Health spending
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23rd Nov 2016
£10 billion or £4.5 billion: what's going on with NHS spending?
31st Mar 2017
What is the NHS paying for Private Finance Initiatives?
10th Mar 2017
NHS spending: the lowest financial settlement ever?
13th Jan 2017
NHS spending is going up, but other health spending isn’t
15th Jun 2016
Would leaving the EU cost the NHS?
3rd Feb 2017
Health tourism savings won't plug the hole in NHS funding
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7th Jun 2017
Election 2017: what the parties haven’t told voters
Full Fact factchecks what the parties do say. Often what they haven't said matters even more.
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6th Jun 2017
Spending on the NHS in England
How much will the government spend on health in England over the next few years, and is it really putting an extra £10 billion in?
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5th Jun 2017
Naylor Review: will the Conservatives sell NHS property to developers?
Readers have asked us to look into claims about the Naylor Review and its recommendations on selling NHS land.
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1st Jun 2017
What is the NHS budget?
NHS funding works differently across the country, but most of the budget comes from the Government.
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26th May 2017
Liberal Democrat Manifesto: NHS finances
What is the state of NHS finances?
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31st Mar 2017
What is the NHS paying for Private Finance Initiatives?
The Department of Health paid £2 billion last year in charges for PFIs on the NHS.
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10th Mar 2017
NHS spending: the lowest financial settlement ever?
The NHS is getting more money every year, but the rate of increase in the 2010s is smaller than in any previous decade, experts warn.
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8th Feb 2017
The half-a-trillion NHS
Adding up five years’ worth of spending on the NHS to get a really big number doesn’t tell us very much.
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3rd Feb 2017
Health tourism savings won't plug the hole in NHS funding
Estimates show health tourism costs up to £300 million a year, but savings from this alone won't fill the gap in funding for the NHS.
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23rd Jan 2017
Global health spending: how does the UK compare?
Compared to countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, health spending in the UK as a proportion of GDP was above average in 2014.
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13th Jan 2017
NHS spending is going up, but other health spending isn’t
Government plans will see £5 billion rise in overall health spending in England by 2020, once you adjust for inflation.
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12th Jan 2017
The government has misquoted the head of NHS England on spending plans
The government has misquoted a statement from Simon Stevens in 2015.
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21st Oct 2016
The cost of training a doctor
It’s wrong to say that training a doctor costs "the taxpayer" £230,000.
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19th Oct 2016
NHS trusts in deficit
The latest figures show that 75% of acute trusts (hospitals) are in deficit.