this is bbc news. the headlines... doctors and health service managers tell the main parties not to use the nhs as a political football in the election. let's try and avoid getting into cheap political slogans and trying to weaponise the service as a means of fighting a party political battle. order, order. the house of commons is voting to elect a new speaker — the first election for the post in more than a decade. the baby goods retailer, mothercare, plans to call in administrators — putting 2,500 jobs at risk. a special report on the children who go missing from care, across england and wales.

and mcdonald's sacks its chief executive for having a relationship with an employee. good evening. doctors and health service leaders in england, have warned the main parties against using the nhs, as a political weapon during the general election campaign. they say they're already seeing the start of a bidding war, with nhs providers, who represent hospitals and other health trusts, saying promises made in the heat of an election battle, risk creating unrealistic expectations. here's our health editor, hugh pym.

it's a familiar story at elections down the decades. political party leaders visiting hospitals. this time, the nhs has dominated the opening campaign exchanges with claims about how much more money is needed, but leaders of hospitals and other trusts in england say the debate has got out of hand. we would ask our politicians to exercise a bit of self—control and to make sure that the debate we are going to have is evidence—based, mature, and not just political punch and judy. health leaders say it's all the more important to have a considered debate about the future of the nhs as it's under immense strain right now. they say they are worried about the level of pressure, even before winter has really set in. so, how does this hospital chief executive see things? it's been very busy over the summer here at milton keynes. it's really important

that we have the right staff available to us, and that we have the physical capacity to look after patients. the reality is that the patients may have to wait a little bit longer in the emergency departments. staffing is a problem. there are 107,000 vacancies across the nhs in england and all this as demand is rising, with almost 4% more emergency hospital admissions over the year. what about gp practices? 0ne doctor gave her perspective. i think different governments have different ideas. they want to have an impact on the nhs, one way or another. sometimes they end up messing up lots of things, and i think the nhs should not be politicised. the latest figures show...

we asked patients outside one london hospital how they felt about nhs care. itjust isn't the same any more. nobody has got any time for anyone and it's a shame because it isn't the staff's fault. generally, i think the nhs does a greatjob. what do you think about the political debate? i think it's all political, it's for their own gains, each party. they saved my son's life last year, so i've got nothing but good things to say about the nhs. the westminster election nhs debate is mainly about england — the devolved administrations run their own health systems — but there's no doubting the passion for the nhs right across the uk. in the day's other election news... nigel farage has unveiled the brexit party's list of election candidates, with an accusation that the conservatives are trying to ‘shut down‘ debate over brexit. mr farage has been accused of potentially splitting the pro—leave vote, by fielding

candidates against tories. yesterday, mr farage confirmed he wouldn't himself be standing for parliament. the liberal democrats are taking legal advice over itv‘s decision to exclude them from its forthcoming tv debate between borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn. the lib dem leader, jo swinson, said hers is the only major party campaigning to remain, and she was the only female leader with a shot at becoming prime minister. i stand as a candidate to be prime minister and as the leader of the biggest and strongest party of remain. it is a nonsense to suggest that these debates should go ahead, leave versus leave, with no voice for remain whatsoever. the leader of plaid cymru, adam price, has launched the party's general election campaign on anglesey. he accused both labour and the conservatives

of having "failed" wales, and said the nation's future should be independent. and the resolution foundation — the think tank focusing on people on lower incomes — says government spending could return to levels not seen since the 1970s, as a result of conservative and labour party spending pledges already made in the election campaign. researchers also suggest taxes would have to rise to cover the costs. the snp leader nicola sturgeon has accused boris johnson of treating scottish voters with "contempt," after he ruled out allowing a second referendum on independence. the snp have made another vote a key part of their election campaign. of the tories‘ 13 seats in scotland, more than half are considered marginal, which means a swing of 10% or less could see the seat change hands. 0ur scotland editor, sarah smith, has spent the day in one of those constituencies.

i'm in sterling where we will have one of the key battle grounds, in the next election. in stirling, the fight is as tight as it gets. the tories won by less than 150 votes when they took the seat from the snp in the last election. no wonder voters are fortifying themselves, ready for a vigorous campaign. i think is going to be independence related, so if all of scotland is covered by snp members of parliament, then that clearly shows something important. i think independence will be a big issue, but there are other aspects to look

at as well. that you think we should be looking at? i think they should be, yes. the yes movement, gathered in glasgow's george square, have one clear aim. they believe this election could be the next step towards independence, especially now the snp have chosen to put it at the heart of their campaign. many people here are impatient to see an independent scotland. they know this general election could be crucial. a good result for the snp will make it that bit harder for westminster to refuse another independence referendum. so, do you see this referendum is essentially about whether or not scotland should be able to have another independence referendum? that is certainly the big issue at the heart of this election in scotland. do we want our future determined for us by the likes of boris johnson or, do we want to take our future into our own hands and determine the path we take and the kind of country we want to be? the tories are looking to spread the same message. independence is a much easier topic for them than brexit in a marginal seat like 0chil and south perthshire. they love it every time nicola sturgeon talks

about another referendum. what do you think? i think, yippee! because every time nicola goes on television and bangs on about independence, we get more votes. are you sure? absolutely. i believe the scottish people are sick and tired of the snp only going on about independence. so, when nicola sturgeon says she's making this campaign about independence, you think that's good for the tories? fantastic news. obviously, the conservatives aren't the snp‘s early challenges in this election. throughout the campaign we will explore other issues and speak to other parties. but the demand for another independence referendum is central. the snp are hoping for a result that will make it hard for the next prime minister to say "no." sarah smith, bbc news. it's another tale of financial collapse on the high street, and the possible end of an iconic brand. the baby goods and maternity

retailer, mothercare, is now warning it's on the brink of collapse in the uk. 0nce boasting 425 stores, it's now appointing administrators for its british business, with 2,500 jobs at risk. the company has been struggling for some time, losing £36 million last year. our business correspondent, emma simpson has more details. the 1970s, and mothercare had already become the go to place for all those baby essentials. including a pram for six quid. it served generations of new parents, but over the years, this specialist retailer lost its way. talk to new mums and dads today, and they paint a very different picture of shopping for their little ones. baby things, we probably tend to shop around, go online, get things that are more local to us, to be honest. everyone is trying to compete with each other, and the shops

are getting cheaper and cheaper, and so the stores which charge a premium, unfortunately, they are being hit when people shop elsewhere. h&m, primark, when you've got a cheap option. now i'll be going and doing my shopping online more. which is a shame, because it's a good place to go with the kids, as well. they think it's fun there. mothercare‘s uk business has been losing money for years. today the company said it could no longer see a return to profitability and called it a day. the big problem for mothercare is that everything they sell, whether it's baby shampoo, through to prams, somebody else sells it as well. sells it better, cheaper, and can get it to you quicker. and their shoppers have really changed, because now they're serving really young shoppers who are completely internet savvy, and want to be able to get things straightaway. at its peak in 2008, mothercare had 425 stores. but by last year it

was down to just 79 after a major restructuring to close shops and cut costs. that didn't work, and now 2500 jobs, mostly part—time ones, are at risk. another blow to the high street, already in turmoil as the all—important christmas trading season gets under way. it's getting really hard for traditional bricks and mortar shops. costs like business rates are going up, as shoppers spent more online. conditions are pretty brutal for many right now, leaving weaker players like mothercare unable to adapt. inevitably, there will be more casualties ahead. the stores continue to trade as normalfor now, and mothercare‘s profitable international business isn't affected, but tonight its long—term physical presence here on uk high streets is far from clear. a bbc investigation has found that more and more young people are going missing from accommodation

provided to support those in care. a freedom of information request indicates the number missing from unregulated homes has more than doubled in england and wales in the last three years. it's also been revealed that more than 60 children were found by councils to have been sexually assaulted or exploited, once they return. the department of education, who declined to be interviewed, says councils have a duty to provide suitable accommodation. ed thomas has this exclusive report. i was in my care home. a semi—independent place. and a car came up in the drive. didn't know who it was. then a bag got over my head, got flung in the boot. got taken to a random house out in the country.

got flannels over my face, water boarded, got stripped, got beaten. i was stabbed once in my shoulder and twice in my leg. when i got let go, i was laying on the road, dying. kidnapped while in care... he's 17 and he has been in care since the age of five. for the past two years he's been living in unregulated homes. most weeks he goes missing, often to sell drugs. i was going missing every day for, like, months on end. did the unregulated home have your phone number? yeah. were they ringing you? no. how easy was it for you to get involved in county lines drug dealing? easy. he was repeatedly exploited by drug gangs. i would be at one place. they would take me to another place. to sell heroin and crack cocaine? yeah. why didn't you say no? if you say no, you are going to get killed, or your family is getting killed. 0ur figures indicate that the number of times young people have gone missing from unregulated homes has

more than doubled in the last three years. all the money i got from doing it, i was using it to get home. this teenager was sent hundreds of miles away to north wales. there was no family around me. i had no friends. everybody was coming up to me cos they knew that i wasn't from the area. can you do this for us? can you do that? two months into being there, i lost my mum. when i lost my mum, they didn't try and arrange for me to go to the funeral. so i didn't get to go to my mum's funeral. the care system and the social services and government just made me feel like i didn't want to be around no more. did you try and take your life? i did, a couple of times. what was going through your mind? that i would see my mum for the last time and i could get out of this world where nobody cares about me. i was on top of the most reported missing list. i was going missing every day. catching up with my mates or i would be in a county hundreds of miles away in a crack den,

doing it all wrong, doing it all wrong. we've estimated last year police forces spent at least £50 million searching for missing children in care. this child is 16. after years in care he moved into unregulated homes. some were surrounded by drugs and violence. my whole world was constant drug use, my area a drug hotspot, surrounded by crackheads all day long. you want to come on to a safe place, you want to be comfortable, not thinking, am i going to get robbed? they put me out on a roadside in brighton, ipswich, southampton, aylesbury. he says he now sells drugs across the country. i was making enough to scrape by so i could give my mum

a little here and there. those men who are sending you over the country, why didn't you say no to them? if i did i would have no credit for my mum, if i said no they would find another person in a care home who would do what they want, it is no problem. we have been told that these pictures show young people in unregulated homes with weapons and drugs. we found out more than 50 people were sexually abused or exploited after going missing last year. 0ur information requests also revealed that around one in six missing episodes features a young person already known to be at risk of child sexual exploitation. what should happen to these homes? they need to be watched, they need to have inspectors and professional people who know what they are doing going on and checking and regulating them. they are running full on crack operations from there and they don't know anything. they are saying that they are there to support you. it's a lie. it's a recruitment game. they are putting kids into home and they are going to get recruited.

there are more than 5,000 vulnerable children and young people living in unregulated homes across england and wales. tonight, on average, 30 will go missing, often unseen and unheard. ed thomas, bbc news. this is the scene live in the house of commons, where we'll find out in the next few minutes who the next speaker is — we'll bring you the announcment and reaction, live here on bbc news. they have been several rounds this evening with various candidates getting eliminated and the election is now down to the final two

candidates, lindsay hoyle and chris brya nt candidates, lindsay hoyle and chris bryant and we are waiting to hear from the father of the house kenneth clarke as to what that result will be. you can see the commons chamber filling up and we will bring you the news of the new speaker as we get it. we think ken clarke the leader of the house of commons, sorry, not the leader, the father of the house of commons, the oldest serving mp, will be delivering that result to mps as they gather. john bercow decided to retire and he had sat in the chairfor ten years. decided to retire and he had sat in the chair for ten years. only the second time that there has been a secret ballot in this way to elect

the new speaker of the house of commons. as i say, the favourite and front runner has been cert lindsay hoyle, deputy speaker —— sir lindsay hoyle. very experienced in the role, standing infor hoyle. very experienced in the role, standing in forjohn bercow, in his pitch to mps he said he would be there as the champion of the chamber. this is the result of the fourth and final ballot. 540 ballots we re fourth and final ballot. 540 ballots were cast. there are other impressive engagements taking place... the numberof impressive engagements taking place... the number of votes cast for each candidate was as follows. chris bryant 213. sir lindsay hoyle

325. two ballots were spoilt. lindsay hoyle has obviously secured more than 50% of the ballots cast so that the motion for the house, the question is, that sir lindsay hoyle takes the chair of the house as speaker... as many as are of that opinion say "aye". 0n the contrary "no... i opinion say "aye". 0n the contrary "no". i think the ayes have it, the ayes have it. i invite sir lindsay hoyle to take the chair of the house. studio: there you have the new speaker of the house of commons, lindsay hoyle. the custom is he is

dragged reluctantly to the speaker's chairand dragged reluctantly to the speaker's chair and when we spoke to our chief political correspondent earlier she was not exactly sure why that was but we will see what he has got to say. no clapping yet. cheering cani can ijust can i just say, can ijust say, kenneth clarke, thank you for the way, we've kept you longer than expected, i really appreciate it, you've been stuck fast in thejob appreciate it, you've been stuck fast in the job that you've done, it really is appreciated —— stead fast. may i just say, really is appreciated —— stead fast. may ijust say, thank really is appreciated —— stead fast. may i just say, thank you, really is appreciated —— stead fast. may ijust say, thank you, and whoever would have been selected would have made a great speaker, those who withdrew, henry bellingham, we thank you for the way you wanted to make sure that we did not stay another two days. of

course, it is about the campaign, and the challenges ahead, for me and this chamber, i stand by what i've said, i hope this house will be once a great respected house, notjust in here but across the world, that once again it is the envy, and we have got to make sure the tarnish is polished way, and the respect and tolerance we expect from everyone who works in here will be shown and we will keep that in order. i also wa nt to we will keep that in order. i also want to say to my family... no clapping! 0ne difficult part i to get over, it's one person who is not here... my daughter natalie, i wish she had been here. we all miss her asa

she had been here. we all miss her as a family, none more so than her mother maria, and i've got to say, she was everything to all of us and she was everything to all of us and she will always be missed but she will always be in our thoughts. i wa nt to will always be in our thoughts. i want to hopefully show that the experience i've shown previously will continue, i will been route to as i've promised, i will be transparent, i think this house can do more to make sure the transparency continues —— i will be neutral as i promised. i've never sat on the commission and i've never seen even what happens so i do believe there is a bit of transparency once again, and i've got to say, so thank you to my family but also to my office who are also with me tonight, they have been with me for a long time. they will get embarrassed, and one of them has been with me for 20 years, she said i will never get married, i don't

wa nt i will never get married, i don't want children, but she got married and has children and she stay —— stayed with me. it has been a long night, i don't want to keep you any more, but do stand by what i have said, this house will change, and it will change for the better. thank you. cheering i'm now going to call for the first time, the prime minister. mr speaker, mrspeaker, iwant... mr speaker, i want... i mr speaker, iwant... i know you wa nt mr speaker, iwant... i know you want tojoin mr speaker, iwant... i know you want to join with me in thanking first of all the father of the house for the way he has conducted today's proceedings and i pay renewed

tributes to my right honourable friend who outranks just about every member not just friend who outranks just about every member notjust in length of service but also in distinction. he is held —— he has held six cabinet posts including two offices of state and his hush puppies have been found in four separate decades around the place and his continued physical and intellectual robustness are the attributes to a lifetime's diet of beer, curry and cigars, all of which i hope he will continue to enjoy in a long and happy retirement at trent bridge or touring the famousjazz clubs in west bridgford. in congratulating you, mr speaker, on your election, i observe that you have prevailed over an extremely strong field. and that every other

candidate earlier on spoke forcefully and well, and i'm not going to presume to identify exactly what characteristics other members of this house saw in you, when they elected you, but speaking for myself, after a long and happy years of dealing with you, i know what it is, and let me say, when any of us is, and let me say, when any of us is preparing to speak in this chamber, we all know that there is a moment between standing up and when the speaker calls you when your heart is in your mouth, and in that moment of anxiety, that you are going to make a fool of yourself, andindeed going to make a fool of yourself, and indeed at the moment when we sit down amid deafening silence, the kindliness of the speaker is absolutely critical to our confidence in the way we behave, and over the years i have observed that you have many good qualities and i'm

sure you will stick up for backbenchers in the way that you have proposed and i'm sure you will adhere toa have proposed and i'm sure you will adhere to a strict new concept of time in pm keys. —— p and os. —— prime minister's questions. you time in pm keys. —— p and qs. —— prime minister's questions. you will also bring your signature kindness and reasonableness to our proceedings and their bike to bring us proceedings and their bike to bring us together as a parliament and democracy because no matter how fiercely we may disagree we know every member comes to this place with the best of motives, determined to serve the oldest parliamentary democracy in the world and to achieve our goals by the peaceable arts of reason and debate, invigilators by an impartial speaker —— invigilators. which remains one of our greatest gifts to the world. thank you, mr speaker, and

congratulations. the other thing i forgot to state, the staff of the house, and can i now call on the right honourable jeremy corbyn, the leader of the opposition. can i join others in offering my congratulations to you on winning the election and thank the father of the election and thank the father of the house were conducting the election in the way that he did. —— for conducting. commiserations to the other candidates who did not succeed but nevertheless make sure we had a very good campaign and very serious debate all across the house because i think that was very important. we are also well aware of your abilities at sharing the house because we have been through finance bills and budgets where you are robust in making sure that people stick to the point on the subject which some comrades in the house on my side and other members on the other side sometimes deviate from the subject in hand. unprecedented,

i know, but there we are, and in your position, you will need eyes in the back of your head, it is a difficultjob and the back of your head, it is a difficult job and you don't the back of your head, it is a difficultjob and you don't know what is coming at you next, and so i realise you have been in training at this and i've been looking at a photograph of you at the weekend apparently watching the rugby world cup final whilst at the same time not watching the television. so, the only conclusion i can draw from this is that you literally do have eyes in the back of your head because you we re in the back of your head because you were able to make some very wise comments about the progress of the match you were apparently not watching at the same time. these qualities alone equip you to be an absolutely brilliant share of this house. as you have set in many know the jumbo speaker is notjust a ceremonial one, —— job of speaker.

it's about the power of parliament to hold government to account. that is the whole principle and point of a parliamentary democracy, that we have a strong parliament that can hold the executive to account. i know that you will stand up for that principle because that is what you believe in. it is absolutely the heart of our political system. i also know that you take the well— being of everybody that works in this building and the well—being of members very seriously. this state fevered of members very seriously. this state feve red and of members very seriously. this state fevered and very imaginative place that we work in. people are put under enormous stress and sometimes people find themselves in a very lonely and desperate place. both staff and members of this house. i know you take your responsibilities in that area very seriously and more compassionate and humane place in which to work. i wa nt humane place in which to work. i want to close by thanking you for your work, thanking you for taking

thisjob on but also your work, thanking you for taking this job on but also assuring your work, thanking you for taking thisjob on but also assuring us your work, thanking you for taking this job on but also assuring us you will always stand up the democratic values that this house represents the power of an elected parliaments to express its views and hold executive to account because that is the whole principle behind our parliamentary democracy. hear, hear! just for the wreck of the score had come through and england could not win. that's why i was not watching the television. some of us on the s&p bench is that we might salute you by singing the ode tojoy but s&p bench is that we might salute you by singing the ode to joy but we got into a little bit of trouble la st got into a little bit of trouble last time we tried that when you we re last time we tried that when you were in the chair. i'm sure the father of the house would not have minded and we congratulate him on chairing the proceedings today. all of the candidate said they would protect and respect the rights of the third party and the smaller parties, and we appreciate that and look forward to it. not quite as many of us in the s&p bench is are

here but we look forward to coming backin here but we look forward to coming back in even greater numbers to congratulate you more fully. and if your predecessor presided over historic times i think there are historic times i think there are historic times i think there are historic times coming up for the independence of scotland and we look forward to the years to come and wish you every success. collect the leader of the liberal democrats. thank you very much mr speaker, and i would add my thanks to the father of the house in which he conducted this election. congratulations to you from the liberal democrats bench is on your new role. you have been clear that you want to be a strong champion for backbenchers in this place. and you have always conducted yourself with good humour and taking great care for the members in this place. i think the focus that you

place. i think the focus that you place in your election campaign on the importance of the health and well— being the importance of the health and well—being particularly the importance of the health and well— being particularly in the importance of the health and well—being particularly in terms of mental health is very welcome indeed for those that work here. members put others in different roles in this place as well. you take the chair at this place as well. you take the chairata time this place as well. you take the chair at a time of great challenge for our democracy, where the issues of security that you have championed asa of security that you have championed as a deputy speaker are more important than ever with increasing threats and the focus also on stamping out bullying and harassment, and the culture which is u na cce pta ble harassment, and the culture which is unacceptable is hugely important. i hope you will also continue the work of modernisation of this place which we have seen in the last decade, and welcome your pledge to make sure we reach out to disadvantaged groups which none of us should be happy until this place properly represents the communities that we serve up. so

i wish you well in your new role. it is not one which will necessarily be a popularity contest, and that you will find yourself welcomed by everybody but i may at least hope that you will frustrate the various sites of this house equally. thank you mr speaker sites of this house equally. thank you mrspeakerand he sites of this house equally. thank you mr speaker and he gives me great pleasure to be able to call you that, and to wish you well. and i wa nt that, and to wish you well. and i want to thank the father of the house for the way that he conducted the election and the staff of the house as well. you have already demonstrated, mr speaker, and your role in the chair on certain occasions how you intend to conduct yourself and that will be welcomed i think across the house. i think the house is looking for a brush breath of fresh airand house is looking for a brush breath of fresh air and a way forward and i think your vote tonight reflects a broad consensus across the house. i wish her extremely well for the future and your family and of course all the challenges that you have

been through in recent times, you have come through it all the stronger and much admired and you have been a good friend notjust you when you were seeking votes but long before that as well. politicians from all sides of the house of commons congratulating the new speaker, sir lindsay hoyle. and oui’ new speaker, sir lindsay hoyle. and our political correspondent helen joins us from westminster. helen, a measured speech of acceptance from sir lindsay hoyle touching on a family tragedy, the death of his daughter nearly two years ago and i also thought it was very interesting when he said this house will change and change for the better. what did you make of it? sir lindsay hoyle there, as you heard, a pretty popular and pretty uncontroversial choice. he has been the deputy for the last few years so he's got the experience of taking the budget

debate. so here's is widely respected across the house. that phrase he picked up there, this idea of him being a... sorry i completely lost my thread there. and then you had there of what you said... the house will change for the better. thank you so much. it shows he is not try to be the continuity candidate. not expecting him to be anotherjon bercow, candidate. not expecting him to be another jon bercow, it's candidate. not expecting him to be anotherjon bercow, it's expected he is going to be much more muted in his approach, but that while he will continue to do things that people liked aboutjon bercow, things like championing backbenchers he is likely to be less flamboyant. less of the sort of sedentary position or telling people to take soothing medicaments. really good to talk to you. our political respondent there at westminster. thank you. should medical treatment be withheld from patients who insist on seeing a white doctor? it's come to light that the number

of recorded racist attacks against nhs staff increased by 145 percent between 2013 and 2018, that's according to figures from itv news. of all of the trusts that responded, seven in ten of them recorded a rise in racist incidents. north bristol nhs trust has introduced a new zero tolerance policy against racist and abusive behaviour. any abusive patients will first be given a ‘yellow card' warning, and then a final ‘red card' where treatment would be withdrawn as soon as is safe. consultant gastroenterologist, dr talal vlliani, was subject to a racist attack whilst on ward duties at southmead hospital in bristol. we can talk to him now. i'm very gratefulfor i'm very grateful for your time. can you tell us what your experience was, what happened? so i was on the

ward a few weeks ago carrying out mileage usual clinical duties when i experienced racist abuse which was directed towards me just shouted at me down the corridor. and had this happen before? it has happened to me once many years ago, a long time ago, but not in recent months, no.|j am assuming you are taken aback, what happened next? we have this policy as you have mentioned, been a place in various shapes and forms, and the staff on the ward know about the policy and escalate to the policy so that the event individual was given a warning. how does that actually work? if any member of staff experiences or observes any form of abuse or aggression individual causing the offence is

asked to, is challenged with this policy where as you mentioned is a yellow card where they receive a written letter from the chief executive stating that that form of abuse and aggression is not tolerated. just to be clear, when you were abused and this person shouted at you, this so—called yellow card system does not happen immediately? if they are receiving a letter, i'm just trying to piece together the chain of events. the ward staff called upon our security collea g u es ward staff called upon our security colleagues who then addressed the individual and spoke to the individual and spoke to the individual directly about the policy in question. how common is this, do you think? we have recorded commenced through started recording there's been 14 episodes of racial abuse. which are documented.” should just clarify with you, was that a patient who shouted at you? it was, yes. somebody you? somebody

who was on the word. how surprised we re who was on the word. how surprised were you is yellow i was quite surprised, i was overwhelmed by the support of my colleagues though and the individuals who were on—site from the securities team and the police team who stepped in to protect myself and other members of the staff who could have been put through this as the day went on. we must leave it there but very good to talk to you and thank you for sharing your experiences with you. alsojoining me now is dr sandesh gulhane, a gp in glasgow and the bma chairman for gp trainees. thank you forjoining us. what is your experience? have you to experienced racist abuse? u nfortu nately i experienced racist abuse? unfortunately i have. it's something thatis unfortunately i have. it's something that is prevalent within the nhs, andi that is prevalent within the nhs, and i would suggest that most

members of ethnic minority groups have suffered form of abuse whilst working at the nhs. the figures that you show of the hundred 45% increase is just you show of the hundred 45% increase isjust an you show of the hundred 45% increase is just an increase you show of the hundred 45% increase isjust an increase in you show of the hundred 45% increase is just an increase in the recorded numbers because people are beginning to find a voice and say no this is unacceptable, and unfortunately going back peoplejust unacceptable, and unfortunately going back people just did unacceptable, and unfortunately going back peoplejust did not unacceptable, and unfortunately going back people just did not have the confidence and did not feel able to speak up. can you give us a sense of the kind of abuse that we are talking about? if, for example, a patient demanded to see a wage doctor would that count as racial abuse? i think everything is to do with context. and every case is to do with context. but if i were to go to see a patient and called them and they sat down and said no, obviously i want to see a wage doctor then yes that does classify as racial abuse. but i think that you have to look very carefully, so some people with

mental health problems or having it acute psychotic breakdown they are not meaning what they're saying. it is their mental health, and what you need to do is to treat them and get them over that part. so simply having a catch all does not work. it does need to be the context of the situation that you're in. what would you say to people who say perhaps doctors should consider withholding ca re doctors should consider withholding care for people who have been racist? clearly a sensor which were just saying it's a little bit more nuanced than that. i am afraid it is. if somebody is racist and are having a heart attack, there's actually no way that i would not then continue to treat them. that's just the reality of it. but if i was providing them a service to my gp practice where let's say they felt they had a pain in their arm, and they had a pain in their arm, and they were aggressive and abusive, then i would terminate that consultation. and i have done in the past and said i am really sorry we

will not continue this and that's the end of the consultation. and then the processes kick in. i think then the processes kick in. i think the key is to know and feel that she will be supported by your colleagues and more important you be supported by people above use that the co nsulta nts by people above use that the consultants and gps and management, you will not be looked upon as a troublemaker. what needs to change? i think it's very simple but u nfortu nately i think it's very simple but unfortunately the simplicity is what makes it complex. it's the culture. we need to stand up and say no and thatis we need to stand up and say no and that is everyone. that is the people being abused will more than the people being abused it's those around them, those people who hear it, because actually saying at saying no that's unacceptable because that empowers the person who has been abuse to stand up for themselves as well and once we create a culture where you are not fea rful create a culture where you are not fearful and not concerned about speaking out then actually we will be able to figure it out. look at

football, but they're doing at the moment is very painful but it's the exact right thing to be doing. really good to talk to you think you so much for sharing your insights and thoughts. in the run up to the general election our biggest political brains will be bringing you all the twists and turns of the campaign in a daily electioncast, where we'll concentrate on what the politicians mean, not what they say. the first episode is available on bbc sounds, we can bring you a taster of it now.

briggs has been both the wallpaper and the sort of, for the last few years what's right in front of us and the wallpaper all around everything that has been happening in politics but whether things will be talking about whether the health service or please numbers or scotland come up they are not involved in the selection but brexit will still be, i suppose, the thread running through everything. it's the reason we are in this position and the result will be hugely important and one of the parties, the liberal democrats, their whole platform is to stop brexit. and they will mention it every single time they get near the microphone. what are

some of the tactics emerging from the parties? can we work out what their strategies are already?” think we have a good idea already. both leaders from the main parties are very divisive, both of them are flawed. people in their own parties think they are flawed characters whether it is jeremy corbyn talking about brexit or boris johnson whether it is jeremy corbyn talking about brexit or borisjohnson how easyis about brexit or borisjohnson how easy is language and upset people in the past or his own treatment of some of the people in his party. that from the get—go is an interesting thing. we've got two candidates to be prime minister who have in their own parties lots of people who harbour serious doubts about them so that's a really interesting thing. number two, about them so that's a really interesting thing. numbertwo, it's a mess of the unpredictable election and don't put very much to the national polls in the kind of machines of our political parties, they are not looking at national polls but the psychology of that matters. it's going to be a seat by seat election. because it's all

really complicated so think of the break the party. headlines about the briggs a party, you think break the party. headlines about the briggs a party, you think that's really difficult for boris johnson if nigel farage is out there saying that's not proper brexit. in some seats it's very bad for boris johnson, and other seeds having the brexit party is really tricky for the labour party. if you take a seat which was very leave the voting has a labourmp, which was very leave the voting has a labour mp, tories or maybe 2000 behind, ifearfew labour a labour mp, tories or maybe 2000 behind, i fear few labour voters thinking well i could not ever vote tory, but i don't want to vote labour, i will vote for the brazen party. that's one example of how it will cut in lots of different ways. it will not be needs. it's lots of stuff already of who is telling the truth, what's in effect and interpretation. give us some clues and hints and rules of thumb of dealing with all of that. truth ines

stuff. ts, dealing with all of that. truth ines stuff. t5, or b5 some might suggest. in election campaign the parties always seeking to play every piece of information to their advantage. so think why is this person telling me that? not, 0 is not right, why are they telling me that? and take an example, when last week a very powerful moment at jeremy corbyn's campaign launch speech he doctor with the engines being for sale over the few seconds people in a crowd or chanting not for sale, not for sale, not for sale. the labour party is well aware of is when some people here that the implication is hang on a minute, the tories are going to start charging me for my health care? are they going to sell off the whole thing to businesses? with the labour party is talking about in that example are conversations between british officials and american companies about the price

of drugs or medical equipment can with the tory party won't rule out extending is having more provision of services by business in the nhs, so of services by business in the nhs, soa of services by business in the nhs, so a private hospital that may be carries out hip operations, tories wa nt carries out hip operations, tories want to put a cap on that but that's just one example of what you hear is not always about what's going on. that's what we are here for. in another future of this campaign more happening online than ever before, and things like that take off. and off they go. that's what i would say this. organisations like the bbc and particularly the bbc this time around, a huge part of ourjob in the next six weeks is debunking. and even in the tory side last week it was like liquid they are staying in the nhs, is not right. that's a little bit like what vote leave said about turkey in that referendum

campaign. grain of truth because turkey does want to join the eu and other countries that we should encourage that in theory but it's it about to happen? absolutely not. they will all be added. you do have to pay quite a lot of attention. or you could just listen to this. we will do it for you every day. that's true. people deserve to know exactly what it is politicians mean, not just what they say because they are not always the same thing. not at all. that was magisterial. one of the interesting things to look at is who do the individual mps put their leaflets? i know it sounds really nice but when you have a labour mp not putting jeremy corbyn on their leaflet but one has put siddique con on their leaflet but may be they

thinkjeremy corbyn is not an advantage for them in that place. interesting to see where boris johnson is on leaflets for tory candidates and some places the liberal democrats don't mention brexit in their leaflets. really? yeah. they love local campaigning. every election is actually a series of local campaigns. we will actually just have to go to 650 seats and spend time in each one. more car parks for me. we'll bring you all the announcements from all the big names of the bbc. we will markjon bercow‘s last sam parliament after ten yea rs bercow‘s last sam parliament after ten years as a speaker. very unusual for westminster to spend the last day doing something confusing and arcane. and only related to itself. but it's a good excuse for us to play a game to send offjon bercow, and it's called putting jon bercow

in order. putting jon bercow in order. this is complicated. it sounds a good idea at the time. the bbc did that unit have looked every single thing jon bercow has set as speaker, they have, come up with a list of words that no other speaker has ever uttered in the last 100 yea rs, has ever uttered in the last 100 years, and they have put those words in order of how often they were used. so, unique words listed in order of frequency. can i just asked, did they make up an algorithm to do that? can you tell me if there we re to do that? can you tell me if there were not people who sat and watched it all? we cannot reveal their movement methods, it that's a secret. we have the top five words we're going to play them and want you to guess the order of frequency. 0nce you to guess the order of frequency. once he said the most and least and the ones in between. move got

somebody ready to press the button. mellifluous. succinct. alacrity. auspices. chattering. those the words. which order do you think is most frequent? chattering from a sedentary position is a thing i feel without squeezing myself through an algorithm is what i feel i've heard him say most. i've heard auspices probably the second. alacrity is such a good excellent word. i'm going to say alacrity last because i can't think of heard him say that within a couple of times but that may well be wrong. and that i'm

going to say like that. ok so you think chuntering is his most frequent and alacrity is his least frequent? that may be totally wrong so i'm looking forward to getting zero out of five. so let's hear them in reverse order. mellifluous at the bottom. 6—inch nests. alacrity. jon chuntering. you have his most forget words that no one else has used. he's used it 173 times in ten years. and he will only be singing to his friends and family and not the nation. were not any celebrityjungle and not the nation. were not any celebrity jungle or may and not the nation. were not any celebrityjungle or may be any celebrityjungle or may be any celebrityjungle. is he going to be

on that? it was on the front page of one of the pages the other day. you can listen to the podcast in full on bbc sounds, and as part of our general election coverage from next week we'll broadcasting electioncast live every monday to wednesday at half past eight, presented by adam fleming in westminster. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben. good evening. the consistent rain today and draw interludes for others. and i think over the next few days, things will continue to look quite similar with some rainy times but not all the time, however things will start to feel a little different as it turns colder from the north. so this area of low pressure and the lumps of clouds spiralling around it have brought the outbreaks of rain during today. this is the radar picture from this afternoon. you can see where the most persistent rain fed into eastern parts of scotland. that is not thinking this way southwards and we continue to do

so through the rest of the night. turning quite damp across many parts of northern england and some showers elsewhere but they are likely to fade to some extent as the night were signed, there will be some clear breaks and the odd miss patch generally from a lot of client around and overnight lows of six or 7 degrees. not as chilly as it will be on some nights and later this week. as we go into tomorrow, this area of pressure starts to pull away eastwards, we see more in the way of dry weather spreading from the west, but as he low pulls away eastwards, we opened the door to a northerly weight and that will be bringing some cold air in our direction. due tomorrow come across england wales, generally they'll be quite a lot of cloud come outbreaks of salary rain which will increasingly become confined to central and eastern areas, for northern ireland and scotland, more in the way of sunshine but showers feeding in from the north, some of these could be wintry over the very highest mountains in scotland because those temperatures really

will be struggling to 8 degrees at best in aberdeen, still scraping into double—digit for the south. going to tuesday night, clear a way of the cloud and the winds falling in the cold air could the filter southwards, it is going to be chilly. a cold start to wednesday morning, a touch of frost and places especially for northern england and scotland were some areas will get down freezing. what will he make wednesday chilly and bright note, wanted to showers, things will get cloudy and rainy, spreading over the edge of the highest ground of the penn nines, up in the scotland, could be a little bit wintry this mixing and and temperatures in single digits getting up to ten in london. looking towards the end of the week, thursday bringing more rain, much of a clearing by friday, but it stays rather chilly.

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