copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: The DOJ and NIO joint fund an £8 million a year Programme for Tackling Paramilitary Activity and Organised Crime that funds engagement directly with paramilitary organisations, such as the UVF, UFF, RHC, and UDA. (Ian PAISLEY, 2021-06-02)
Evidence (2022-09-26): The Programme has been extended for 3 years to 31 March 2024 and the Tackling Paramilitarism, Criminality and Organised Crime Programme Board has confirmed the funding that will be awarded. [...] Please note, some of these do not have a direct link to the Tackling Paramilitarism, Criminality and Organised Crime Programme but may be of interest, as they are both insightful and have helped to shape our overall thoughts and approaches. Funded by the Programme - Targeted Youth Services’ Contribution Towards the Attainment of Multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - Dr Colm Walsh - Beyond the Spark Young People’s perspectives on the 2021 Northern Ireland Riots - Dr Colm Walsh - Review of CCEA material - Aspire Project – ‘Changing Lives to Make Communities Safer’ - Joan Ritchie and Gail McGreevy - Aspire Project Information - From Scoping to Supporting: A meta evaluation of targeted youth interventions within phase I of the Tackling Paramilitarism Programme - Dr Colm Walsh - Report on Education and Training Opportunities for Prisoners in the Separated Regime in Northern Ireland - The B9 Review Team
Claim: The DOJ and NIO joint fund an £8 million a year Programme for Tackling Paramilitary Activity and Organised Crime that funds engagement directly with paramilitary organisations, such as the UVF, UFF, RHC, and UDA. (Ian PAISLEY, 2021-06-02)
Evidence (2021-04-28): Announcing a mix of immediate and longer term funding to extend the cross-Executive Tackling Paramilitarism, Criminality and Organised Crime Programme, Justice Minister Naomi Long said paramilitaries hold communities back, exploit them, deny them opportunities they deserve and hurt them, in many cases maiming people and carrying out horrific human rights abuses with lasting impacts on individuals, their families and our society. [...] The First Minister, Arlene Foster said "I am pleased that proposals have been approved to ensure the continued delivery of the Tackling Paramilitary Activity, Criminality and Organised Crime Programme. [...] Influencing community attitudes to education and raising aspirations is key to both reducing educational underachievement and therefore tackling paramilitary activity and organised crime.
Claim: The DOJ and NIO joint fund an £8 million a year Programme for Tackling Paramilitary Activity and Organised Crime that funds engagement directly with paramilitary organisations, such as the UVF, UFF, RHC, and UDA. (Ian PAISLEY, 2021-06-02)
Evidence (2016-07-20): That was the message from First Minister, Arlene Foster, deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness and Justice Minister, Claire Sugden who today published the Action Plan for Tackling Paramilitary Activity, Criminality and Organised Crime. [...] "It recognises the multiple impacts paramilitary activity has on our society and the multi-faceted approach required to tackle it, ranging from robust action on the part of law enforcement agencies, to actions that support communities in bringing about a transition away from paramilitarism, and addressing the socio-economic issues that can lead to individuals becoming or remaining involved in paramilitary activity. [...] 1. View the Action Plan for Tackling Paramilitary Activity, Criminality, and Organised Crime.
Claim: The DOJ and NIO joint fund an £8 million a year Programme for Tackling Paramilitary Activity and Organised Crime that funds engagement directly with paramilitary organisations, such as the UVF, UFF, RHC, and UDA. (Ian PAISLEY, 2021-06-02)
Evidence (2021-06-04): Meanwhile, Stormont’s ‘interim’ Tackling Paramilitary Activity, Criminality and Organised Crime review, published last year, referenced how "almost £18m (went) directly to community and voluntary sector partners to help build community capacity and deliver area-based interventions". [...] "The ‘tackling paramilitary activity’ programme is an Northern Ireland Executive-led programme. [...] Meanwhile, the DoJ, responsible for the allocation of the £50m funding block, told The Detail its tackling paramilitarism programme "aims to stop paramilitary exploitation of individuals and communities" by addressing "gaps in support".
Claim: The DOJ and NIO joint fund an £8 million a year Programme for Tackling Paramilitary Activity and Organised Crime that funds engagement directly with paramilitary organisations, such as the UVF, UFF, RHC, and UDA. (Ian PAISLEY, 2021-06-02)
Evidence (2022-02-26): The cross-department Executive Programme for Tackling Paramilitary Activity and Organised Crime receives funds from the Northern Ireland Executive, and is not jointly funded by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Northern Ireland Office (NIO). To date, there is no evidence of funds being provided for engagement directly with paramilitary organisations by the programme. [...] "…remember, the Government in Northern Ireland – the Executive – is engaged in [the] Tackling Paramilitaries Programme, where the DOJ [Department of Justice] — Miss Long’s [Minister of Justice, Naomi Long] department — and the NIO joint fund £8 million a year to engagement directly with paramilitary organisations, not with LCC, but directly with the UVF, the UFF, Red Hand Commando, and others, UDA and others, and they direct engage with them …" [...] To date, there is no evidence of funds being spent on "engagement directly with paramilitary organisations" by the Programme for Tackling Paramilitary Activity and Organised Crime as claimed by Mr Paisley.
Claim: The DOJ and NIO joint fund an £8 million a year Programme for Tackling Paramilitary Activity and Organised Crime that funds engagement directly with paramilitary organisations, such as the UVF, UFF, RHC, and UDA. (Ian PAISLEY, 2021-06-02)
Evidence (2023-12-14): Prior to and after the onset of the Troubles the UVF carried out armed robberies.[116][117] This activity has been described as its preferred source of funds in the early 1970s,[118] and it continued into the 2000s with the UVF in Co Londonderry being active.[110] Members were disciplined after they carried out an unsanctioned theft of £8 million of paintings from an estate in Co Wicklow in April 1974.[119] Like the IRA, the UVF also operated black taxi services,[120][121][122] a scheme believed to have generated £100,000 annually for the organisation.[116] The UVF has also been involved in the extortion of legitimate businesses, although to a lesser extent than the UDA,[123] and was described in the fifth IMC report as being involved in organised crime.[124] In 2002 the House of Commons Northern Ireland Affairs Committee estimated the UVF’s annual running costs at £1–2 million per year, against an annual fundraising capability of £1.5 million.[125] [...] The Red Hand Commando (RHC) is an organisation that was established in 1972 and is closely linked with the UVF.
Claim: Almost as many health appointments were cancelled by hospitals as were the result of patients not turning up. (Dr George O’Neill GP, 2019-03-12)
Evidence (2019-03-12): In 2017/18, hospitals cancelled more appointments (175,428) than patients not showing up (139,351). However, in the same period, patients cancelled notably more appointments (207,960) than hospitals did. Hospitals account for 34% and patients 66% of all appointments scheduled but not held.
Claim: Almost as many health appointments were cancelled by hospitals as were the result of patients not turning up. (Dr George O’Neill GP, 2019-03-12)
Evidence (2022-03-02): In 2017/18, hospitals cancelled more appointments (175,428) than patients not showing up (139,351). However, in the same period, patients cancelled notably more appointments (207,960) than hospitals did. Hospitals account for 34% and patients 66% of all appointments scheduled but not held. [...] On 12 March 2019, BBC Radio Ulster’s Nolan Show discussed whether people should pay to see their General Practitioner in order to reduce the number of no-shows. Presenter Stephen Nolan pointed out to guest Dr George O’Neill GP that people not turning up at their doctor’s appointments "ultimately costs the NHS millions of pounds a year". Dr O’Neill, who argued against the suggestion, responded that in relation to hospital appointments, "almost as many appointments were cancelled by hospitals as were resulted by people not turning up" (01:46-02:10). [...] From 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018, there were more hospital appointments cancelled by hospitals (175,428) than appointments where people did not turn up (139,351). However, including appointments that were cancelled by patients (207,960), hospital cancellations account for only a third of the total of cancelled or missed appointments.
Claim: Almost as many health appointments were cancelled by hospitals as were the result of patients not turning up. (Dr George O’Neill GP, 2019-03-12)
Evidence (2023-12-27): Nearly 88,000 NHS appointments had to be cancelled because of last week's junior doctor strike in England. Most - just over 86,300 - were hospital check-ups and operations, but 1,500 community and mental health appointments were also affected. Overall more than 1.2 million appointments have been affected since strikes began in the NHS a year ago.
Claim: Almost as many health appointments were cancelled by hospitals as were the result of patients not turning up. (Dr George O’Neill GP, 2019-03-12)
Evidence (2022-10-02): Hospitals are cancelling more than 22,000 appointments every day despite the Government’s pledge to clear the NHS backlog, The Telegraph can reveal. [...] Some patients’ appointments are being cancelled multiple times, the data, revealed through freedom of information requests to English hospital trusts, also shows. [...] Official figures released by NHS Digital this week from all NHS trusts in England show one in 10 (9.5 per cent) appointments, 11.6 million, were cancelled by a hospital in 2021-22. In 2011-12, 6.3 per cent of appointments were cancelled (5.8 million).
Claim: Almost as many health appointments were cancelled by hospitals as were the result of patients not turning up. (Dr George O’Neill GP, 2019-03-12)
Evidence (2021-05-13): Nonetheless, analysis by Macmillan Cancer Support suggests across the UK there are 45,000 "missing" cancer patients. [...] An analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies and Imperial College London has been looking at how all hospital services have been affected. It has focussed on England - although problems have been reported across the UK nations. [...] Outpatient appointments fell by a fifth - with the amount of physiotherapy provided almost halving - as did non-Covid emergency admissions
Claim: Almost as many health appointments were cancelled by hospitals as were the result of patients not turning up. (Dr George O’Neill GP, 2019-03-12)
Evidence (2021-06-03): Outpatient appointments and non-COVID emergency admissions each fell by a fifth. [...] - the north and Midlands experienced bigger reductions in hospital activity than the south and east of England - paediatrics saw the largest reduction in emergency admission, with a 41% drop compared to the previous year - white individuals had a 37% reduction in elective admissions, compared with 36% for Asian individuals and 24% for black individuals - there were 1.9 million fewer physiotherapy outpatient appointments and 1.2 million fewer diagnostic imaging appointments. [...] The COVID-19 pandemic forced the English NHS to reduce much of its normal hospital activity, while the number of emergency patients attending hospital has also fallen drastically.
Claim: Almost as many health appointments were cancelled by hospitals as were the result of patients not turning up. (Dr George O’Neill GP, 2019-03-12)
Evidence (2021-03-22): The covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated access problems in general practice and patients have reported finding it difficult to book appointments and access treatment, a report by Healthwatch has found.1 [...] Healthwatch found that while remote appointments were more convenient for some patients, they didn’t meet everyone’s needs, with some patients left "worried that their health problems will not be accurately diagnosed," the report said. Wherever possible, Healthwatch said that GPs should offer patients a choice of the type of appointment they would prefer whether it be video, face-to-face, or a home visit. The report also found that some patients struggled to get appointments for regular health check-ups, treatments, and drug reviews, meaning that some were unable to manage their condition.
Claim: Almost as many health appointments were cancelled by hospitals as were the result of patients not turning up. (Dr George O’Neill GP, 2019-03-12)
Evidence (2022-05-31): Nearly 15,000 hospital appointments were cancelled in April, new figures released by the Health Service Executive to Sinn Féin show. [...] The HSE also said appointments may have been cancelled for unforeseen weather circumstances, infection outbreaks or because of industrial action. [...] The new figures show that 908 elective inpatient admissions were cancelled in April as well as 56 chemotherapy day cases. In the same month, eight dialysis day cases were cancelled as were 588 GI scope day cases. Some 1,391 "other day cases" were cancelled in April on top of 2,887 new outpatient appointments and 8,963 return outpatient appointments.
Claim: Almost as many health appointments were cancelled by hospitals as were the result of patients not turning up. (Dr George O’Neill GP, 2019-03-12)
Evidence (2023-04-17): More than 196,000 hospital appointments had to be cancelled because of the junior doctor strike in England last week, figures show. [...] Health Secretary Steve Barclay called the number of cancelled appointments and procedures "deeply disappointing", and blamed it for hampering efforts to cut NHS waiting lists. [...] "Each of the appointments postponed has an impact on the lives of individuals and their families and creates further pressure on services and on a tired workforce - and this is likely to be an underestimate of the impact as some areas provisionally avoided scheduling appointments for these strike days.
Claim: Almost as many health appointments were cancelled by hospitals as were the result of patients not turning up. (Dr George O’Neill GP, 2019-03-12)
Evidence (2021-05-26): Analysis of NHS England data by the Health Foundation found more than 28 million appointments were booked in March, among the highest recorded. [...] And it's not just cancer patients. Dr Becks Fisher, a GP in Oxford and senior policy fellow at the Health Foundation, says there are people with other serious conditions, such as heart failure and non-Covid respiratory problems, who have stayed away too. [...] Patient watchdog Healthwatch England is particularly concerned about the lack of face-to-face appointments, and is calling for an urgent review into the situation.
Claim: Almost as many health appointments were cancelled by hospitals as were the result of patients not turning up. (Dr George O’Neill GP, 2019-03-12)
Evidence (2023-07-27): Hospital appointments: Last minute cancellation widens health inequalities, watchdog warns [...] Repeated or last minute cancellations of planned NHS appointments are having a catastrophic effect on patients’ health and are widening health inequalities, Healthwatch England has warned.1 The watchdog said that last minute cancellations can lead to patients getting sicker and can have severe effects on their mental health. Some groups seem to be disproportionately affected by cancellations, including people who are disabled, neurodiverse, on lower incomes, or from ethnic minority groups.
Claim: Almost as many health appointments were cancelled by hospitals as were the result of patients not turning up. (Dr George O’Neill GP, 2019-03-12)
Evidence (2021-04-15): Tim Mitchell, vice-president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, said: "Although the most urgent operations, for cancer and life-threatening conditions went ahead, hundreds of thousands of patients waiting for routine surgery such as hip and knee operations, cochlear implants and vascular operations had their treatment cancelled or postponed.
Claim: Almost as many health appointments were cancelled by hospitals as were the result of patients not turning up. (Dr George O’Neill GP, 2019-03-12)
Evidence (2022-08-15): The arrival of COVID-19 disrupted healthcare in various ways. Less urgent services were cancelled or postponed, while barriers imposed by curfews, transport closures and stay-at-home orders prevented some patients from attending appointments. Others avoided health centres and hospitals for fear of becoming infected themselves. [...] Maternal health services were disrupted in approximately half of countries, with declines ranging from 5% to 33%. Family planning visits declined by more than 10% in Chile, Haiti and Mexico, while hospital deliveries and C-sections declined by 5 to 31% in five countries, but were stable elsewhere. Mothers and babies in Haiti and Nepal experienced the greatest reduction in care, with 207 missed visits per 1,000 births in Haiti and 209 missed visits per 1,000 births in Nepal. [...] The researchers identified several reasons for reduced health care use that appeared to be common across countries: fear of contagion, inability to pay for health care because of lost employment or wages, intentional suspension of routine care or redeployment of health workers or hospitals to care for COVID-19 patients, and the barriers imposed by COVID-19 lockdowns.
Claim: Almost as many health appointments were cancelled by hospitals as were the result of patients not turning up. (Dr George O’Neill GP, 2019-03-12)
Evidence (2024-09-12): - patients on a waiting list for treatment who would ordinarily have been seen by now - patients who have not yet presented to their GP to seek a referral for symptoms due to concerns of burdening the health service or fears around COVID-19 infection - patients who have had procedures cancelled - patients who have had referrals delayed or cancelled - patients who have had referrals refused due to a lack of capacity.
Claim: Almost as many health appointments were cancelled by hospitals as were the result of patients not turning up. (Dr George O’Neill GP, 2019-03-12)
Evidence (2018-10-14): Hospitals using the tool are: saving up to £2m a year each by cutting missed appointments; are seeing the number of appointments where patients don’t turn up falling by almost a third and are cutting their postage costs by more than a quarter. [...] Almost eight million hospital appointments were missed, or ‘did not attend’, in 2017/18, according to the latest figures. That does not include appointments cancelled in advance by either the hospital or the patient. With each hospital outpatient appointment costing the NHS approximately £120, that could mean almost £1 billion worth of appointments were missed, equivalent to 257,000 hip replacements or 990,000 cataract operations.
Claim: Almost as many health appointments were cancelled by hospitals as were the result of patients not turning up. (Dr George O’Neill GP, 2019-03-12)
Evidence (2024-03-14): Published data shows that of 124.5 million outpatient appointments across the NHS in England last year, eight million (6.4%) were not attended by the patient. It is estimated this level of missed appointments has an annual cost to the NHS of £1.2 billion. Figures for last year also show the highest proportion of missed appointments were physiotherapy – with more than one in 10 appointments marked as DNAs (11%) – followed by cardiology (8.9%), ophthalmology (8.8%), and trauma and orthopaedics (7.9%). [...] Over the first 12 months of the pilot 53,800 texts were sent – based on a benchmark non-attendance rate of 19.27% they expected 8,581 missed appointments, but through this initiative just under 6,500 patients were recorded as "was not brought" during the year. Almost 200 more appointments were attended each month as a result of this work.
Claim: Almost as many health appointments were cancelled by hospitals as were the result of patients not turning up. (Dr George O’Neill GP, 2019-03-12)
Evidence (2024-08-08): Thursday afternoon, Wiles got two calls from McLaren. She said she was told all three appointments had been canceled, and she said, the health system will be unable to reschedule until its computer systems are back up and functional. [...] A cybersecurity breach in May that struck all 140 Ascension hospitals in the U.S., including in Michigan, forced the Catholic, nonprofit health system to postpone or cancel some appointments, divert ambulances to other hospitals and cut off electronic access to medical records, lab test results, radiology imaging and even impaired the ability for doctors to issue medical orders.
Claim: Almost as many health appointments were cancelled by hospitals as were the result of patients not turning up. (Dr George O’Neill GP, 2019-03-12)
Evidence (2024-07-19): Several major U.S. hospitals were forced to cancel surgeries and doctor’s appointments amid the global computer outage Friday.
Claim: Almost as many health appointments were cancelled by hospitals as were the result of patients not turning up. (Dr George O’Neill GP, 2019-03-12)
Evidence (2024-07-20): In New England, the outage led some hospitals to cancel appointments. [...] Harris Health System, which runs public hospitals and clinics in the Houston area, said it had to suspend hospital visits "until further notice" due to the outage. Elective hospital procedures were being canceled and rescheduled. Clinic appointments were initially impacted, but in a post later on X, the health system said that its health centers were now open for such appointments.
Claim: Almost as many health appointments were cancelled by hospitals as were the result of patients not turning up. (Dr George O’Neill GP, 2019-03-12)
Evidence (2024-09-10): Canceling or Rescheduling an Appointment
Claim: Northern Ireland is a net contributor to the EU. (Leave.EU, 2016-05-20)
Evidence (2016-05-20): This claim is inaccurate. We estimate that Northern Ireland was a net recipient of £74 million in the 2014/15 financial year. Others have claimed that Northern Ireland is a recipient of £58 million, but this fails to take into account the requirement for match funding under the PEACE Programme and the exact value of farm subsidies.
Claim: Northern Ireland is a net contributor to the EU. (Leave.EU, 2016-05-20)
Evidence (2022-11-02): Although the financial flows between the Member States and the EU budget represent only a part of EU policy, they are nevertheless a particularly important one. There are various ways of calculating the net position. In the following, this report uses the method of the European Commission, which excludes customs revenues on the revenue side and administrative expenditures on the expenditure side. Accordingly, in 2021 ten states paid more into the EU budget than they received from it; they were thus net contributors. 17 states were net recipients. If we first compare the absolute amounts, we see that Germany was the largest net contributor in 2021 with an amount of 21.4 billion euros. It is followed by France with 10.9 billion euros and the Netherlands with just under 4.1 billion euros. The top 5 are rounded out by Sweden (EUR 2.5 billion) and Denmark (around EUR 1.5 billion). In terms of net recipients, Poland leads with EUR 12.9 billion. It is followed by Greece with EUR 4.7 billion and Hungary with EUR 4.3 billion. Romania (EUR 4.2 billion) and Spain (EUR 3.5 billion) take the other places.