Fact checks, analysis and comment about the National Health Service.
Health
Claims the Prime Minister said the country should take the new coronavirus “on the chin” and allow it to spread through the population have been taken out of context. Read
Health
The Prime Minister repeated a number of claims about the NHS and policing which we’ve looked at before. Read
Conservative party leader Boris Johnson took part in an audience phone-in on LBC Radio. We fact checked his responses. Read
We fact check the key claims and major topics from the ITV debate between Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson, including Brexit, the NHS and inequality. Read
It’s extremely unlikely from the sound quality in all the videos taken at Whipps Cross we can find that the man was wearing a microphone. Read
Last year we factchecked a debate on Twitter about mental health. Since then we’ve been working to make sure that all the figures are accurate and publically available, and we can now update you on ou Read
We factchecked the panellists' claims on reducing the deficit, funding of the NHS and the frequency of the NHS winter crisis, and whether Labour expects a run on the pound. Read
Health
We've factchecked a viral video featuring NHS employees that makes claims about the NHS. Read
The Times published a front page correction to its article on the cost of bedblocking. Read
Europe
Campaigners worry that an EU trade agreement called TTIP might have implications for a public NHS. This seems unlikely, although the issues are complicated. Read
