Fact checks, analysis and comment about the National Health Service.
Politics
The government is about to publish the 10 Year Health Plan, the blueprint for its reform of the health service in England.In the words of the NHS, the plan will … Read
Health
Figures obtained by Full Fact show how the recent increase in hospital appointments, and Labour’s pledge to carry out “an extra two million”, compare to previous years. Read
Unclear or disputed
Government Tracker
We take a look at Labour’s commitment to train thousands more midwives in the NHS in England. Read
Politics
NHS England has corrected a mistake in its calculation of the number of extra hospital appointments delivered so far by the Labour government, after Full Fact challenged the error.NHS England … Read
Health
In the run-up to the local elections, Labour is warning Reform UK would make people pay to use the health service—a claim the party’s strongly denied. Full Fact looks at the evidence. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Our round-up looks at claims from the chancellor Rachel Reeves’ statement in the Commons, and the Conservative response. Read
Health
The quango that makes decisions about the NHS in England has been abolished, but the NHS still exists. Read
Health
There were actually 6.4 million people on the NHS England waiting list last July, not 7.6 million as the health secretary claimed last month. That was the number of cases. Read
Health
Full Fact looks at what the data says about how A&E departments and the ambulance service have performed this winter. Read
Achieved
Government Tracker
Full Fact looks at Labour’s pledge to deliver “40,000 more appointments every week” in NHS England, amounting to two million a year. Read
