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Fake pictures of Katie Hopkins in hospital shared online
Images shared on Facebook claim to show the media personality in hospital, but they aren’t genuine. Read
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Welsh Labour makes inaccurate claim about Reform UK’s prescriptions stance
Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan claimed Reform UK hasn’t said whether it would keep free prescriptions in Wales—but the party has said it would. Read
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Are 800,000 Scottish people waiting for NHS treatment?
This figure refers to the number of waits, not the number of individuals waiting for treatment as both Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar claimed. Read
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Labour MP’s claim that one in six Scots are ‘stuck on an NHS waiting list’ is not reliable
This figure, which we’ve heard from Scottish Labour before, appears to combine waits for multiple types of treatment in Scotland—but some patients may be waiting for multiple appointments. Read
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The government finally corrects its misleading sunbeds claim
Following our fact check, it has stopped saying sunbeds are “as dangerous as smoking”. Read
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What was Exercise Pegasus and does it have anything to do with the current Meningitis B outbreak?
Posts online suggest there’s some sort of conspiracy involving a 2025 pandemic simulation exercise and the meningitis outbreak, but there’s absolutely no evidence to support this. Read
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Keir Starmer didn’t say the UK ‘may need to go into lockdown’ if meningitis cases keep rising
Number 10 confirmed Sir Keir Starmer did not say the UK may need to go into another lockdown if meningitis cases continue to rise. Read
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Meningitis B: your questions answered
We answer questions from Full Fact readers, including why everyone doesn’t get the vaccine, and how long protection from the vaccine lasts. Read
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Government publishes misleading information about the dangers of sunbeds
Its claim that “sunbeds are as dangerous as smoking” is based on the World Health Organisation classing both as cancer-causing hazards, but experts say smoking is much more likely to harm you. Read
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How many more GPs has the government recruited?
The government claims it has put 3,000 GPs into general practice, but that figure is a headcount of the GPs recruited through a specific scheme. The overall net increase in full-time equivalent GPs is less. Read
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