NHS performance and satisfaction
Fact checks about the reported quality of the NHS, waiting lists and quality of care
Two doctors with same name cause Times letter confusion
A social media post incorrectly claims that a letter written to The Times was from a doctor who died in 2016.
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Daily Mail report on GPs seeing fewer patients on Fridays needs more context
There are some important caveats to figures showing GP appointments drop off later in the week.
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Jeremy Hunt muddled the numbers on botched surgeries
Jeremy Hunt said the NHS operates on the wrong part of someone’s body four times a day. It’s actually four times a week.
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Up to 260 UK patients per year experience vision loss because of healthcare delays
Glaucoma is the most common main diagnosis for such patients.
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Are NHS waiting lists the longest they have ever been now?
This article is part of our Ask Full Fact series on the 2019 general election, answering your questions about the election, from claims the main parties are making to what …
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We can’t say patients are waiting over two weeks to see a GP on average
Reports that the average wait to see GPs has passed the two-week mark aren’t based on reliable evidence.
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Is the NHS introducing price lists for treatments?
NHS trusts can offer patients the option to “self-fund” a select range of treatments, if they don’t meet the criteria to have it paid for by the NHS.
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Are three million more patients using good or outstanding hospitals?
There were 2.7m more admissions in 2017/18 to hospital trusts that had improved their rating to good or outstanding than admissions to trusts that had dropped their rating to a …
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It’s unclear exactly how NHS England plans to save 500,000 lives
It’s unclear how NHS England plans to save 500,000 lives through its Long Term Plan. It hasn’t published much detail on how it calculated the figure.
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Winter 2017/18: the worst ever for the NHS?
In collaboration with the Nuffield Trust we looked at whether or not this winter was the worst ever for the NHS in England.
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