Social care

Health

The government did not give £37 billion to Serco

By Leo Benedictus • 2 mins

This is the total budget for two years of Test and Trace. Not all of it was spent, and only a fraction went to Serco. Read

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Matt Hancock used the phrase ‘protective ring’ about care homes long before he claims

By Sarah Turnnidge • 2 mins

Records show the Health Secretary used the phrase about care homes in May 2020 to describe actions taken in the first wave of the pandemic. Read

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Is there a precedent for mandatory vaccines for care home workers?

By Sarah Turnnidge • 4 mins

Some healthcare workers are required by their employers to have the Hepatitis B vaccine, but it's not a specific law. Read

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Covid-19 deaths in care homes have started to fall

By Leo Benedictus • 5 mins

Keir Starmer was right, in one way, to say that deaths in care homes were rising. In another way, Boris Johnson was right to disagree. Read

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Poll shows public thinks Brexit and NHS are most important issues facing the country

By Abbas Panjwani • 2 mins

A survey reported by the Mail found social care to be the most pressing issue for the new government, but only among a selective list. Read

Boris Johnson on LBC: fact checked

By Full Fact Team • 9 mins

Conservative party leader Boris Johnson took part in an audience phone-in on LBC Radio. We fact checked his responses. Read

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Claim about social care spending and nurse numbers needs more context

By Claire Milne • 4 mins

Just under 97,000 nurses voluntarily resigned from the NHS in England between 2010 and 2018. Overall the number of nurses working in the NHS is higher than in 2010. Read

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It’s not certain that 87 people a day are dying waiting for care

By Joseph O’Leary • 3 mins

The data behind this figure has limitations and there are some reasons to suspect the true figure may be lower. Read