Health
Did ‘nine out of 10 nurses’ reject their pay award?
Articles published in the Guardian and Telegraph about the results of a recent Royal College of Nursing vote could do with context. Read
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Was Keir Starmer right to claim agency staff cost the NHS ‘£5,000 a shift’?
The government hasn’t said what data his claim was based on, but he may have been referring to figures from a Labour party FOI request in 2022. Read
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NHS diversity officers don’t all make £96,000
The starting salary for an NHS diversity officer in England seems to be around £25,000. Read
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Conservatives wrong to claim GPs are striking for first time in 60 years
An X post by the Conservative party wrongly suggests GPs are striking for the first time in 60 years. Read
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NHS staffing: explained
Full Fact covers the basic things you need to know about the people who work for the NHS. Read
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Most junior doctors have not had a 10% pay rise
Although the basic pay of first-year doctors in England did rise by that much last year, most junior doctors had a pay uplift of less than 10%. Read
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Junior doctors do not earn £140 in ten hours
This was about the hourly rate of basic pay only, for first-year doctors only, last year. Read
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Health committee posts incorrect stat about doctors’ union membership
About 60% of NHS consultants in England are BMA members, not the 40% that the committee’s post on X claimed. Read
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Labour claim of 4,000 drop in GP numbers is not reliable
A claimed cut of 4,000 GPs in a Labour party briefing document seems to rely on a comparison between two different datasets, which the NHS itself says should not be compared. Read
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Viral graphic gets details of ‘becoming a doctor’ wrong
People become doctors when they complete their medical degrees, at which point they start work on a basic salary of just over £32,000. Read
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