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The Labour party has accused the government of misusing statistics in claims about the size of the GP workforce.
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham, speaking in a Commons opposition debate on the NHS, said the prime minister ‘regularly abuses statistics’.
Figures from the 2009/10 census, said Mr Burnham, showed there were 32,426 GPs, while most recent figures report 32,201 - 226 fewer.
Earlier, during prime minister’s questions, Mr Cameron repeated the claim that there are 1,000 more GPs under the current government. Mr Burnham said that was 'simply not true'.
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Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham, speaking in a Commons opposition debate on the NHS, said the prime minister ‘regularly abuses statistics’.
Figures from the 2009/10 census, said Mr Burnham, showed there were 32,426 GPs, while most recent figures report 32,201 - 226 fewer.
Earlier, during prime minister’s questions, Mr Cameron repeated the claim that there are 1,000 more GPs under the current government. Mr Burnham said that was 'simply not true'.
http://www.gponline.com/government-...ONDailynewsalert&bulletin=bulletins/dailynews
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