Claim: The Prime Minister says the number of nurses is up by 3,000 since the last election, while a Labour MP says it's down by 2,500.
Fact-check: Factcheck: How nurse numbers can be up as well as down - Full Fact
Verdict: it depends who you count, how you count them, and what time period you count from.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Laura O'Brien
Date published: 2014-12-19T00:00:00