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3 May 2012

Do foreign nationals owe the NHS £40 million?

Several reports yesterday carried the startling headline that foreign nationals supposedly owe the National Health Service £40 million. The reports also mentioned that the reporting trusts had average unpaid debts of £230,000. Is this right? Read

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2 May 2012

Health

How many prescription errors are doctors making?

Today nearly all major news outlets carried multiple claims about GPs handing out inaccurate prescriptions, but the stories contained different figures. Doctors might not give the right prescription, but do the papers? Read

Analysis

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