Another winter, another set of broken records for the NHS. A&E waiting times for December hit their worst level on record, with…
The strange world of US health care offers us a combination of horror stories to remind us how much we…
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Election manifestos are not the place to find detailed health policies, but they do give an insight into how the…
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The three false claims that dominate electionOne: Matt Hancock, Michael Gove and others have been travelling the country repeating the claim that the Johnson government has launched “the largest hospital building plan in a generation, with 40 new hospitals across the country.” In fact all the Johnson government has done is provide £2.7 billion to
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One: Matt Hancock, Michael Gove and others have been travelling the country repeating the claim that the Johnson government has…
At the end of August health secretary Hancock loudly proclaimed a rise in the number of GPs, but this is…
It has been hard to keep up with and evaluate the succession of announcements of new money for refurbishment and…
In the past five years numbers of nurses in England have risen by 4.6%: but the numbers of hospital admissions…