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false
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Claim Scots drug death statistics are not comparable with UK and Europe is False
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim about the way Scotland reports data on drug deaths.
Claim Rishi Sunak is responsible for £500 NHS staff bonus is False
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim about the £500 NHS bonus announced by the Scottish Government.
Claim Glasgow areas have lower life expectancy than Rwanda is False
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim comparing the life expectancy of Glasgow to Rwanda.
Fact check: claim about Neil Ferguson’s Covid-19 predictions
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim about Neil Ferguson's predictions around various disease outbreaks including Covid-19.
Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that Jaffa Cakes are biscuits is False
Ferret Fact Service looks into the age-old question. Jaffa Cakes: cake or biscuit?
Claim that patients 45 or older at Scottish hospital were classed as DNR is False
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim that DNR orders were placed on patients 45 and older in an East Kilbride hospital.
Claim Holyrood meets once a week during lockdown is false
Scottish Parliamentary records demonstrate that business is being conducted in both the debating chamber and in committees on a far more frequent basis, despite the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
Michael Russell claim that ‘Scotland pays out more than it gets back’ is False
Ferret Fact Service looked at a claim from Scottish Government minister Michael Russell about how Scotland's revenue and spending.
Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that violent crime is at 40-year low is False
Ferret Fact Service looks at the First Minister's claim on the rate of violent crime in Scotland.
