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  • 2017-05-30 (xsd:date)
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  • NHS video, factchecked (en)
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  • Last winter, tens of thousands of sick patients waited on A&E trolleys. There were 196,000 waits of over four hours in accident and emergencies in England in the winter months of 2016/17. These figures are the closest we have to a count of people on trolleys, which isn’t specifically recorded. The Conservatives have scrapped the nursing bursary. Correct. One in three nurses are over 50. This is roughly correct according to NHS figures from 2014. One in ten nursing posts are vacant. Correct, according to the Royal College of Nursing. One in four doctors and one in six nurses is an immigrant. Correct. Health tourism costs £200 million a year—or the cost of running the NHS for 15 hours. Correct, though this is based on rough estimates for 2012/13. There has been a decade of efficiency savings in the NHS. There have been a number of efficiency initiatives over the years. Trusts have been increasing their efficiency since at least 2008/09, according to official analysis. The NHS was rated the most efficient health service in the world by the Commonwealth Fund. Correct. We’re seeing the largest sustained drop in NHS funding as a percentage of GDP since the founding of the NHS. Correct. The King’s Fund has found that between 2010 and 2020 UK NHS spending will see the largest ever sustained reduction as a percentage of GDP. NHS funding is at record levels. Correct. NHS funding in the UK is at record levels, even adjusted for inflation. Full Fact is working with First Draft News to verify and factcheck viral stories for the 2017 election. We identified a video making numerous claims about the NHS that had gone viral with 9.8 million views on Facebook. We've now factchecked what was claimed in the video. Stay informed Be first in line for the facts – get our free weekly email Subscribe [You may be thinking of voting Conservative because] NHS funding is currently at record levels. The truth is that we are experiencing the largest sustained drop in NHS funding as a percentage of GDP since the NHS was founded. [You may be thinking of voting Conservative because] the NHS wastes billions and is inefficient. Well of course no health service can be 100% efficient, but the Commonwealth Fund rates the NHS as the most efficient health service in the world. We’ve almost had a decade of efficiency savings The waste in the NHS comes from the market. If the internal market was abolished we could save billions. Health tourism, we estimate, costs £200 million a year. But actually, in context, that’s how much it costs for us to run the NHS for 15 hours. One in four doctors and one in six nurses is an immigrant. [You may be thinking of voting Conservative because] the Conservative government will create 10,000 new mental health nursing posts. One in ten nursing posts are vacant. One in three nurses are over 50 and will be retiring. The Conservatives have scrapped the nursing bursary. In this last winter, tens of thousands of sick patients waited on A&E trolleys. (en)
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