Journalist
Health
A viral claim on social media that 652 people died in the UK’s worst week of the pandemic is far too low. The true figure is almost 10,000. Read
Health
The launch of the government’s new primary care plan prompted a raft of apparently contradictory claims about GP numbers. Read
Most junior doctors are paid more than the equivalent of ten tins per hour, even if you only consider basic pay. Read
The photograph of a girl who’s supposedly just been found in a number of locations is at least seven years old. Read
Data in a response to a Freedom of Information request contained a calculating error, which has since been corrected. Read
Health
A Telegraph article claimed that strikes were a factor behind a spike in deaths in England. But a similar spike occurred in Wales, where there were no strikes. Read
Health
A BMA advertisement says that a junior doctor makes just £14.09 per hour. This might be true in some cases, but on average junior doctors earn much more. Read
Immigration
The Prime Minister said there were 6,000 fewer people in the “asylum backlog”—but the latest published figures show a large rise in the number of people waiting for applications to be resolved. Read
A post on Instagram claims that satellites are fake and the Earth is flat. This is not true. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Junior doctors are asking for a pay rise of about 35%—not 26%, which is how much their union says their pay has fallen by since 2008-9. Read
