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The Cancer Act 1939 makes advertising cancer cures or treatments illegal unless it’s to certain groups, mainly those involved in the medical profession. Read
Health
It’s unclear how NHS England plans to save 500,000 lives through its Long Term Plan. It hasn’t published much detail on how it calculated the figure. Read
Health
Alcohol consumption in Britain has been falling over time. But alcohol-related hospital admissions and deaths have remained at roughly the same level. Read
Immigration
6.5 million migrants have joined GP surgeries in the decade from 2007, but not all of them are here long-term and some were double counted. Read
Health
English CCGs budgets are set to increase by around £3 billion each year in real terms over the next five years. Read
Europe
The Department of Health and Social Care told us it didn’t make this poster. Read
Health
An estimated 597 homeless people died in England and Wales in 2017, up 24% since 2013. Read
Health
A report in the Express said that ten years ago no child had type 2 diabetes – that’s wrong Read
Health
Spending on NHS England will have increased by £20.5 billion by 2023/24 compared to 2018/19. That doesn’t cover all health spending though, and of the money won’t come from a a “Brexit dividend”. Read
Health
EU nationals make up a similar percentage of the NHS workforce in England now as they did in 2016. Read
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