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After being invited to substantiate their claim that up to 140,000 people die each year who could have been saved by first aid, St John Ambulance refuse to share their data analysis with the public. Read
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Today we learnt from the Daily Mirror that in 2010 155 patients died "from thirst". Death by dehydration has been in the media's sights since 22 year-old Kane Gorny's death … Read
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The government has responded to allegations of a crisis in hospital care by claiming that bed occupancy in the NHS is 85% on average. But does this figure accurately reflect the situation in England's hospitals? Read
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On the surface, recent media reporting on the rise in the number of complaints received by GPs and hospital services last year could look worrying. But what's happening behind these statistics? Read
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Readers of the Telegraph this morning might have spotted a surprising claim: The Telegraph, 30 August 2012 Unlike most of the articles Full Fact looks into, the Telegraph piece provided … Read
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Hacking into the Government's plans to cut back on disability allowance, the Guardian has recently claimed the changes will see 90,000 Motability vehicles or scooters taken away from people who currently use them. Read
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Using London 2012 as an opportunity to discuss safe sex, a spokesperson for the Terence Higgins Trust bestowed upon London the envious title of "STI capital of Europe". But how do we compare to other European countries? Read
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Commentating on the quality of NHS cancer care, the Daily Mail claimed that a suspected cancer patient living in one part of England could be 60 times more likely to be sent for a scan than a patient living in another part. Full Fact scans the facts. Read
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On Wednesday we published a Factcheck on a number of claims made in the media about NHS sickness absences. One such claim was that the number of sickness days taken … Read
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"Bacchus must now his power resign! / I am the only god of wine! / It is not fit the wretch should be / In competition set with me / Who can drink so much more than he!" — Henry Carey, an Englishman Read
