situations that you're in during the coronavirus pandemic and here to try to answer them today. 0ur chris hopson. andrew preston from the department of biology and biochemistry at the university of bath. chris and andrew, good morning to both of you and thank you very much for your time again. just before we get into the viewers questions, though, chris, iwant to ask you about a story we're carrying today where doctors have accused some hospital managers of trying to silence them when they raise concerns about personal protective equipment. bbc newsnight has found the doctor's association in the uk has warned that stopping doctors speaking out about risks and speaking out risks a culture of fear and self—censorship which could ultimately threaten patients' safety. what's your reaction to this story? well, i think there were always two sides to a story, and i thought it was slightly unfortunate, to be frank, that newsnight, but also the news bbc news online story that's been covering this today haven't got the other side of the story. and the other side of the story is that obviously nhs trust ma

and coming up in half an hour we'll be putting your questions on coronavirus to chris hopson — chiefnhs providers — and dr andrew preston — from the university of bath good morning and welcome to bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh with the latest developments on the coronavirus outbreak. unions representing teachers and school staff will meet the government's top scientific advisors today, as they demand reassurance over the safety of opening schools in england next month. some teachers have expressed concern that social distancing will be difficult to implement and have questioned whether staff should be given ppe. a road map setting out how wales could lift lockdown measures will be published by the country's first minister later. mark drakeford will explain how restrictions on day—to—day life, schools and businesses could begin to be eased. nhs workers who've treated coronavirus patients should receive the same long—term mental health support as soldiers returning from conflict. that's the call from a leading psychiatrist who says front line medics are at high risk of developing post tr

i'm joined now by chris hopson who is ceo of nhs providers. thanks forjoining. thanks for joining.orjoining. firstly, explain your problems with testing. we know the most important group of people the most important group of people the government want to test at the moment and the government recognise this our patients and staff showing symptoms. the problem is if you just focus on the number of tests being done on a particular day, april 30th,100,000, done on a particular day, april 30th, 100,000, the reality is what you potentially ignore as there are lots of places and we know this is the case where health and care staff and patients can't actually get the tests they need and get them turned around as quickly as they need. let me give an example. i was talking to a trust yesterday which about a week ago was managing to have tests turned around in about a day, but 110w turned around in about a day, but now because of chemical reagent shortages and lack capacity problems they are actually having to wait five days for tests to come back. of course, if you are a member of staff who