Health
Fact checks about medical conditions, the NHS, social care and government funding of national health services
Protestors did not close Bristol vaccination clinic ‘for the foreseeable future’
A group of protesters made a video claiming they ‘closed’ the centre. It reopened three days later.
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Article on impact of voice assistants on children is not ‘new research’
An article which suggests voice assistants may hinder children's cognitive and social development is not based on original research, and has been criticised by experts.
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Bayer executive wrongly said mRNA vaccines are gene therapy
A spokesperson for Bayer said Stefan Oelrich’s comments were an ‘obvious slip of the tongue’.
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Claims about vaccine adverse events based on article since-deleted over inaccuracies
An Express headline is being shared to claim the truth about the Covid-19 vaccine is “starting to unravel”. The article in question was deleted after the Express acknowledged it was …
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Flu vaccines may contain harmless levels of formaldehyde
Formaldehyde is naturally present in our bodies, and there isn’t enough in vaccines to harm us.
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Will 16 million patients be left without a GP by 2030?
Figures projecting a shortfall of 8,800 GPs by 2030 don’t necessarily suggest that one in four people will be without a GP by the end of the decade.
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Claims exaggerate the number of Covid-19 deaths in 2022
Far fewer people are dying of Covid-19 in 2022 compared with 2021 and 2020—although some sources of data make the numbers look higher.
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Poll didn’t find 20% of Britons are resorting to ‘DIY dentistry’
Headlines in the Telegraph and MailOnline claimed that a fifth of people had been forced to attempt their own dental treatment.
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Two week waiting time for GP appointments not official requirement
Health Secretary Thérèse Coffey has described calls for a two week waiting time for GP appointments in England as an “expectation” rather than a requirement.
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Health secretary’s claim on health spending fact checked
Dr Thérèse Coffey said health and social care account for 40% of government day-to-day spending. That’s only true if you don’t count spending on things like pensions.
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