Health

8 May 2025

The government hasn’t published data to support its claim about the NHS App stopping 1.5 million appointments being missed

Last week the Government announced that “reform” of the NHS App has prevented 1.5 million hospital appointments from being missed. It also made a number of other claims about the …

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30 April 2025

Is Labour right to claim Reform UK would ‘scrap the NHS’?

In the run-up to the local elections, Labour is warning Reform UK would make people pay to use the health service—a claim the party’s strongly denied. Full Fact looks at the evidence.

23 April 2025

No, sunglasses do not raise the risk of sunburn—but exposure to the sun does, and it can cause cancer

There’s no evidence to support two false claims from a health influencer.

4 April 2025

No, cinnamon is not ‘the best remedy in the world' to treat diabetes

An Instagram video claims that a “cinnamon ritual” can be used instead of conventional medicine to control blood sugar.

3 April 2025

No, mRNA vaccines don’t ‘genetically alter humanity’

Familiar vaccine misinformation resurfaces in a Facebook video, which claims that mRNA vaccines change people’s genes. There is no factual basis for this claim.

3 April 2025

No, Donald Trump hasn’t called for Skittles to be banned

A video seemingly showing the US president calling for a ban on Skittles and the red food colouring carmine is a deepfake.

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31 March 2025

No, doctors are not going to jail for trying to cure cancer

Viral posts falsely claim it’s illegal for doctors to advise patients on cancer cures.

18 March 2025

No, Pfizer CEO did not say it planned to halve the world’s population

A video of the company’s CEO has been altered to make it sound like he announced plans to reduce the world’s population by 50%.

14 March 2025

Keir Starmer has abolished NHS England, not the NHS itself

The quango that makes decisions about the NHS in England has been abolished, but the NHS still exists.

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12 March 2025

Wes Streeting overstated the number of people on the NHS waiting list under the Conservatives

There were actually 6.4 million people on the NHS England waiting list last July, not 7.6 million as the health secretary claimed last month. That was the number of cases.

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The government hasn’t published data to support its claim about the NHS App stopping 1.5 million appointments being missed

Is Labour right to claim Reform UK would ‘scrap the NHS’?

No, sunglasses do not raise the risk of sunburn—but exposure to the sun does, and it can cause cancer

No, cinnamon is not ‘the best remedy in the world' to treat diabetes

No, mRNA vaccines don’t ‘genetically alter humanity’

No, Donald Trump hasn’t called for Skittles to be banned

No, doctors are not going to jail for trying to cure cancer

No, Pfizer CEO did not say it planned to halve the world’s population

Keir Starmer has abolished NHS England, not the NHS itself

Wes Streeting overstated the number of people on the NHS waiting list under the Conservatives

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