Claim: The Lancet says that 6.5 million migrants have registered with GPs in the last 10 years.
Fact-check: The Lancet did not report 6.5 million migrants registered at GPs in the last decade - Full Fact
Verdict: this information did not come from the lancet. according to the ons, that's how many new gp registrations there were in england and wales between 2007 and 2017 where the person's previous address was abroad. migrants who moved between homes in the uk may have been double counted and we don't know how many were only here short-term.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joe Gammie
Date published: 2023-05-30T00:00:00