Claim: The NHS Long Term Plan will save 500,000 lives.
Fact-check: It's unclear exactly how NHS England plans to save 500,000 lives - Full Fact
Verdict: it's unclear how this will happen. nhs england hasn't published much detail on how it calculated this figure. we've asked them for more information.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Claire Milne
Date published: 2019-02-08T00:00:00