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There’s been widespread confusion in the media about the demands made by striking senior doctors. Their union has confirmed that they are campaigning for an above inflation uplift, but not necessarily Read
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False social media claims link Amish lifestyles to the absence of diseases. Amish people do use vaccines and GMOs, and they do also have conditions like autism and SIDS. Read
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The staff bank NHS Professionals became a company in 2010, but it is still wholly owned by the Department of Health and Social Care. Read
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New claims about junior doctor pay in England, including from a Labour MP, are potentially misleading. Read
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We looked into viral claims and figures cited by the Prime Minister about how many doctors move to Australia and how many stay in the NHS. Read
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Research covered by the Sun was exploratory and established no definite associations between people’s jobs and their risk of ovarian cancer. Read
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It may cost nearly half a million to train a surgeon, but not any doctor, as the former health minister also said. It also does not look likely that almost half of UK doctors later move to Australia o Read
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A social media post falsely links Dr Anthony Fauci to the origins of the AIDS epidemic and repeats a long debunked theory that the smallpox vaccine causes HIV. Read
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A resurfaced claim that the money spent on the Test and Trace scheme would pay for a 15% pay rise for health service staff until 2058 is incorrect. Read
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The health minister Maria Caulfield said that NHS England waiting times were falling “drastically”. The latest data does not support this. Read
