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Health
Fact or Fiction? The Welsh NHS performs poorly compared to the English NHS
This article first appeared on the Nuffield Trust website. It's the second in a new series called 'Fact or fiction?', where experts from the Nuffield Trust give their take on … Read
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Health
Factcheck: NHS 111 isn't referring triple the number of patients to GPs and A&Es
"Referrals from NHS 111 to A&E increased from just under 400,000 calls in 2013 to over a million in 2014. Similarly, referrals to GPs went up from just under 3 … Read
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111 referrals to GPs haven't tripled in a year
"The NHS 111 helpline is piling pressure on health services, with the number of calls referred through to GPs and A&E each up by almost 200%, according to doctors' leaders." … Read
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Education
Why reforms to school league tables have caused such controversy
The shockwaves from the latest round of school league tables are still reverberating across staff rooms up and down the country. The headlines have been about a drop in the … Read
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Education
The war on illiteracy and innumeracy has begun but what's the proper target?
As the Government launches its 'war on illiteracy and innumeracy' today, its own reading skills need some scrutiny. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
The Benefit Cap: Did it cause a "rush" to the job centre?
David Cameron has pledged to lower the benefit cap to £23,000 a year if he is re-elected. Does the evidence support his claim that the current £26,000 cap has caused a rush to the job centre? Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Factcheck: Simply wrong? Poor poverty figures at PMQs
During Prime Minister's Questions, an exchange on poverty led David Cameron to label Labour's numbers as 'simply wrong'. As ever, it's not quite that simple. Read
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Crime
Men accused of rape don't have to "prove that a woman said Yes"
New advice for prosecutors doesn't in any way change the law on rape. Read
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Health
Public satisfaction with NHS at second-highest level in 30 years—but are we really happier?
NatCen says satisfaction with the NHS is up to 65% from 60% in 2013. Dissatisfaction is at its lowest level since Natcen's survey began 30 years ago. Read
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