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The effective number of practising nurses generally fluctuates across the year. So a comparison of the number of nurses from one year to another is most meaningful if figures for … Read
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In response to claims that the NHS is being privatised under the coalition, the Prime Minister has said there's been a "tiny increase" in the proportion of NHS spending going … Read
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Where the £1.8 billion figure comes from, and the best rough estimates we have of deliberate and normal use of the NHS by foreigners. Read
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The future shortfall in funding faced by the NHS in England will depend on the level of cost savings the NHS achieves. Read
We might be entering the home straight in the election campaign, but it's rather a different race occupying the minds of many journalists today. Read
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"Here's a fact…there are 7,000 diagnoses in this country every year of people that are HIV positive… 60% of them are not British nationals" — Nigel Farage, 2nd April 2015 … Read
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This evening the 7 party leaders took part in a debate chaired by Julie Etchingham. We were factchecking throughout the evening - you can see what we said on Twitter @FullFact, and we've rounded up 10 of the main claims below. Read
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David Cameron just told the Today Programme that the government has increased spending on the NHS by £12.7 billion. NHS spending is up by about £13 billion. Spending went up … Read
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The number of GPs working in England has grown by 1,300 between 2010 and 2014, according to figures published today. You might be forgiven for thinking that means they're up … Read
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A version of this article first appeared on the Nuffield Trust website. It's part of a series called 'Fact or fiction?', where experts from the Nuffield Trust give their take … Read
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