Fact checks about the reported quality of the NHS, waiting lists and quality of care
Health
The number of people waiting four hours in all types of A&E in England in 2015/16 is higher than in 2010/11. More people are going to A&E but the percentage of people seen within four hours has also f Read
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An NHS target for the proportion of cancer patients being treated within 62 days of referral is being missed. In January the proportion meeting the target was the lowest since 2009. Read
Health
The Prime Minister and leader of the opposition clashed over the number of hospitals which are unsafe and how many are good or outstanding during Prime Minister’s Questions. We factchecked their claim Read
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It’s been falling almost constantly since the 1980s, but there's more to these figures than meets the eye. Read
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There were 2.5 million more attendances at English A&Es in 2016 compared with 2010. Read
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It was estimated in 2010 that between 10% and 30% of cases attending A&E were of a type that could be seen by a GP. Read
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Media reports say that 23 hospital trusts in England have reached the highest level on the NHS’s system for saying whether they are under pressure, or are otherwise under serious strain. Read
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At least 3.7 million patient referrals in England were waiting to receive non-emergency treatment as of November 2016. It may be as high as 3.9 million. Read
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More patients are being seen within four hours at A&E departments, but the percentage of visits processed within that time has been falling. Read
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Roughly one patient every three or four days died as a direct result of malnutrition or dehydration in NHS and non-NHS hospitals in England and Wales across 2015. Read
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