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In the year to September 2017 the number of nurses from the EU leaving the NHS in England outweighed those joining it for the first time in at least five years. Read
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Emergency admissions from care homes rose by 62% between 2010/11 and 2016/17. Overall emergency admissions rose by 11% in that time. Read
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The number of NHS hospital beds has halved in the last thirty years, but the number of doctors has risen consistently. Read
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Experts said NHS England needed £4 billion in 2018/19. The government announced in November it will receive £1.6 billion, or £1.9 billion including capital spending. Read
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One in six ambulances were delayed for over half an hour after arriving at A&Es in England in the first week of 2018. Read
In December, we factchecked a Twitter debate between Jeremy Hunt and Ralf Little on mental health. Find out how we're following up. Read
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Both the UK’s population and average life expectancy has increased since the founding of the NHS. Read
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The number of GPs is falling, but we can’t be certain by how much. The number in training is rising, although we don’t know if this will be enough for the government to meet its recruitment targets. Read
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Liaison psychiatry is available in nearly all A&Es in England. More than half of these are 24/7, but the extent of care provision still varies across them. Read
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The number of mental health doctors and nurses in the NHS has been falling. Read
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