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12 June 2024

Child poverty, NHS waiting lists and government spending: BBC Scottish leaders’ debate fact checked

The leaders of five parties in Scotland faced audience questions during an hour-long episode of BBC Debate Night.

24 May 2024

Labour campaign video doesn’t accurately reflect NHS waiting list data

There are about 7.5 million cases on the main NHS England waiting list—but only about 6.3 million people waiting. Some people are waiting for more than one thing.

14 May 2024

NHS England measles figure causes confusion over encephalitis risk

A charity’s claim that 10,000 children could develop encephalitis as a result of catching measles is based on an incorrect NHS estimate for the number of “unprotected” children.

19 April 2024

NHS waiting lists: what you need to know

Our regularly updated guide to NHS waiting lists and waiting times.

15 April 2024

BBC Breakfast gets the increase in people waiting for NHS treatment wrong

Figures quoted by presenter Naga Munchetty last week refer to the number of cases, not people.

12 April 2024

Do we know which nation is happiest with the NHS?

Claims on NHS satisfaction from both the Conservatives and Labour weren’t quite as simple as they seemed.

11 April 2024

The NHS England waiting list was effectively stable in February

Although the number of cases awaiting non-emergency treatment in England technically fell by about 36,000, about 36,000 cases were also excluded from the data. If measured consistently, it would have

11 March 2024

NHS England was wrong to claim its data showed 3.4 million children are ‘unprotected’ against measles

It seems the health service actually calculated that 3.4 million children might have missed at least one vaccine dose.

25 January 2024

Bim Afolami overstates NHS in England as a share of ‘everything the government spends’

It seems that the Treasury minister made a common mistake by expressing NHS England as a percentage of all budgeted spending, not public spending as a whole.

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18 April 2018

Making progress on mental health

Last year we factchecked a debate on Twitter about mental health. Since then we’ve been working to make sure that all the figures are accurate and publically available, and we can now update you on ou

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Child poverty, NHS waiting lists and government spending: BBC Scottish leaders’ debate fact checked

Labour campaign video doesn’t accurately reflect NHS waiting list data

NHS England measles figure causes confusion over encephalitis risk

NHS waiting lists: what you need to know

BBC Breakfast gets the increase in people waiting for NHS treatment wrong

Do we know which nation is happiest with the NHS?

The NHS England waiting list was effectively stable in February

NHS England was wrong to claim its data showed 3.4 million children are ‘unprotected’ against measles

Bim Afolami overstates NHS in England as a share of ‘everything the government spends’

Making progress on mental health

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