Search results for ‘Department of Health’
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FactCheck: 12-week waits for inpatient care in Scotland 125 times higher than a decade ago
The picture across Scotland’s NHS is stark.
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FactCheck: Over 18,000 patients a month wait more than 8 hours in Wales A&Es
The elective care waiting list has nearly doubled since 2013.
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More junior doctors strikes ‘delay our capacity to recover’, says NHS Confederation chief executive
A critical incident has been declared at a hospital in Norfolk due to what it said was “sustained demand across all services”. It had to bring in an extra 78 beds for patients.
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FactCheck: 35,000 patients wait for 12 hours on hospital trolleys every month in England
This was virtually unheard of in the early 2010s.
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Wait that could kill: NHS wait-time targets missed for years
Health actuaries have told this programme longer waits are associated with more than 1,800 additional deaths last month alone.
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Government announces there will no longer be a dedicated minister for disabled people
The government has announced there will no longer be a dedicated minister for disabled people.
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FactCheck: how much sewage is dumped in England’s rivers and on beaches?
How much sewage is actually dumped into English rivers and beaches? FactCheck takes a look.
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FactCheck: England’s NHS ten times worse than in 2011 on four key measures
Exclusive FactCheck analysis lays bare the state of England’s health system.
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FactCheck: how do planned UK strike laws compare to France, Italy and Spain?
Rishi Sunak says the plans shouldn’t be controversial.
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FactCheck: how will planned strike laws work, what are minimum service levels and when could they apply?
Unions have reacted angrily to the plans.
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7.2m people on NHS waiting list in England – highest figure ever
The number of people waiting to start routine NHS treatment in England has reached the highest number since records began – 7.2 million. And nearly a third of people waiting in A&E departments were not seen within four hours – again the worst performance on record. The health thinktank The King’s Fund warned that there…
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Urgent need to act on domestic abuse and suicide link
The government must act on the link between domestic abuse and suicide by urgently establishing a national database of every woman who takes their own life after suffering abuse, bereaved relatives and campaigners have demanded.
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FactCheck: did Australian offshore asylum system reduce boat crossings?
Other policies might have been more effective.
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FactCheck: does gun control work?
States with stricter gun laws have lower firearms deaths – but is one causing the other?
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Exclusive: Fears of social worker exodus with staff facing ‘impossible’ workloads
Britain is facing an exodus of social workers, the government has been warned, as a new report suggests staff are “utterly exhausted” by a soaring and more complex caseload.