of Acesulfame K that it tested, and said it does not expect it to be present. Read
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Pandemic deaths in the UK were indeed among the worst in western Europe as the Inquiry had heard—but also about in the middle, by the standards of Europe as a whole, as Mr Johnson said. Read
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Dr Andrew Kaufman, a US psychiatrist, has claimed that turpentine can be used as a treatment for sepsis. It cannot, and may cause harm if ingested. Sepsis must be treated with antibiotics urgently. Read
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The substance was used as a tool to study a sample during the vaccine’s development. It is not an ingredient in the vaccine itself. Read
