Ministers insist the government has not cut spending on mental health services. So where is the evidence?
All the main parties say the NHS will be safe in their hands. But how will they plug what experts say is a £30bn funding gap?
Victoria Macdonald
Over the years I have reported on a number of cases in which whistleblowers have had their careers, reputations and lives blown apart because they have tried to do the right thing.
Victoria Macdonald
If this winter has identified anything it is that the health and social care system is not working together as well as it should. Indeed, some less kindly souls might say it’s barely working at all.
The NHS is creaking but reports of its demise have been exaggerated, FactCheck finds.
Victoria Macdonald
It’s not often that I feel sorry for a politician. But today I do feel a wee bit sorry for former Health Secretary Andrew Lansley, whose dreams of being EU commissioner have been crushed.
Victoria Macdonald
The researcher and author, Roger Kline, recently published a report he called The Snowy White Peaks of the NHS – It could not have been more apt a title.
Victoria Macdonald
The government could be facing a cross-party revolt on the care bill, which would give it greater powers to close or downgrade hospital services.
Cathy Newman
First George Osborne tells us 2014 is a year for “hard truths”, and now Jeremy Hunt calls for some “national soul-searching” about obesity.
‘Health tourism’ costs us millions, according to reports today. But how far should we trust the government’s figures, FactCheck asks? And are we right to cite £2bn?
In order to tackle the chronic loneliness of the elderly, Jeremy Hunt – who once worked in Japan and whose wife is Chinese – says we should take lessons from Asia. What are they doing right? FactCheck investigates.
Only a politician could make a missed target sound like a triumph, as FactCheck discovers.
Victoria Macdonald
David Cameron has pledged nine pilot schemes for GP surgeries to be open seven days a week. What has not been addressed is the number of extra staff such a plan would involve.
There is no doubt that A&E departments are under pressure, but are they shouldering GPs’ work as Jeremy Hunt claims? FactCheck dons its white coat.
Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham argues that the drop in nurse numbers is behind the failings in NHS care. Is he right that numbers are “dangerously low”? FactCheck dons its rubber gloves.