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Fact checks about medical conditions, the NHS, social care and government funding of national health services
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Health misinformation can ruin lives and damage health services. Our health team fact checks claims about health including funding and delivery, and dangerous medical claims, and makes recommendations to improve the quality of public information about health. We are grateful to the Health Foundation and the European Media and Information Fund for their support of this work.
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Latest health fact checks
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A video promoting an oximeter that was supposedly developed by Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is actually false.
NHS waiting lists: what you need to know in 2024
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