the health regulator, the care quality commission, says maternity has the worst safety ratings of allospital services it inspects. our health correspondent, catherine burns, has been to one i think something's going wrong. that's why i'm getting out. there's something wrong with the baby, i think. we were filming on a corridor in the labour ward at northwick park hospital in north—west london, when it became clear there was a serious problem. a young woman was in the end stages of labour, and they couldn't hear the baby's heart beat properly. every member of staff had one focus — delivering the baby safely. as the minutes passed by it was incredibly tense. but then the sound everyone wanted to hear. baby cries. absolutely beautiful. yeah. she's come out in really good condition. then mum was taken away to theatre for some stitches. it's a rare gift, seeing a new life less than ten minutes after coming into the world. seeing the joy as a family meets its youngest member. she's adorable! meets its youngest member. and seeing the instant love as new father himanshu locks eyes with his da

the health regulator, the care quality commission, says maternity has the worst safety ratings of alldent, catherine burns, has been to one i think something's going wrong. that's why i'm getting out. there's something wrong with the baby, i think. we were filming on a corridor in the labour ward at northwick park hospital in north—west london,

we welcome the care quality commission's commitment to monitor nhs trusts that are not providing adequateogramme, dedicated to providing hands—on support to ensure trusts improve. migration, legal and illegal, is still at the top of rishi sunak�*s to do list, and if anything, the pressure is greater than it was two weeks ago when the prime minister showed suella braverman the door. the latest set of figures — updated by the office for national statistics four days ago — puts net migration in 2022 at a record 745,000 people. estimates for untiljune of this year are already at 672,000. the immigration minister robert jenrick, known to be close to suella braverman, has drawn up a set of proposals which he has shared with number 10. among his suggestions are a required minimum annual salary of £35,000 in order to receive a work visa, and scrapping the shortage 0ccupation list. however the independent public body that advises the government on migration isues, the migration advisory committee, has recommended in their latest review of the list that that care workers and senior care workers rem

the care quality commission says maternity has the worst safety ratings of all hospital services it inspects% of units are now classed as inadequate. scotland's health secretary michael matheson has admitted that an £11,000 data roaming charge on his ipad was caused by his sons watching football during a trip to morocco last year. the expense was initially paid for by the scottish parliament, for by the scottish parliament. you're live with bbc news. the rapper and music mogul sean combs is being sued by an ex girlfriend for rape and physical abuse. the hip—hop artist — who's also known as puff daddy or diddy has been accused by the singer cassie of more than a decade of coercion by physical force and drugs, and of raping her in 2018. the papers were filed in a court in new york. a lawyer for sean combs says he vehemently denies the allegations, describing the lawsuit as "riddled with baseless and outrageous lies". live now to washington and our north america correspondent shingai nyoka. great nyoka. to talk to you again. what are the great to talk to you again. what are the allegations and

the care quality commission says maternity has the worst safety ratings of all hospital services it inspectsvernment said maternity care is of the utmost importance. >> you are live with bbc news. we can't independently verify the numbers provided by the hamas ron health minister, but we know children in gaza are dying at an unprecedented scale and rate. palestinians say more than 4500 children have died in just under next week's -- under six weeks, and many others have been orphaned or injured. you don't have to be an expert to note what the rear trauma this leaves behind or how it will inevitably drive the endless circle of violence in the years ahead. but there is one british charity that has been funding a clinic in gaza to try to rehabilitate some of these children. the man who runs it trained in bristol here in the u.k., mohamed l sharif. his clinics and his patients are in northern gaza, and some weeks ago, he ignored the order to evacuate. our reporter has been keeping in contact with him. here is his story. >> hello from gaza. i am mohammed sharif. i am in north gaza strip, in pales

the care quality commission says maternity has the worst safety ratings of all hospital services it inspectsity care was of the "utmost importance". almost half a million women in england will be able to get the contraceptive pill from pharmacies from next month without the need for a gp appointment. treatments for urinary infections and other common conditions will also be on offer. nhs england said it was a safe and common—sense way of making nhs services easier for patients to use. you're live with bbc news. a bbc investigation�*s found that some of most widely—shared posts about the war in gaza on x come from just a handful of obscure accounts. these influencers have amassed millions of followers, often spreading misinformation, denying the hamas atrocities and using materialfrom previous conflicts, or doctored and ai—generated content to illustrate current events. experts say the meteoric rise of the accounts is down to x's new policies that allow people to earn from viral posts. joining me now is grigor atanesian from bbc�*s global disinformation team. it is fascinating this. very diff

the care quality commission says maternity has the worst safety ratings of all hospital services it inspectsthe "utmost importance". almost half a million women in england will be able to get the contraceptive pill from pharmacies from next month without the need for a gp appointment. treatments for urinary infections and other common conditions will also be on offer. nhs england said it was a safe and common—sense way of making nhs services easier for patients to use. you're live with bbc news. the former british prime minister, david cameron, has held talks with president zelensky in kyiv, on his first official trip as foreign secretary. lord cameron said he wanted ukraine to be his first destination in his new role, to which he was appointed by the british prime minister rishi sunak on monday. this was a surprise meeting. david cameron as you say, told president zelensky he wanted ukraine to be his first official visit and these are friendly soils shall we say for a british minister. why? well, the uk is seen as one of ukraine's staunchest allies and the former prime minister, borisjohnso

the care quality commission says maternity has the worst safety ratings of all hospital services it inspects as inadequate. scotland's health secretary michael matheson has admitted that an 11,000 pound data roaming charge on his ipad was caused by his sons watching football during a trip to morocco last year. the expense was initially paid for by the scottish parliament, but he's since paid the money back and referred himself to parliament for further investigation. you're live with bbc news. it's one of the richest ecosystems on earth, but there are fears the mekong river is in crisis. the waterway sustains more than sixty million lives, as it travels through china and southeast asia. but it is facing an onslaught of dam building, intensifying the effects of climate change and sand dredging. downstream communities living on the region's largest lake, the tonle sap in cambodia, have reported a decline in fish stocks of more than 80% over the past twenty years. 0ur asia pacific correspondent, laura bicker, is in cambodia looking at whether the mighty mekong can be saved. mi lives in a world

the care quality commission says maternity has the worst safety ratings of all hospital services it inspectstmost importance". let's ta ke let's take your life to the scene in madrid and spain. we have had some breaking news from there. spain's acting prime minister pedro sanchez has been approved as prime minister. you can see there mr sanchez and the uploading crowds of spanish mps around him —— applauding. we will bring you more on that story as and when we get it here on bbc news. let's move a little bit more into what we have been talking about. we will talk a little bit now about uk politics rather than spanish politics. the british prime minister, rishi sunak, says he will introduce emergency legislation to enable him to press ahead with plans to send some asylum seekers to rwanda. the policy was ruled unlawful by the supreme court. mr sunak said the uk was also working on a new treaty with rwanda. graham satchell reports. how do you stop the boats? the government's plan was to send asylum seekers to a third country, rwanda, where their applications would be processed. that plan has b

the care quality commission says maternity has the worst safety ratings of all the hospital services �*utmost importance'. there is a sum of the stories have been taking a look at in the newsroom. you're live with bbc news. the expense was initially paid by the scottish parliament after mr matheson said the ipad have been used for work. refunded the money and referred himself to the parliament for further investigation. 0ur reporter as the background on this story. last christmas, scotland's health minister went on a family holiday to morocco. it has ended up being a rather costly trip. he brought with him an ipad issued by the scottish parliament and it ended up with a data roaming bill of almost £11,000. we can take a closer look at the ee data usage statement and you can look even more closely at this entry. more than three gigabytes of data using just one day, january two. now, that ended up costing more than £7,000. question started being asked about how he was able to use so much data. well, opposition politicians pointed out that on the very same day there was an old firm footb

the care quality commission says maternity has the worst safety ratings of all the hospital services umbers provided by the hamas—run health ministry, but we know that children in gaza are dying at an unprecedented scale and rate. the palestinians say more than four and a half thousand children have died, injust under six weeks. many others have been orphaned or injured. you don't need to be an expert to know what severe mental trauma all this leaves behind. or how it will inevitably drive, this endless circle of violence in the years ahead. but there is one british charity that has been funding a clinic in gaza to try to rehabilitate some of these children. the man who runs it — trained in bristol here in the uk — is mohammed el—sharif. his clinic and his patients are in northern gaza and some weeks ago he ignored an israeli order to evacuate. 0ur reporter ru abbass has been keeping in contact with him. here is his story: he told us he had been distracting his children with colouring and drawing activities to help them cope. but the picture outside was a harsh reality. he told us he

the care quality commission says maternity has the worst safety ratings of all the hospital services unds of al shifa hospital in gaza. it released this video — which it says shows an operational tunnel shaft — and claimed there was also a vehicle containing a large number of weapons. we've not yet been able to independently verify the footage, nor the location. it's worth noting that israel has consistently said it believes hamas has an underground command headquarters beneath al—shifa hospital — hamas has denied this. more broadly in this conflict — there's hope for a humanitarian pause, in return for the release of 50 hostages who are being held in gaza. but today — yet another dire warning from the un agency that supports palestinians in gaza. this was the tweet that was sent out this afternoon. and later confirmed on this programme by unrwa's director of communications. i think we've been warning not for days, but for weeks on end now. and that's it. as of tomorrow morning, we are not able to send our trucks to bring in the supplies that have been coming in for more than three we

the care quality commission says maternity has the worst safety ratings of all hospital services it inspectsy care was of the �*utmost importance'. the united states has voiced concern afterjordanian medics were wounded in shelling near their field hospital in gaza yesterday. the white house national security adviserjake sullivan called jordan a critical ally, and said its "essential role" in the conflict must be protected. live now to amman where we can speak to ayman safadi, jordan's deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs and expatriates. thank you for being with us. what more can you tell us about what happened at this field hospital? what happened yesterday about 5:30 local gaza time, a number of palestinians came rushing to the emergency entrance of the hospital. when our people went to start helping them, there was another attack that resulted in the injury of several of our own and the killing of palestinians. since then, today, the situation remains very, very terrible. israel has besieged hospital, its tanks are parked within 50 metres of the hospital, not allowing an

the care quality commission says maternity has the worst safety ratings of all the hospital services rtance'. you're live with bbc news. let's speak now to alyona synenko, regional spokesperson of the international committee of the red cross injerusalem. who was critical for not trying to not have contact with the hostages taken by hamas, can you just explain what your role is and why israel has that expectation? first what your role is and why israel has that expectation?— that expectation? first of all, i think it is _ that expectation? first of all, i think it is easy _ that expectation? first of all, i think it is easy to _ that expectation? first of all, i think it is easy to understand l that expectation? first of all, i l think it is easy to understand the anger and frustration because the families of the hostages are going through a total nightmare, waiting for any kind of news about their loved ones every single day. the icrc has a specific role as a neutral intermediary according to the geneva conventions and our role is to protect civilians and hostages are also civilians a

the care quality commission says maternity has the worst safety ratings of all the hospital services are is of the �*utmost importance'. you're live with bbc news. pedro sanchez has won a parliamentary vote giving him a second term as spain's prime minister. the country is divided, though, over his decision to grant catalan separatists an amnesty in return for their support. his socialist party came second injuly�*s inconclusive election, but mr sanchez reached deals with smaller parties to find enough votes to continue in government. thousands of protesters rallied outside his party's headquarters on wednesday, opposing the amnesty for catalan separatists. he won another term by a wafer—thin margin of 179 votes to 171. to barcelona now where we can speak to pere aragones. he's the president of the government of catalonia. thank you for being with us. tell is a bit more about this amnesty deal and what it is going to mean for you and what it is going to mean for you and your party and the many hundreds of catalonian separatists who are in prison. of catalonian separatists who are in r

bbc analysis of care quality commission records showed it deemed 67% of them not to be safe enough —te" — meaning that there is a high risk of avoidable harm to mother or baby. that's more than doubled from 7% last year. a study in the bmj in 2022 also revealed that out of millions of live births across eight european countries the uk had the second—highest maternal death rate. mothers in the uk were three times more likely to die around the time of pregnancy compared to those in norway and denmark. the department for heath and social care said £165 million a year was being invested in boosting the maternity workforce, and said, "we know there is more to do". why are so many of them deemed unsafe? we're going to focus on the story of one couple tonight. sarah and jack hawkins. their baby harriet was born dead at nottingham city hospital on 17 april 2016. she died as a result of a mismanaged labour. an independent investigation concluded her death was, "almost certianly preventable". harriet�*s mum at the time was a senior physiotherapist. harriet�*s dad jack was a hospital consultant

known as a fit and proper person's review, a test required by the health care regulator, the care quality commissionf david rosser to carry out the review. she was assisted by an outside law firm. the fit and proper person review has been kept secret by the trust. only the briefest summary has been released, essentially finding david rosser had done no wrong and knew of no wrongdoing. this conclusion, though, seems to fly in the face of the employment tribunal findings. quite astonishingly, the fit and proper person review found that david rosser was a fit and proper person, and after all of the things that had been going on, you have to ask yourself, there are things that are failing there. but did the uhb board really have the full facts in front of them when they approved the exoneration of their ceo? david rosser had refused to accept the gmc�*s formal warning and insisted on representing himself at an in—person hearing. that meant that the formal warning wasn't actually issued until after uhb had concluded their fit and proper person review. jacqui smith insisted that there was no need to re—ex

the health regulator, the care quality commission, says maternity has the worst safety ratings of alleen to one hospital that's trying to improve its safety rating. i think something's going wrong. that's why i'm getting out. there's something wrong with the baby, i think. we were filming on a corridor in the labour ward at northwick park hospital in north—west london, when it became clear there was a serious problem. a young woman was in the end stages of labour, and they couldn't hear the baby's heart beat properly. every member of staff had one focus — delivering the baby safely. as the minutes passed by it was incredibly tense. but then the sound everyone wanted to hear. baby cries. absolutely beautiful. yeah. and she's come out in really good condition. then mum was taken away to theatre for some stitches. it's a rare gift, seeing a new life less than ten minutes after coming into the world. seeing the joy as a family meets its youngest member. she's adorable. and seeing the instant love as new father himanshu locks eyes with his daughter kiana for the very first time. awesome. t

since she retired last april the care quality commission has stripped brighton's royal sussex hospitaleon warned marianne griffiths back in 2017, in herfirst months in thejob, that there had been problems in surgery departments for years. "dear ms griffiths, as the evidence shows, "the charges of serious "misconduct against these individuals include covering up "the death of a patient, the creation of an unsafe "environment for patients, fraudulent behaviour, "bearing false witness in court, "attempting to mislead a tribunal, to name but a few." one of the most horrifying cases he witnessed concerned a man with a bleed on the brain. he should have been treated within 48 hours but had to wait months. this poor gentleman died in august. completely and utterly unacceptable. mr akinwunmi won an unemployment tribunal against the trust for unfair dismissal, and beat their appeal. his grievances predate marianne griffiths�*s time at the top but he says the stress cost him his marriage and those responsible at the time should be held to account. what do you think the priority was? the priority

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