dr. if they were in a room with a dr. and the story in the daily mail says they are concerned about all the people. many older people are tech savvy, but there is a risk, but these days, gp's appointments are being squeezed. the suggestion that appointments should potentially be at home, or more in the community, you do not have to go to hospital, speak to a consultant, they could see you in your community, that makes perfect sense? it does. it is surprising it is only now in 2019. people have used skype for many years. it feels as if the nhs is playing catch up. the problem is the numberof gp playing catch up. the problem is the number of gp appointments that are missed. you wonder if it is a case of getting out your smartphone rather than taking time to go to the

surgery on a rather than taking time to go to the surgery on a cold and wet morning perhaps fewer appointments will be missed. the devil is in the detail. talking to nursing readers this evening and representatives of people in the profession there is a sense that none of this is going to work if you have not got the staff. one in” work if you have not got the staff. one in 11 staff posts in the nhs remain unfilled. that is a huge issue because what the government are saying as part of this strategy is that they are going to have to look overseas, find other people to come into the system, and it takes a long time to train people. there are not enough people now, you are talking five years for some of these posts, to get the right training to do thejob. we have got posts, to get the right training to do the job. we have got to posts, to get the right training to do thejob. we have got to recruit ata time do thejob. we have got to recruit at a time when if you people are thinking they are not sure about their feelings about the uk, making a big move there. we have not done

ourselves any favours with all this navel gazing around! . —— navel—gazing around brexit. we have got to the point that you wonder what people might be thinking, whether it is the philippines, other parts of europe, people that may have been coming here, they may think of going somewhere else. doctors and nurses are told, the nhs needs you. the point has been made, following brexit, that for some they may feel this country is not as welcoming as it might have been in the past, is that the danger? absolutely. we have seen this phenomenon where we have seen a sharp drop in migration from the eu since the brexit votes. this is why we are still an eu member. brexit is

not yet a reality. it is concerning. the chief executive of the nhs had to revealing statistics. 100,000. still 100,000 vacancies. the government has offered {20.5 billion, a significance of money that there is concern that the money is not going to produce the best outcome if you do not have the staff to deliver victory at a number of operations and appointments. the daily mirror, a suggestion that government needs to roll back to a degree privatisation plans of certain bits of the nhs, or private contracts, rather, to try and pull a bit of that forward thinking about private contracts back. does that

make sense? at the end of the day the nhs has had a myriad of problems, years of underinvestment, that money secured by theresa may is welcome, but we were talking before welcome, but we were talking before we came on, the reality is that it's a drop in the ocean. if you do not sort out problems like social care, if you still do not have beds and hospitals, therefore you do not have the places for people to be treated. you can see that you remove one part of the problem but the reality is we need some big thinking around social care. that was tried at the last election and it fell flat. there are going to be potentially interesting solutions around insurance and other schemes that mean that we are saving for that stuff because we are all going to need it. and this is where underinvestment is happening. we can see, yes, let us not look at a certain part of privatisation but the reality is there are so many

problems that we need clever people to come up with good ideas to get it right because the nhs, not functioning as well as it could. great stories of people who have had fantastic treatment, other situations, people have had dire experiences. all of these criticisms, and less people thinking they want to work for the nhs because it is not that attractive. whether it is privatisation, i do not know, but there will be to be bigger thinking. is there a sense that there is a political element to this announcement? the government needs to sure there is stuff beyond brexit, they are dealing with other things? absolutely. theresa may's aspiration was always to be a domestic reforming prime minister who changed the political landscape in the way that clement attlee did, that margaret thatcher did. but fitz

needs she is destined to be the brexit prime minister. i don't think people will remember a huge amounts beyond that. but of all the domestic policies that she has had, this is the most significant, and it is the public service that surveys show the public service that surveys show the public value is the most. the challenge for the government is that other services are being squeezed that could these further cats and they have privilege the nhs for obvious reasons. but look at this year of spending the nhs will encompass, it is getting full search to 40% by the end of the next spending period. the greater the focus on health, the more education, local government, transport, we'll see we local government, transport, we'll see we need similar settlements, that then brings the thorny issue of tax rises to the fore. are these the

kind of changes and reforms that might make the labour front bench think, these are good ideas, maybe they are parking their tanks on our lawn? they certainly feel that the fa ct lawn? they certainly feel that the fact theresa may has said hostility is coming to an end as a sign that labour has changed the terms of debate. brexit has changed the terms of the bit to an extent, there is this sense that the public are really of austerity, and the government want them to have a positive view of brexit rather than negative. if you are giving more money to public services, theresa may says we can spend some of the money we are not sending to the eu, which is a nice political wind. the eu are greaterthan which is a nice political wind. the eu are greater than any saving. there is the question, how much will we be paying to participate in various schemes with the eu? how much will we get back? and labour

are not putting anything out themselves, they are not coming out with any policy direction, any policy ideas. anything like this is a lwa ys policy ideas. anything like this is always a problem in terms of tanks on lawns because you get frustrated that the other side has managed to get a bit of advantage. lorries, brexit. we are going to be coming back to brexit in 25 years' time? lorries and lorry parks. this test, how well did it go? it is not a great work. they managed to park a load of lorries. if you call that success that his success. the people of kent, they have had years of problems. you only have to have bad

weather, some challenges around the crossings, and you have this situation where lorries have ended up situation where lorries have ended up parked on major routes. this trial today to have a look at the rehearsal of lorries that would be banked at an airport, an airport in kent. it was used as a car park for 6000 of them, which is astonishing. they might be able to park, but what is in there that is not getting to its destination rotting in the timeframe. they are talking about a i6 timeframe. they are talking about a 16 week in the event of a zero deal brexit and is not something that people that have dropped their nice houses in kent will be looking forward. the point today as well was that the department for transport was hoping there would be 150 lorries. 89 took part. there are

10,000 or so every day in a normal working environment over a 24—hour period. this is hardly representative. indeed. it makes britain look all to the re st of it makes britain look all to the rest of the world. it is taking back control. the political problem for to these of me is she spent a long time seeing zero deal is better than a bad deal, she has set herself up for a fall because everybody knew she would not back no deal that brexiteers knew that with ever deal she came back with would be a bad deal, now she is saying heard deal isa deal, now she is saying heard deal is a good deal and others are saying we think you were right the first time. it is a challenge. there is a

slight airof time. it is a challenge. there is a slight air of unreality and farce about no deal but it is the legal outcome as things stand. that is where we are heading at theresa may's deal is voted down. the metro, kevin spacey has appeared in court. people not to. thejudge said he had to. it is a massive fall from grace. it is huge. it came off the back of a bizarre video that he posted, effectively in character from house of cards, but she was removed from swiftly, after allegations emerged. —— which he was removed from. a lot of the footage, he looked cheerful. he was smiling at times. but this particular allegation, there are other

allegations, but he won huge plaudits over here for his work at the old vic. it is terrible. we will see what happens. there are allegations here as well concerning the actor. we will be back in a0 minutes. that is all for now. time for the weather. for most of us that has been a grey and drab day. that cloud has been with us all be for england and wales and has rocked patches of rain and drizzle. further north sunshine did appear following the passage of a cold front. but broke the cloud up significantly. the front is pushing southwards. close to the centre of

the low pressure we have seen strong winds affecting northern scotland bringing localised damage and disruption. top gust, 76 mph in wick, but the peak of the storms have now passed. through the rest of the night, brisk north—westerly winds across the country which will keep the frost at bay for many of us, cloud for northern ireland, wales, south—west england. it will bea wales, south—west england. it will be a chilly night. the winds should prevent a frost from forming. a brighter day on tuesday, more in the way sunshine, showers northern scotland, and eastern coast of england. the risk of localised flooding in parts of anglia. a cooler day. winds finally calmed down through tuesday night and

temperatures will drop away. it will bea temperatures will drop away. it will be a cold night with patches of frost from scotland into northern england, perhaps the midlands and wales but it should be a bright start. more cloud into eastern and central areas of england. perhaps right rather than sunny conditions here. sunny spells elsewhere. temperature is slower to rise. that cooler weather is short lived. the warm front moves southwards across the uk reaching england and wales through thursday. here is that warm front through thursday. the odd spot of light rain or drizzle, perhaps misty over some hills. it will be milder across the north. this is bbc news.

i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 11pm: the prime minister has a new, long term strategy for the nhs in england, to save hundreds of thousands of lives in the coming decade. this is an historic moment. our vision is clear, our commitment is assured, so let's deliver the nhs and the future. —— of the. theresa may has been hosting drinks events at number 10, hoping to persuade mps to back her brexit plans. the commons will now vote on her proposals next tuesday. a man accused of stabbing a passenger to death on a train in surrey, in front of his teenage son, has appeared in court charged with murder. also coming up — the american actor kevin spacey has appeared in a court in massachusetts. the two time oscar winner is facing allegations that he sexually assaulted a teenager at a bar,