Health
Up to 260 UK patients per year experience vision loss because of healthcare delays
Glaucoma is the most common main diagnosis for such patients. Read
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NHS performance and satisfaction
Fact checks about the reported quality of the NHS, waiting lists and quality of care
Are NHS waiting lists the longest they have ever been now?
This article is part of our Ask Full Fact series on the 2019 general election, answering your questions about the election, from claims the main parties are making to what happens on polling day. Read
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Health
We can’t say patients are waiting over two weeks to see a GP on average
Reports that the average wait to see GPs has passed the two-week mark aren’t based on reliable evidence. Read
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Is the NHS introducing price lists for treatments?
NHS trusts can offer patients the option to “self-fund” a select range of treatments, if they don’t meet the criteria to have it paid for by the NHS. Read
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Health
Are three million more patients using good or outstanding hospitals?
There were 2.7m more admissions in 2017/18 to hospital trusts that had improved their rating to good or outstanding than admissions to trusts that had dropped their rating to a lower rating. Read
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Health
It’s unclear exactly how NHS England plans to save 500,000 lives
It’s unclear how NHS England plans to save 500,000 lives through its Long Term Plan. It hasn’t published much detail on how it calculated the figure. Read
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Health
Winter 2017/18: the worst ever for the NHS?
In collaboration with the Nuffield Trust we looked at whether or not this winter was the worst ever for the NHS in England. Read
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Health
NHS viral image factcheck
We’ve factchecked a viral graphic on NHS funding, A&E waiting times, ambulance targets, hospital beds and GPs. Read
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Health
Fiddled A&E statistics?
Unpublished guidance to NHS Trusts has raised questions about whether A&E statistics can be trusted. Read
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Health
Has the NHS been judged the best healthcare system in the world?
International comparisons of healthcare are about the UK, not just the NHS. How we do depends on the measures chosen. Read
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