Fact checks about the idea of a seven day NHS and changes in health care services at weekends
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The government says going to hospital at the weekend is seriously bad for your health. A group of doctors disputes the evidence on this. What’s going on? Read
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The government maintains it can pay for expanded "seven-day NHS" services with the money it has already planned to spend, but experts doubt this is possible. Read
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Our introduction to a "seven-day NHS" and what the government’s plans are. Read
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We've factchecked claims from Prime Minister's Questions on junior doctors, NHS weekend deaths, NHS funding, and unemployment in Europe. Read
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Jeremy Hunt has said that people who have a stroke at the weekend are 20% more likely to die. Some of our readers asked us to investigate. Read
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We factchecked the panel's claims on junior doctors' pay, air strikes, the Syrian civil war, and excess deaths in hospitals at the weekend. Read
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The Health Secretary has claimed that 11,000 weekend deaths are caused by understaffed hospitals, but the research he cites doesn't show this. Read
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The Department of Health has published evidence behind its claim that 6,000 deaths could be prevented by a 7 day NHS. Read
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It's claimed that better NHS care at weekends—the "7-day NHS"—could save 3,000 lives, or 6,000, or somewhere in between. In reality, nobody really knows. Read
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Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said 6,000 people a year die because hospitals don't offer a 7-day service, but the evidence for this hasn't been published Read
