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The #NHS in #England & #Wales employs around 1.3 million people, approximately 1 in 23 of the working population.

Around 77% of today's #NHS workforce is female

Full-time GPs treat an average of 255 patients a week. #NHS

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#NHS ambulances will make more than 50,000 emergency journeys every week

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Men & women on average live 10 years longer than they did before the creation of the #NHS in 1948.

There was 37,843 additional #doctors employed by NHS #England in 2013 than ten years earlier.

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2,166 more practice #nurses were employed by GPs in 2013 compared to 2003

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50.6 per cent of #NHS employees are professionally qualified clinical staff.

The #NHS deals with over 1 million patients every 36 hours.

It is predicted that there will be 4 million people with #diabetes in the #UK by 2025

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#Cholesterol lowering drugs were the most frequently reported prescribed class of #medicines in 2013

#Didyouknow that #asthma in adults is more common in women than men. #NHS

Unused #medicines kept at home are a safety risk for #children and others who might take them. bit.ly/12LrvN2 #medwaste

If a person has difficulty swallowing #pills there are other forms of #medicine sometimes available #NHS