Claim: We have 100,000 vacancies in our NHS.
Fact-check: Are there 100,000 vacancies in the NHS? - Full Fact
Verdict: nhs improvement says there were 97,000 vacancies in nhs trusts in england between october-december 2017. it's based on management information and is not an official statistic, so should be treated with some caution. many of these "vacancies" are currently filled by temporary staff.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joël Reland;Claire Milne
Date published: 2018-05-09T00:00:00