Claim: There are over 13,300 more nurses on our wards since May 2010.
Fact-check: Are there more nurses on our wards? - Full Fact
Verdict: this isn't substantiated by the available data. we don't have figures specifically for the total number of nurses on hospital wards. the claim refers to figures just for nurses working in 'general care' with adults, which misses out some nurses in children's and mental health services who also work on wards.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joseph O'Leary
Date published: 2017-02-27T00:00:00