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Have NHS waiting times got better or worse? Pick your measure
Have NHS waiting times got better or worse in the last few years? It depends which measure you're looking at. Read
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There's only so much £8 billion will buy you in the NHS
The £8 billion figure is totemic for the future of the NHS, but as the Nuffield Trust has explained, it is not extra money to pay for extra services. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Reporting on "fit for work" deaths isn't fit for purpose
It's been widely claimed that thousands of people died within weeks of being found "fit for work". This is wrong. Read
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Hospitals in the red: the size of the NHS provider deficit
NHS trusts faced an overall deficit of £830 million in 2014/15 and this is expected to rise to around £2 billion this year. Read
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Pay for carers: will the 'national living wage' increase spending by £1 billion a year?
Some of the £1bn cost could be incurred anyway without the policy, and the figure rests on a lot of uncertainty. Other estimates even suggest higher costs. Read
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E-cigarettes on the NHS? Not so fast
Today's review of the evidence on e-cigarettes puts NHS prescription on the agenda, but there's more to it than this one recommendation. Read
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Diagnosis unknown: how many diabetes cases go undetected?
GP practice registers show 3.3 million diagnosed diabetes cases in 2013/14, but the methodology and reliability of the undiagnosed figure is more uncertain. Read
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Nobody knows how many lives could be saved by a seven-day NHS
It's claimed that better NHS care at weekends—the "7-day NHS"—could save 3,000 lives, or 6,000, or somewhere in between. In reality, nobody really knows. Read
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About 27% of Europeans are likely to experience a mental health problem in a year
It's claimed 27% of Europeans suffer from a mental health problem. The research backs this up. Read
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7-day NHS: no source yet for claims that 6,000 deaths a year could be avoided
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said 6,000 people a year die because hospitals don't offer a 7-day service, but the evidence for this hasn't been published Read
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