Nadine Dorries
We’ve fact checked Nadine Dorries seven times. Since 2022, we’ve asked her to correct the record twice.
Your trust should be earned. Anyone making serious claims in public debate should be prepared to get their facts right, back up what they say with evidence and correct their mistakes.
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We’ve fact checked Nadine Dorries seven times
Full Fact scrutinises claims made by public figures on all sides of political debate. We prioritise claims that have the potential to cause most harm.
Our team isn’t able to monitor and fact check all claims made by people in public life, so this list isn’t exhaustive.
It does not cost the public £500,000 to train a doctor
It costs nearly half a million pounds of our money to train a GP or a surgeon. Currently, they are free to take advantage of our subsidised training, then later move to Australia or New Zealand — as almost half do — and not pay a penny back!
Nadine Dorries, 27 June 2023
Nadine Dorries wrong to claim employment higher than pre-pandemic level
there are 420,000 more people in work
Nadine Dorries, 20 January 2022
PM misleads on employment figures, again
There are 420,000 more people in work today than there were at the start of the pandemic.
Nadine Dorries, 22 January 2022
We’ve asked Nadine Dorries to correct the record twice
It’s important that those making claims in public life correct their mistakes. We follow up on our fact checks to ask politicians and media organisations to issue corrections when they get things wrong.
We have been in touch with Nadine Dorries about two of her claims. She has yet to correct the record.
Nadine Dorries made an incorrect claim about the amount it costs taxpayers to train a doctor on 27 June 2023
It has been 301 days without Nadine Dorries correcting the record
Nadine Dorries made a false claim about employment figures on 13 January 2022 and repeated multiple times, most recently on 23 January 2022
It has been 844 days without Nadine Dorries correcting the record
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