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Sir Keir Starmer claimed the suicide rate is “going up”, based on a rise since 2007. But data for the last few years gives a mixed picture. Read
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A Labour MP quoted BMA figures claiming junior doctor “pay restoration” would cost £1 billion, but the health secretary said it would cost £2 billion. Read
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A viral claim on social media that 652 people died in the UK’s worst week of the pandemic is far too low. The true figure is almost 10,000. Read
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The World Health Organisation recently announced that Covid is no longer a global health emergency. But contrary to some reports, it says the pandemic is still ongoing. Read
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The launch of the government’s new primary care plan prompted a raft of apparently contradictory claims about GP numbers. Read
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An online article in the Sun gave the wrong definitions for pulmonary oedema and respiratory insufficiency, and mixed up the link between diabetes and atherosclerosis. Read
Most junior doctors are paid more than the equivalent of ten tins per hour, even if you only consider basic pay. Read
Data in a response to a Freedom of Information request contained a calculating error, which has since been corrected. Read
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Some claims made during the recent strike used a mix of cash-terms and real-terms figures. Read
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A video on social media, and written up in the Mail Online, warns against giving young babies water. But some babies may need some in hot weather. Read
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