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26 September 2024

Was Keir Starmer right to claim agency staff cost the NHS ‘£5,000 a shift’?

The government hasn’t said what data his claim was based on, but he may have been referring to figures from a Labour party FOI request in 2022.

28 August 2024

NHS diversity officers don’t all make £96,000

The starting salary for an NHS diversity officer in England seems to be around £25,000.

9 August 2024

Conservatives wrong to claim GPs are striking for first time in 60 years

An X post by the Conservative party wrongly suggests GPs are striking for the first time in 60 years.

16 July 2024

NHS staffing: explained

Full Fact covers the basic things you need to know about the people who work for the NHS.

22 March 2024

Most junior doctors have not had a 10% pay rise

Although the basic pay of first-year doctors in England did rise by that much last year, most junior doctors had a pay uplift of less than 10%.

29 February 2024

Junior doctors do not earn £140 in ten hours

This was about the hourly rate of basic pay only, for first-year doctors only, last year.

6 February 2024

Health committee posts incorrect stat about doctors’ union membership

About 60% of NHS consultants in England are BMA members, not the 40% that the committee’s post on X claimed.

26 January 2024

Labour claim of 4,000 drop in GP numbers is not reliable

A claimed cut of 4,000 GPs in a Labour party briefing document seems to rely on a comparison between two different datasets, which the NHS itself says should not be compared.

11 January 2024

Viral graphic gets details of ‘becoming a doctor’ wrong

People become doctors when they complete their medical degrees, at which point they start work on a basic salary of just over £32,000.

9 January 2024

Sunak wrong to claim October’s waiting list improvement followed a pause in strikes

There was a fall in the NHS England waiting list in October—but it followed three days of strikes by junior doctors, consultants and specialty doctors earlier in the month.

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Was Keir Starmer right to claim agency staff cost the NHS ‘£5,000 a shift’?

NHS diversity officers don’t all make £96,000

Conservatives wrong to claim GPs are striking for first time in 60 years

NHS staffing: explained

Most junior doctors have not had a 10% pay rise

Junior doctors do not earn £140 in ten hours

Health committee posts incorrect stat about doctors’ union membership

Labour claim of 4,000 drop in GP numbers is not reliable

Viral graphic gets details of ‘becoming a doctor’ wrong

Sunak wrong to claim October’s waiting list improvement followed a pause in strikes

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