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2024-03-28 13:34:12 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

There are not 42,600 more cancer doctors in the UK. This is an overall number of all doctors that is being misrepresented by Victoria Atkins. This can be seen by referring to the original DoH post. Also from Office of National Statistics: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthcaresystem/articles/thehealthcareworkforceacrosstheuk/2024#understanding-the-nhs-workforce-in-the-uk

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• There are not 42,600 more cancer doctors in the UK. This is an overall number of all doctors that is being misrepresented by Victoria Atkins. This can be seen by referring to the original DoH post. Also from Office of National Statistics: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthcaresystem/articles/thehealthcareworkforceacrosstheuk/2024#understanding-the-nhs-workforce-in-the-uk