
Maternity litigation, stars, bees and windowless planes
More or Less: Behind the Stats
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Introduction
Former health secretary, jeremy hunt appeared on a daily mail podcast to talk about safety at maternity units. He made the surprising claim that we spend more money settling litigation claims for accidents and mistakes in maternity units. This caught the notice of loyal listener phil taylor who even mentions that he's a fan of more or less in his twitter profile. We're looking at whether aeroplanes would weigh half as much if they did without windows. And we ask whether there are more bees in the world or stars in the galaxy.
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