NHS staff

Fact checks including NHS staff levels and NHS pay

22 February 2017

Health

A shortage of midwives?

By Conor James McKinney • 2 mins

There are more midwives in England than there were in 2010, but the trade union representing them estimates that there’s a shortage, as has the National Audit Office. Read

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8 February 2017

Health

Staffing in A&E

By Joseph O’Leary • 1 min

There are roughly 600 more A&E consultants, 1,500 more A&E doctors, and 2,000 more paramedics since 2010. Read

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13 January 2017

Health

The number of doctors and nurses in NHS England

By Full Fact Team • 2 mins

In September 2016 there were the equivalent of 9,000 more doctors working full-time for NHS hospitals and community health services in England than there were in September 2010. Read

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21 October 2016

Health

The cost of training a doctor

By Claire Milne and Richard Braham • 3 mins

The government estimates that it costs £230,000 overall to get the average student through medical school. “The taxpayer” doesn’t pay for all of this because some comes in student loans. Read

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