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Politics
The chair of NHS England, Dr Penny Dash, said at the NHS ConfedExpo Conference yesterday (22:45): “There are seven and a half million people on the waiting list.” This was … Read
Health
The union representing resident doctors is not asking for an extra 29% on top of this year’s 5.4% pay rise, as the paper reported. The demand is for a 29% rise on last year’s pay. Read
Health
We look at a misleading claim in an Instagram video about vitamin A and measles. Read
Health
Figures obtained by Full Fact show how the recent increase in hospital appointments, and Labour’s pledge to carry out “an extra two million”, compare to previous years. Read
Health
A misleading video downplays the importance of biopsies and claims they spread cancer. Read
Health
Unreliable research from a male wellness company, which claimed that women are less healthy than men in the UK, has been widely shared by MPs, the media and institutions around the country. Read
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Government Tracker
We take a look at Labour’s commitment to train thousands more midwives in the NHS in England. Read
Politics
NHS England has corrected a mistake in its calculation of the number of extra hospital appointments delivered so far by the Labour government, after Full Fact challenged the error.NHS England … Read
Health
Familiar misinformation about Covid vaccines being gene therapy is circulating again. Read
Politics
Last week the Government announced that “reform” of the NHS App has prevented 1.5 million hospital appointments from being missed. It also made a number of other claims about the … Read
