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Fact Check: are there 6,500 more doctors and 15,000 more nurses since Jeremy Hunt became health secretary?

Posted on 11 May 2017

Andrew Street and Katja Grasic write for The Conversation

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During his interview on the Andrew Marr show on May 7 Jeremy Hunt claimed that, since he became secretary of state for health in September 2012, 6,500 more doctors and 15,000 more nurses are now working for the NHS. Read more