TOPIC: Careers
#63: The NHS aims to recruit and educate 4200 new health visitors in England between 2011 and 2015. read more
#71: Facilitating subjects at A level are those required more often than not for degree courses. They include biology, chemistry, maths, physics, geography, history and some languages. read more
#50: Radiology and pathology, which rely on visual interpretation (e.g. of X-rays), have low diagnostic error rates of about 2-5 per cent. In the higher-stress environment of A&E, the rate can reach 12 per cent. read more
#72: The world's largest brain bank is at Harvard, where there are over 7000 brains. read more
#68: In 2010, the UK medical biotechnology sector contained 942 companies that employed 36 700 people and had a combined turnover of £5.5bn. read more
#66: Staff and students at Askham Bryan College near York are working to create an 'ark' where the tansy beetle can feed on its sole food source, the tansy plant. read more
#65: The circulation figures for UK national daily papers fell by 21.5 per cent between January 2007 (11 824 647) and January 2012 (9 039 691). By contrast, online newspapers are booming: three national papers reported all-time web traffic highs in October 2011. read more
#62: The Brazilian footballer Socrates completed doctorates in medicine and philosophy. He was also a trained paediatrician. read more
#47: It is estimated that the global healthcare marketplace will be worth $1.3 trillion by 2020. read more
#2: The hippocampus - a brain region involved in spatial navigation - is bigger than normal in London taxi drivers, who must pass 'The Knowledge', a test based on the city's layout. read more
