Fact checks including NHS staff levels and NHS pay
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The Observer reported that 27,546 staff had quit the NHS in England in 2022 citing work-life balance reasons, but the figures include staff moving to other health service jobs. Read
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The MP said that Amanda Pritchard earns £86,000. But her annual earnings in 2021/22 were actually more like £255,000. Read
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Rishi Sunak claimed NHS dentist numbers have increased by more than 500 “this year” compared with “last year”—but he appears to have been quoting figures for 2021/22. Read
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A Labour MP quoted BMA figures claiming junior doctor “pay restoration” would cost £1 billion, but the health secretary said it would cost £2 billion. Read
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The launch of the government’s new primary care plan prompted a raft of apparently contradictory claims about GP numbers. Read
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Some claims made during the recent strike used a mix of cash-terms and real-terms figures. Read
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Earlier this month the PM claimed there are now a “record number” of GPs, while the Liberal Democrats say the number’s down since the last election. Read
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A BMA advertisement says that a junior doctor makes just £14.09 per hour. This might be true in some cases, but on average junior doctors earn much more. Read
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The health secretary said that a new nurse will typically earn over £31,000 a year on current pay. This is an estimate that includes extra earnings such as overtime. Basic pay for a new nurse is aroun Read
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At Prime Minister’s Questions Labour MP Ian Lavery said nurses had been given a '72p a week pay rise'. The pay award offered to most NHS staff actually amounts to an increase of around 72p per hour. Read
