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Childhood obesity affects 25% of year 6 pupils attending schools in the most deprived tenth of areas, and 13% at the least deprived tenth. Read
Health
It's correct that 98% of junior doctors who voted on the issue backed a strike, but not that 98% of all junior doctors voted to strike. Read
Europe
We've factchecked claims from this week's BBC Question Time on the EU, NHS and Trident. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We've factchecked the claims from last night's BBC Question Time on junior doctors, crime, and housebuilding. Read
Health
Did an international health watchdog find that processed meat is as likely to cause cancer as smoking? No. Read
Health
The Health Secretary has claimed that 11,000 weekend deaths are caused by understaffed hospitals, but the research he cites doesn't show this. Read
Health
This is the sum of hospitals rated inadequate or requiring improvements in safety by the Care Quality Commission. The CQC doesn't define all these as unsafe Read
Europe
Jeremy Corbyn has given his first speech to the Labour party conference as leader. We've taken a look at some of his claims. Read
Health
Rising costs have caused NHS England to remove some drugs from the Cancer Drugs Fund, which could soon be replaced by a new system. Read
Health
Members of the British Medical Association voted against the junior doctors contract agreed in May. The government will introduce the contract from October. Read
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