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WebHealth misinformation can ruin lives and damage health services. Our health team fact checks claims about health including funding and delivery, and dangerous medical claims, and makes recommendations to improve the quality of public information about health. We are grateful to the Health Foundation and the European Media and …
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New figures on healthcare workers' suicides should be …
WebThe i, 9 September 2021. The i newspaper has reported new data claiming to show that 64 frontline healthcare workers died by suicide at the beginning of the pandemic. The data is sourced to the Laura Hyde Foundation, a charity which works to improve mental health support for clinical staff. Following a request from Full Fact the Foundation
How has life changed in the UK since the NHS was …
WebThe National Health Service is celebrating its 70th birthday. The years since it was founded in 1948 have seen the country change in some dramatic ways. Here are nine charts that show just some of the ways, large and small, that the UK has changed. (In some cases, when there isn’t easily accessible data for the whole UK, we’ve had to just
The WHO has not declared the Covid-19 pandemic over
WebMisleading media coverage. The Sun reported that “the Covid pandemic is officially over, the World Health Organisation has declared”, while Channel 5 News said on social media: “The Covid-19 pandemic is officially over - according to the World Health Organisation.”. LBC used a cropped quote of WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom …
Women who have had 10 or more sexual partners do not …
Web20 February 2020. What was claimed. Having 10 or more sexual partners increases cancer risk by 90% for women and 69% for men. Our verdict. There is no evidence that having 10 or more sexual partners causes cancer in men or women. "Having sex with 10 people in your lifetime ‘increases cancer risk by 90%'". The Sun, 13 February 2020.
Spending on the NHS in England
WebTotal health spending in England was around £129 billion in 2018/19 and is expected to rise to nearly £134 billion by 2019/20, taking inflation into account. In 2018/19 around £115 billion was spent on the NHS England budget. The rest was spent by the Department of Health on things like public health initiatives, education, training, and infrastructure …
How is the NHS funded
Web“In terms of general taxation, we pay for the NHS through our taxes and that will always continue.” Priti Patel MP, 5 July 2018 In 2017/18, around £110 billion was spent on the NHS England budget. Including things like hospitals, public health initiatives, education training and IT, the cost was £125 billion.. This is paid for mainly through …
Amish people do get vaccinated
WebThe Amish are the healthiest people in the Western world. No vaxx, no masks, no GMO, no TV No autism, no myocarditis, no SIDS, no SADS, no ADHD. David Kurten, 16 July 2023. The founder and leader of the Heritage Party, David Kurten, made several false claims about the health of Amish people in a widely shared tweet that has …
A US federal agency did not say that Covid-19 was a planne
WebA Facebook post about the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), a federal agency which conducts medical research, claims: “NIH'S own website states that Covid 19 was a planned and orchestrated Scam-demic.”. The post directs readers to a comment that includes a video from TikTok, which explains how to search the NIH site in order to find …
How much of the NHS budget is spent on treating chroni
WebThe paper also notes that "total long-term care expenditure is forecast to rise by 29% to £26.4 billion" by 2022. Working backwards, this would place the current expenditure on long-term chronic conditions at around £20.5 billion. This clearly isn't 70 per cent of the total NHS budget, which at the time of last year's Spending Review was set
Nebulised hydrogen peroxide shouldn’t be used to treat all …
WebA Facebook post claims that nebulized hydrogen peroxide “helps against ALL respiratory infections like colds/flu, sore throat, pneumonia, chest infections”. It has been viewed over 1,000 times. The post also says that you can buy hydrogen peroxide to dilute, and the attached video instructs viewers on how to use it in nebulisers at home.
The Moderna vaccine contains SM-102 not chloroform
WebThe Moderna vaccine contains SM-102 no. t chloroform. The Moderna vaccine contains SM-102 which could cause health complaints such as cancer, fertility damage and damage to the nervous system, kidneys or respiratory system. These claims about SM-102 are from a product safety leaflet when it is in a mixed solution with a toxic …
How dangerous is burnt toast
WebAcrylamide can be, in large doses, a very nasty substance. It is used as an industrial sealant, and workers with very high exposures suffered serious neurotoxicity. Very high doses have been shown to increase the risk of mice getting cancer. The IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer) considers it a ‘ probable human …
Facebook post claiming lemons treat cancer better than …
WebFull Fact has identified a Facebook post claiming various health benefits from consuming lemons, including that the fruit has “the miraculous ability to kill cancer cells! It is 10,000 times stronger than chemotherapy!!”. While lemons have beneficial compounds that some studies suggest may extend to fighting cancer, they are not a proven
Staring at the sun is bad for your eyes
WebOrigins of the video. The original video is from the street interview account NYCSpins, which has posted it on YouTube. The video has also appeared on TikTok where it has over 1,000,000 views.. The person staring at the sun in the video is Jason Itzler, who calls himself the “Worlds Greatest Sun Gazer”. He has featured in a number of videos in …
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