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Health
The Daily Mail has said figures show the number of cosmetic procedures paid for by the NHS doubled in a decade. The figures it was basing this on tell a different story. Read
Last week Ofcom published its latest research looking at our attitudes to the broadcast media, including where we get our news from. One graph was a little hard to handle: … Read
Full Fact often works with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to help journalists, politicians and the public better understand statistics, correcting mistakes when they are made. But even the … Read
Health
An online banner from the Labour Party claimed that 60% of people are unable to see their GP within two days, but this was based on a survey that wasn't representative. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The trend depends on which measure you look at. Read
This article has been updated. Yesterday we covered a disagreement during Prime Minister's Questions over waiting times for NHS treatments. Today the House of Commons Library has looked at another … Read
The winners of the Royal Statistical Society's Statistical Excellence Awards in Official Statistics, Journalism and the Pharmaceutical Industry were announced on StatsLife yesterday. Medals and prizes will be presented at … Read
Last week the Telegraph claimed that social media crimes accounted for 'half' of police calls, alongside similar reports by the BBC, Mail and Independent. The story originally came from the … Read
News that German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party has endorsed a cut to child benefits entitlement for migrants in Germany has led a number of papers to bring up an estimate … Read
Health
The Prime Minister and Shadow Health Secretary disagreed about NHS waiting times figures after today's PMQs. We take a look at the data. Read
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