Economy, Business & Finance
Election 2017: what the parties haven’t told voters
Full Fact factchecks what the parties do say. Often what they haven't said matters even more. Read
Analysis
NHS pressures
Fact checks about waiting lists, unpaid overtime and availability of health care services
Health
Are there one million people in hospital with nowhere else to go?
In January there were 7,100 people in hospital at the end of the month who were medically fit to leave but weren't discharged. Across the whole month there were 197,000 delayed days. Read
Fact checks
Health
Cancer care waiting times
An NHS target for the proportion of cancer patients being treated within 62 days of referral is being missed. In January the proportion meeting the target was the lowest since 2009. Read
Fact checks
Health
Are there more nurses on our wards?
We don’t have figures specifically for the total number of nurses on hospital wards. Read
Fact checks
Health
Hospitals: safety versus quality
The Prime Minister and leader of the opposition clashed over the number of hospitals which are unsafe and how many are good or outstanding during Prime Minister’s Questions. We factchecked their claim Read
Fact checks
Health
Are patients going to A&E instead of GPs?
It was estimated in 2010 that between 10% and 30% of cases attending A&E were of a type that could be seen by a GP. Read
Fact checks
Health
Has the number of people using mental health services increased?
Changes to the way these figures are gathered means we don’t know for sure how the number of people accessing mental health services has changed between 2010/11 and 2014/15. Read
Fact checks
Health
Is there a shortage of maternal mental health services?
Figures show that 39% of CCGs have no community mental health provision for pregnant or new mothers. Read
Fact checks
Health
Accident and emergency: attendances and performance
In 2017 there were 23.6m A&E attendances in England. Recent years have seen more targets missed and longer waiting times than previous years. Read
Analysis
