hugh pym, bbc news. time now for all the sports news in sport today.s is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme: it's a panama hat—trick for harry kane, as england storm home 6—1winners at the world cup, with kane top of the goalscoring charts. plenty to play for in kazan, where colombia turn up and give a masterclass, and send poland packing. and lewis hamilton dominates to win the french grand prix and regain top spot in the drivers' championship. hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. the goals keep coming at the world cup. 1a on sunday, in an action packed day, which saw england seal their place in the last 16. we're into the final group games now — and there's all to play for in group h, where one of colombia, japan or senegal will be going out. 0lly foster's in moscow for us. exactly the way from the world cup final in moscow, england have taken a step towards that. one they couldn't manage four years ago in brazil, but they have qualified for the knockout stages. that is after they thrashed panama, 61 th

here is health editor hugh pym. it was a winter of severe stress across the nhs.. all of that led to today's announcement. the big question was, how much cash will the service need in future decades with a growing and ageing population? the prime minister has tried to answer with a five—year funding plan. partly paid for, she says, by money saved after brexit. that will be through the brexit dividend, the fact that we're no longer sending vast amounts of money every year to the eu once we leave the eu. and we as a country will be contributing a bit more. and in terms of the improvements we want to see, we want to see improvements in performance issues which matter to people today — a&e, waiting times — but i also want to see improved survival rates from cancer. the boss of one leading hospital, reflecting the views of most service leaders, welcomed the new funding announcement. people may say well, we need more money, or we are much behind in terms of budget. i think it's a substantial increase in the budget for the nhs and it's certainly going to help us and our

hugh pym, bbc news.ni—summit on migration has agreed that countries on the front line of migration routes cannot be left alone to carry the burden. she said an existing deal to pay turkey to stop migrants entering europe could serve as a model for other transit countries. italy and malta have recently banned charity rescue boats from their ports, leaving vessels, loaded with migrants, stranded in international waters. our europe editor, katya adler, is following developments in brussels. world, not much was achieved at today's minisummit soppy expectations were not too high. eu leaders agree they have to work together to combat illegal migration, but that is hardly a revelation. more interesting, really, is why they convened to this extraordinary summit right now in the summer of 2018. things are very, very different in the height of the microsoft —— migrant crisis three yea rs microsoft —— migrant crisis three years ago and in fact, the number of arrivals is down to an extent that most countries haven't

hugh pym in manchester, thank you.ussia with a lavish and energetic opening ceremony combining robbie williams, an opera singer and dancers in some pretty unusual outfits. vladimir putin welcomed the world to the tournament and fans to what he called open, hospitable and friendly russia. the hosts thrashed saudi arabia in the first match. 0ur sports editor dan roan was watching in moscow. no matter where they are held, the start of a world cup retains the power to excite and unite like little else in sport. and here today, it was no different. amid the symbols of russia's soviet past, who knows quite what he would have made of fifa's travelling corporate circus descending on the luzhniki stadium? but with fans here from every corner of the globe, moscow had given in to world cup fever. welcome to russia. we'd like to thank russia for the good organisation. it's good to be here. people here are nice. everything goes smoothly. thank you. i have my friends who arrived from kazakhstan, latvia, belarus. sojust be here at th

hugh pym, bbc news. the extra money for the health service will come from taxation, increased borrowing and — according to the prime minister — from money saved from eu membership costs. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth explains. that made the brexit backers in her party pretty happy. borisjohnson tweeted to say it is fantastic news, we are taking back control. but not all tories feel the same. 0ne prominent backbencher, doctor sarah wollaston, said the idea of a brexit of it and was posh and claimed it was treating the public like fool is because we would still be paying into the eu budget for some time and there is an exit bill to settle. leading economist a certainly sceptical. the idea that there is a brexit dividend is pure fiction. it isa pure brexit dividend is pure fiction. it is a pure matter of arithmetic, they will be no extra money in four years time because of the financial arrangement we are come to with the eu in any case. and even more importantly, the government has already accep

hugh pym, bbc news, gosport.urdered by a violent schizophrenic patient was the result of racism and could have been entirely avoided, according to a new report. kamil ahmad was an iraqi asylum—seeker. he was stabbed to death by his neighbourjeffrey barry, who had been released from a psychiatric hospital just hours earlier. michael buchanan reports. drunk and armed, jeffrey barry heads towards his neighbour's flat. a knife is visible. moments later, it would be used in a frenzied and sustained attack and kill kamil ahmad. shortly after dismembering him, he called the police. today's report says he should still be alive, and that a failure to address the racism of his killer led to his death. both men had mental health problems and lived in this sheltered housing complex. jeffrey barry attacked kamil ahmad on six separate occasions. he was obsessed with him for being an iraqi asylum seeker. he was mentally unwell. is racism was a manifestation of his illness. they saw. . . alex manifestation of his illness. they s

hugh pym, bbc news.s shadow health minister, jonathan ashworth, who said that this doesn't go far enough. if we were to form a government, we would inherit these plans, we accept them, we'd match them, but we are still prepared to go further and make the tough decisions on taxation that we proposed at the general election, asking the wealthiest to pay more tax, asking the big corporations to pay more tax, to bring forward additional funding for the nhs and social care sector as well. when you analyse the prime minister's remarks about the way this particular increase will be funded, she talks about, in part, a brexit dividend. do you accept that that is there? i think it's laughable. i mean, the truth is she is going to fund these increases in the nhs spend by borrowing and tax increases. i wish she was honest and up front with the british people. a brexit dividend, nobody thinks that is credible. i'm afraid it will unravel for her, and the focus will be on this issue, actually, rather than on the needs

hugh pym, bbc news.me the first seeded team to exit the tournament. in the last of the second round of group games, poland lost 3—0 to colombia. in the other group h game, japan twice came from behind to draw 2—2 with senegal. earlier, england beat panama 6—1tojoin belgium from group g in qualifying for the knock—out stages. the bbc‘s olly foster is following all the action in moscow. olly. you can imagine what the headlines are like here in the united kingdom. it isa are like here in the united kingdom. it is a panama hat trick for harry kane. they lots of goals in their in those results. 13 games into this world cup tournament, 32 to ditch to go. this is the half wasted. we are still waiting for it are first goalless draw. we have never seen an english result like that. that is their biggest winning margin at any competitive tournament. harry kane's was taken to the top of the rest of the golden boot, as well. that is secondary to getting into the knockout stage. they drag belgian through with them, as

hugh pym, bbc news. it's 11:15. the news this evening. a third runway is now possible. 0ne of the workers says he was not trained to evacuate people from g re nfell tower. trained to evacuate people from grenfell tower. and the rejection of a scheme to build a tidal power lagoon in swansea bay. the government has refused to back a £1.3 billion tidal lagoon project in swansea bay on cost grounds. the company behind the scheme wanted subsidies similar to those for new nuclear power to build the lagoon. the business secretary, greg clarke, made the announcement in the commons. the cost that would be incurred by consumers and taxpayers would be so much higher than alternative sources of low carbon power that it would be irresponsible to enter into a contract with the provider. securing our energy needs into the future has to be done seriously. and when much cheaper alternatives exist, no individual project and no particular technology can proceed any price, and that is true for all technologies. 0ur wales correspondent

hugh pym talked about a journey.me of the potential lessons from what happened at this point? you can go to the crates of documents the inquiry looked at, and again and again you will find moments when something could have been said, something should have been said, something should have been said, something should have been said but was left unsaid. i wa nt been said but was left unsaid. i want you to look at this one document, the agenda for a meeting held inside the unit in 1990 13 yea rs held inside the unit in 1990 13 years after doctor barton had arrived, called after nurses expressed concern at her prescribing method. ji—macro on the agenda back in1991, method. ji—macro on the agenda back in 1991, patients' deaths are sometimes hastened unnecessarily. that is ji—macro. a few months later, another meeting, the minutes of that show staff being warned that if people continue to speak out about the prescribing methods, that could undermine the good work being donein could undermine the good work being done in the

our health editor hugh pym has more details.ith pressure mounting on the nhs, demands for a funding boost were intensifying. theresa may made it clear she wanted to come up for a long—term plan for the nhs in england, which removed the need for annual last—minute budget top ups. in recent weeks, there have been sometimes acrimonious talks between the health secretaryjeremy hunt, calling for increases from the chancellor philip hammond. the new plan covers the next five years. it will involve average annual increases of 3.4% in real terms. the budget for day—to—day running costs is about £115 billion this year, under the plan there will be £20 billion more by 2023. theresa may says some of the funding will be found from money saved after brexit and some probably from higher taxes. what i am announcing will mean that in 2023—24 there will be about £600 million a week in cash, more in cash, going into the nhs. of course we have got to fund that money. that will be through the brexit dividend. the fact that we are no longer spending

here's our health editor hugh pym. proposals don't go far enough.vernment's plan. this class is run by us mums, a healthy lifestyle initiative developed by hull city council. a healthy lifestyle initiative bring a healthy lifestyle initiative those knees up a little more bring those knees up a little bit more and go a little bit quicker. the view here is any help in choosing the right food for the family is welcomed. in choosing the right food i think unhealthy food is just way too cheap and it is just easier for everybody to, you know, just get unhealthy food when you are out. you know, just get unhealthy just go in somewhere and pick up something, like chocolate, or a packet of crisps, on the go. the government plan for england includes restrictions on unhealthy food promotions, including sweets at the tills, calorie information in restaurants and a ban on tvjunk food advertising before nine pm. and a ban on tvjunk food a poll for the bbc by the health foundation found 67% support such a ban. foundation found 67% these measures were all considered

hugh pym, bbc news, ipswich. allow the united states to become a "migrant camp", as he faces increasing criticism for the policy of separating migrant children from their parents, at the country's border with mexico. nearly 1,000 children have been affected by the policy in the past few weeks. the first lady melania trump has expressed her concern about the situation, and called for changes in immigration rules, as our north america correspondent nick bryant reports. children held in what looked like cages. the trump administration's zero tolerance immigration policy being put into action at this detention centre in texas. it is notjust the much vaunted border wall that the administration hopes will act as a deterrent to those who cross the mexican border illegally, but also this wire mesh fencing. la perrera, the detainees are calling it, the dog kennel. and in these dusty facilities, the trump administration is not just detaining children, but separating them from their parents. nearly 2000 sons and daughters h

hugh pym, bbc news.parliamentary election suggest the governing ak party has lost its overall majority. with most of the votes counted, turkish broadcasters put the ak party on just under 44%. in the presidential poll, it's not clear if president recep tayyip erdogan will be re—elected without the need for a second round of voting. selin giritjoins us now from istanbul. we still do not know what the final results will be in this most contested election that turkey has seen contested election that turkey has seenin contested election that turkey has seen in recent years. there is a lot at stake. the new president would have sweeping powers if he secures more than 50% of the votes, tonight, then there would not be a run—off within two weeks. but if neither of the candidates secure 50% of the votes, then there will be a run—off. president hacker is leading the polls. 0ne agency gives the figures as such. president oh dodoo. —— erdogan. that is a figure contested by independent monitors. it could be a long n

hugh pym in portsmouth, thank you.merican border with mexico has prompted donald trump to say he will stop the policy. the sight and sound of distraught children in what look like metal cages has attracted international condemnation. we can talk to gary 0‘donoghue at a us border crossing in texas. gary, this has provoked hostile headlines around the world, what‘s president trump doing about it? well, you are right, fiona. we are looking at between 3000 and 4000 children separated from apparent since the autumn and put into detention while their parents are processed through the system. donald trump has always insisted that the policy is out of his control and it is down to the courts and congress to change it. we have had a 180 degrees u—turn by the president on this, he now says he will sign an order to stop that practice. the problem is all these thousands of children separated from their pa rents, children separated from their parents, reuniting them will be a hugely difficult practical problem. then finding places

here's our health editor, hugh pym. as a "hypothetical" windfall.nter of severe stress across the nhs. ministers were under pressure to find more money. all of that led to today's announcement. the big question was, how much cash will the service need in future decades with a growing and ageing population? the prime minister has tried to answer with a five—year funding plan. tried to answer with partly paid for, she says, by money saved after brexit. that will be through the brexit dividend, the fact that we're no longer sending vast amounts of money every year to the eu once we leave the eu. every year to the eu and we as a country will be contributing a bit more. and in terms of the improvements we want to see, we want to see improvements in performance issues which matter to people today — a&e, waiting times — but i also want to see improved survival rates from cancer. but i also want to see improved the boss of one leading hospital, reflecting the views of most service leaders, welcomed the new funding announcement. welcomed the new people may s

hugh pym, bbc news.arlesworth — director of research and economics at the health foundation. good morning. good morning. not enough to do everything be prime minister would like it to do. one of the real dilemmas around the nhs is that although this is a very substantial amount of money, £20 billion is a huge sum of money on any measure. that will reallyjust allow us to hold the service as it is, in terms of quality and access. the reason for that is we are going into a period now of a very rapidly ageing population, so over the five yea rs ageing population, so over the five years that this settlement covers, there is a million more over 65s. some on over 65 uses about three times much health care as a younger person. as we are getting to retirement age, more of us have complex health conditions which mean we are being admitted to hospital more, staying longer and it's harder to get people home. your organisation looked into these figures in detail. can you say how much more should be spent to go beyond

hugh pym, bbc news.heresa may has congratulated president erdogan of turkey on his re—election, and said she hoped both countries could continue to work together on security, trade and the situation in syria. but the european union has criticised the elections, saying they weren't conducted on a level playing field. our correspondent mark lowen is in istanbul. tell us a little more now the reaction has died down a little over night, what is the election there? that there are pretty vicious election campaign, today turkey paused to contemplate the victory. he has sweeping new powers, he will be able to choose seniorjudges. his biggest challenge today accepted defeat but warned of the dangers of the one—man rule era. the consolation for the opposition is that despite president erdogan‘s dominance here, still half the country rejected him. the problem for the west is how to deal with president erdogan. but they have to, for liberal democracies, they have to deal not only with the leader of turkey but with r

hugh pym, bbc news, gosport.violent schizophrenic patient was the result of racism and could have been avoided, according to a new report. kamil ahmad was an iraqi asylum—seeker. he was stabbed to death byjeffrey barry, who lived alongside him in supported housing, and who'd been released from a psychiatric hospital just hours earlier. the trade minister greg hands has resigned from the government so that he can speak out against plans for a third runway at heathrow airport. the conservative mp said he had promised his constituents in chelsea and fulham that he would oppose expansion. a vote on the proposals is due to be held in parliament on monday. in the past hour, the chancellor of the exchequer has said that the treasury is not trying to undermine brexit, but is instead focused on boosting prosperity by promoting continued ties with the european union after brexit happens. in his annual mansion house speech in the city of london, philip hammond also said taxes would have to rise, to boost spending on the nhs

hugh pym was talking about this earlier tonight, it is in the telegraph and the mail and the observerbut the speech isn't until monday. by the time we get to the speech on monday, journalists like me will have combed through the figures, and when it comes to the press conference theresa may will hopefully give, the question will be, i minister, how much our taxes going to go up? who will pay for this? i think this is a risky strategy from the government. there is a quote from the labour party. this is jonathan there is a quote from the labour party. this isjonathan ashworth, labour's shadow health secretary. he says the nhs is in crisis after eight years of tory cuts and privatisation. today's announcement confirms theresa may failed to give the nhs funding it needs an much of the nhs funding it needs an much of the announcement today is based on wishful thinking. it goes on to talk about debt, at wishful thinking. it goes on to talk about debt, et cetera, failure to provide a funding package for social care. then it says labour would have invested nearly £9 billion extra this year in

our health editor hugh pym has more details.th pressure mounting on the nhs, demands for a funding boost were intensifying. theresa may made it clear she wanted to come up for a long—term plan for the nhs in england, which remove the need for annual last—minute budget top ups. in recent weeks, there have been sometimes acrimonious talks between the health secretary jeremy hunt, calling for increases from the chancellor philip hammond. the new plan covers the next five years. it will involve average annual increases of 3.4% in real terms. the budget for day—to—day running costs is about £115 billion this year, under the plan there will be £20 billion more by 2023. theresa may says some of the funding will be found from money saved after brexit and some probably from higher taxes. what i am announcing will mean that in 2023—24 there will be about £600 million a week in cash, more in cash, going into the nhs. of course we have got to fund that money. that will be through the brexit dividend. the fact that we are no longer spending

here to tell us more is our health editor, hugh pym. what are the details that we know? a significant funding increase, and it comes after weeks of fraught negotiations between the chancellor philip hammond and jeremy hunt, i've exactly what the nhs would get, and the talks went on until late last night and a deal was only reached them, i'm sold. the nhs in england will get more than 3% a yearin in england will get more than 3% a year in real terms extra for the next five years, including more than £4 billion next year, but the treasury had originally and he wa nted treasury had originally and he wanted to offer 2%, mindful of the state of public finances. ministers will argue there is a brexit dividend and some of the money will come from money saved from contributions to the eu which will not take place but they will also say more money is needed on top of that and that will have to come from higher taxation but we won't get details until late in the year in the budget and there will be consequential increases for scotland and northern ireland under the normalformula.

our health editor hugh pym reports.sport and reflecting on their loss nearly two decades ago. i thought she was in a safe place, being cared for. how wrong i was. and i have to live with that. shocking, absolutely shocking. her mother, elsie devine, went to the hospital for rehabilitation after treatment for an infection. she died after four weeks. the family later discovered she had had huge doses of painkillers. those drugs, even in their individual states, let alone given together as a cocktail, were far too high in their dosage and we‘re talking about 100% too high. the report says more than 650 patients probably died at gosport war memorial hospital because opiods where prescribed for no medical reason. it says in the 1990s there was an institutionalized practise of shortening lives. drjane barton, the clinical assistant, is named in the report as responsible for prescribing practice and was later disciplined by medical regulators. bishop james jones, who chaired the review, told me there was a collective failure a

health secretary has apologised and says criminal charges will now be considered as our health editor hugh pymmourning a mother and a grandmother, ann and bridget looking across to gosport and reflecting on their loss nearly two decades ago. i thought she was in a safe place. being cared for. how wrong i was. and i have to live with that. shocking, absolutely shocking. her mother went to the hospital for rehabilitation after treatment for an infection. she died after four weeks. the family later discovered she had had huge doses of painkillers. those drugs, even in their individual states, let alone given together as a cocktail, were far too high in their dosage and we're talking about 100% too high. the report says more than 650 patients probably died at gosport war memorial hospital because opiods where prescribed for no medical reason. it says in the 1990s there was institutionalized practise of shortening lives. drjane barton, the clinical assistant, is named in the report as responsible for prescribing practise and was later disciplined by medical regulators. bishop james jones, who chair

productivity, staffing and key areas, such as mental health and cancer survival. 0ur health editor hugh pymwhere reform may be needed. monday morning at ipswich hospital, and it is no quieter than most other days. no longer do winter pressures ease off in the summer months, as patient numbers coming through the doors keep on rising. a senior doctor here is crawford jamieson. he is leaving attempts to improve the way his hospital works. he told me the new money was welcome, but it wouldn't on its own solve the problem of patients ending up in hospital when they could have been looked after elsewhere. if we just carry it on as now, we are doomed in terms of meeting a patient‘s' expectations. we got to do much better and things have got to change much faster than they have traditionally in the nhs‘s history. so it is a quiet revolution of putting patients central, working as organisations are really worked together around that. diane freeman isa together around that. diane freeman is a patient who arrived today. she has a chest infection and may be in for a couple of days. diane says she is gr

with me is our health editor, hugh pym. just take us through the details, as we know them so far?e has been several weeks of talks in whitehall over getting this package of measures together. prime minister theresa may made it clear she wanted a long—term plan for england in time for the 70th birthday celebrations of the nhs and early next month. but the nhs leadership, jeremy hunt, the health and social care secretary, wa nt health and social care secretary, want it quite a big increase. the treasury, mindful of the state of public finances, were anxious to keep it to what they thought was sustainable. so these talks were going on as late as last night. the deal has finally been thrashed out and it gives the nhs in england 3.4% in real terms over five years. that means more than £4 billion more next year, and by the final year, £20 billion more than this year. now, thatis billion more than this year. now, that is more than what was on the table originally. after the lobbying, it came up to that level. some health think tank sent experts are already saying that actually, it isn't

our health editor hugh pym joins me in the studio.en criticised before for not doing enough to tackle childhood obesity. is this a fresh start for the government. yes, all these options were open to them two years ago and david cameron was about to go ahead with the plan like this and then theresa may took over and it was early days for her, but she watered it down and put something out that was considered to be weak by campaigners. i think what's happened is the climate has changed, businesses haven't been so resista nt to changed, businesses haven't been so resistant to policies like the sugar tax and started reducing shugg sugar in drinks before the implementation of the tax and other measures with reformulation they haven't been strongly against. downing street have been emboldened to come up with proposals which are quite wide—ranging. proposals which are quite wide-ranging. these are just proposals, they have got to be consulted on. but when might we see these actually coming into force? well, listening tojeremy hunt this mornin

here's our health editor hugh pym. looking after the health of future generations.lan. this class is run bya government's plan. this class is run by a healthy lifestyle initiative developed by hull city council. lift those knees up a little bit more. the did you hear is that any help in choosing the right food is welcome. unhealthy food is just cheap, and choosing the right food is welcome. unhealthy food isjust cheap, and it is easier to go in and get something, like chocolate, ora packet of crisps. the government plan for england includes restrictions on unhealthy food promotion in supermarkets, including sweets at the tills. restrictions on tvjunk food sweets at the tills. restrictions on tv junk food advertising on sweets at the tills. restrictions on tvjunk food advertising on all programmes up to the 9pm watershed and calorie information to be published in restaurants. these measures were all considered by david cameron in 2016. but then they we re david cameron in 2016. but then they were put on hold when theresa may became prime minister. all of these option

our health editor, hugh pym, has the latest.he first chance to look at the full report. that's appalling isn't it. listed were details of her own father ‘s death, robert wilson died at gosport war memorial hospital in 1998 aged 75. he had gone for rehabilitation after breaking his collarbone and other health problems. like others he died after a huge doses of painkillers. the report said doctorjean barton was responsible for prescribing on the wards in the 1990s to other staff are also involved. she was later disciplined but not barred by regulators. i am astonished she was not sacked, she was allowed to jump ship, protecting herself and her reputation and allowed to move away and continue to claim her career was successful because literally her career ended successfully with retirement. after all these in the hospital doctor barton worked as a gp at this local practice. one patient told me she was well regarded. she was very brisk and her manner, she did not sufferfools gladly. but she was a very good doctor. we were happy with

our health editor hugh pym is here., and suggestion, what is the context of this7 suggestion, what is the context of this? the background is the government promised a long—term funding plan for the nhs in england in time for the 70th anniversary of the nhs early next month. there is intense speculation about what could be in it and a lot of lobbying by health groups including these things thanks. let's look at the figures. one of which is in the letter to the prime minister. they saved 4% per yearin prime minister. they saved 4% per year in real terms above inflation is needed for any improvement in services put up a report last week came up with a slightly lower figure of 3% full stop if you are just to keep things as they are now in other words with quite long waiting lists and pressures in accident and emergency. compare that with what the government have been putting in to health in england in the last couple of years and that is 2.3%. so a lot more than that is being asked for by these groups who say that is what i

here's our health editor, hugh pym. pat it dry. the nhs 24 seven. agb today seeing a patient today.uestion is how much money will the service —— service needed future decades for the growing and ageing population wasilla had a that and make sure it is right. the prime minister has tried to answer that with a five—year plan partly pay for by money saved after brexit. that will be through the brexit dividend the fact that we will no longer be spending vast amounts of money every year to the eu once we leave the eu. and we as a country would be contributing a bit more. in terms of the improvements we want to see, but wa nt to the improvements we want to see, but want to see improvements in performance issues that matter today, a&e, waiting times. but we also wants to see improved survival rates for cancer. we have a big group for many. the boss of one leading hospital reflected the views of most service leaders welcomes new funding announcement. people may say we need more money and career much behind in terms of budget. i think it isa behind in terms of budget. i think it is a substan

nurses, hospital beds, and ct and mri scanners than other comparable countries. 0ur health editor, hugh pym up and i said to her, "i think i might be having a heart attack." we have fewer staff, we have fewer hospital beds than other countries. i feel really proud to be a nurse and really proud to work for the nhs. 0ur nhs — staff, patients, all of us, free health ca re for everyone. and according to the report, that's where it's ahead of other health systems. you'll always get treated without paying. just done your blood pressure, it's absolutely fine... mahmet had chest pains early one morning. just a few hours later, he'd had an emergency procedure. i was seen pretty much straightaway. they established i'd had a heart attack. they said it wasn't a minor heart attack, it was quite a major heart attack. right from the beginning, the 999 call all the way through to the ladies that come and changed the bed about ten minutes ago, it's all been absolutely fantastic. i can't say a bad word about the nhs. it's been superb. it wasn't his nearest hospital but he was brought 50 miles by ambulance t

here's our health editor, hugh pym. just rinse it and pat it dry with some simple gauze.a gp today seeing a patient in a hospital's urgent treatment centre. the big question is, how much money will the service need in future decades with a growing and ageing population? the prime minister has tried to answer that with a five—year funding plan, partly paid for, she says, by money saved after brexit. that will be through the brexit dividend, the fact that we are no longer sending vast amounts of money every year to the eu once we leave the eu and we, as a country, will be contributing a bit more. in terms of improvements we want to see, we want to see improvements in performance issues that matter to people today, a&e, waiting times, and i also want to see improved survival rates for cancer. we have got a very big room for a&e. the boss of one leading hospital reflecting the views of most service leaders welcomed the new funding announcement. people may say we need more money or we are much behind in terms of budget. i think it is a substantial increase in the budget for th

our health editor, hugh pym, is outside the department of health.interview with the guardian newspaper has said he is making the case for significant increases in nhs funding. but it is not clear what that is. health think—tanks today said the nhs needed at least a% per year increases to cope with demographic pressures and i think mister hunt is sympathetic to that but the treasury is holding out the something nearer to 3% or even below that. i understand talks across whitehall are proving tense and difficult. package of measures was promised ahead of the 70th birthday of the nhs next month. there is a lot of work still to do. jeremy hunt has also conceded that there are problems in devising a workforce strategy for the future and he has conceded that a pledge to recruit and 5000 gps in england by 2020 is proving challenging. this week across bbc news we've been considering national identity within the uk — using exclusive research to look at questions of belonging, tradition and expectations. well tonight, we take in the story from wales and scotla

here's our health editor, hugh pym. looking after the health of future generations.vernment's plan. this class is run by a healthy lifestyle initiative developed by hull city council. lift those knees up a little bit more. did you hear is that any help in choosing the right food is welcome. unhealthy food is just cheap, and it is easier to go in and get something, like chocolate, or a packet of crisps. the government plan for england includes restrictions on unhealthy food promotion in supermarkets, including sweets at the tills. restrictions on tvjunk food advertising on all programmes up to the 9pm watershed and calorie information to be published in restaurants. these measures were all considered by david cameron in 2016. but then they were put on hold when theresa may became prime minister. all of these options were available two years ago and you didn't take them. was it a wasted opportunity? you can always do more, but what we did two years ago is that we wanted to reduce the sugar content in food consumed by children, and if we did not deliver on that, we woul

hugh pym is with me now.kground leading up to the acceptance of this offer? the background was considerable frustration and anger among many health workers that they had been held back by the pay cap, which was in existence. this had a 0% pay rise for a couple of years and 1%, along with other public sector workers, they have fallen well behind with they have fallen well behind with the cost of living and some nurses and other hospital workers were really struggling. that was leading to recruitment problems and retention problems. there was considerable pressure on the government or the chancellor to lift the cap, backed byjeremy hunt with the cap, backed byjeremy hunt with the health and social care secretary. back in march after several months of negotiation, it would lift the cap for these workers, they have agreed to the 6.5%. once the unions had accepted it it was looking fairly clear that members would vote in favour, which they have apart from the gmb. what will the gmb do? they will meet next week i g

let's speak to our health editor, hugh pym, in portsmouth. cessary deaths, maybe 200 more. where does the report apportion blame? well ben it is a long and fairly detailed report, it is what the relatives of those who died at gosport war memorial hospital have been calling for for yea rs. hospital have been calling for for years. they feel their worries were never heard properly. a series of police investigations got nowhere, inquests did not come up with findings that they thought were fair and the crown prosecution service says that no further action could be taken. and they had been campaigning since the late 1990s so today was an extremely important day for them. and i think they particularly telling quote, as we heard in that report from cath was that at this hospital there was an institutionalised practice of shortening lives through prescribing and administering opioids, powerful painkillers, without medical justification. what it does say is that a doctor who has been blamed in connection with this in the past, doctorjane barton, conne

our health editor, hugh pym, has the latest.today was the first chance to look at the full report. young that is appalling. listed are the details of her own father's death. he died at memorial hospital at age 70 five. he had been taken there for rehabilitation after breaking a collar born and other health problems. like others, he died after huge doses of painkillers. the report said doctor barton was responsible for work prescribing all the wards in the 19905, prescribing all the wards in the i990s, though other staff were also involved. she was later disciplined but not barred by regulators.|j involved. she was later disciplined but not barred by regulators. i am astonished she was not sacked. she was allowed to jump ship, protecting her self and her pension and allowed to move away and continued in her career was successful, and her career was successful, and her career ended successfully with retirement. after leaving the hospital, she worked as a gp at this local practise. one patient told me she was well—regarded. local p

our health editor, hugh pym, has been speaking to some of the families involved.grandmother, looking across to gosport and reflecting on their lost nearly two decades ago. i thought she was in a safe quays. being cared for. how wrong i was. and i have to live with that. shocking. absolutely shocking. her mother went to the hospital for rehabilitation after treatment for an infection. she died afterfour weeks. herfamily later an infection. she died afterfour weeks. her family later discovered she had had huge doses of painkillers. those drugs, even in their individual states, let alone given together as a cocktail were far too high given together as a cocktail were fartoo high in given together as a cocktail were far too high in their dosage and we are talking 100% too high. far too high in their dosage and we are talking 10096 too high. report says more than 650 patients probably died at gosport war memorial hospital because opioids were prescribed for no medical reason. in the 1990s, prescribed for no medical reason. in the 19905, it prescribed for no medical rea

died prematurely at gosport hospital after being given dangerous doses of drugs. 0ur health editor, hugh pymn't it. listed were details of her own father's death, robert wilson died at gosport war memorial hospital in 1998 aged 75. he had gone for rehabilitation after breaking his collarbone and other health problems. like others, he died after a huge doses of painkillers. the report said drjane barton was responsible for prescribing on the wards in the 1990s but other staff are also involved. she was later disciplined but not barred by regulators. afterthe hospital doctor barton worked as a gp at this local practice. one patient told me she was well regarded. she was very brisk in her manner, she did not suffer fools gladly. but she was a very good doctor. we were happy with her. what do you think know you have seen the report? i am still uncertain. but i do feel that one person is a scapegoat i do not think it's right. a lot of others involved. hampshire police apologised today to families of patients for any distress caused because investigations were not high quality. they said they woul

we can speak to our health editor hugh pym.t they are asking for?|j three think tanks and then acting on what they are asking for? i think they are listening to a range of voices across the nhs, including the think tanks. the big question is what number they come up with. we are expecting a long—term funding plan promised by theresa may any week now, in time for the 70th anniversary of the nhs next month. health leaders like simon stevens at nhs england, jeremy hunt, the health and social care secretary, are pushing for annual increases above inflation of close to 4%. and as you have heard from the think tank report, that is what is recommended to improve services and keep up with patient demand. 3% would leave things as they are. it seems as if the treasury could be holding out for something under 3%, and that is the big battle going on in whitehall right now, the health world saying if you are going to do it, you must do it properly with funding increases of 4% or more in the future. the treasury having to cope with a lot of