Fact checks about waiting lists, unpaid overtime and availability of health care services
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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
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We don’t have figures specifically for the total number of nurses on hospital wards. Read
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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
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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
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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
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Figures show that 39% of CCGs have no community mental health provision for pregnant or new mothers. Read
