Fact checks including NHS staff levels and NHS pay
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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
A social media post incorrectly claims that a letter written to The Times was from a doctor who died in 2016. Read
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There are some important caveats to figures showing GP appointments drop off later in the week. Read
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Some have claimed a search for extras shows something fishy is going on. Read
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Some healthcare workers are required by their employers to have the Hepatitis B vaccine, but it's not a specific law. Read
The health minister spoke about nurses’ husbands and partners in a discussion about pay rises, but not exactly as reported in a viral tweet. Read
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The 0.7% funding is on top of the proposed 1% NHS pay increase, but it will only benefit a minority of staff. Read
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Parliament made a commitment to raise the total NHS budget, but did not specify how that money should be spent. Read
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Even when excluding final year students fast tracked into hospital roles due to the pandemic, the number of doctors has risen. Read
