Numbers Not Noise looks at health outcomes, NHS demand, vaccination, mortality and public-health trends using official data and enough context to stop a single statistic being turned into a political slogan. The aim is not to make the numbers say what we want; it is to show what they can and cannot tell us. A headline figure can be accurate and still mislead when the denominator, time period, population change, inflation, reporting method or legal.

Fact Or Fiction is our evidence hub for health scares, scientific claims, medicines, public-health rumours and misused research. Each entry starts with the claim as people are likely to encounter it, separates what is known from what is assumed, and links readers to the evidence used for the verdict. We identify the original source, check dates and context, look for primary evidence where possible, and distinguish a false statement from a true fact.