health editor, hugh pym, _ for more money as well?well? healthj editor, hugh pym, thank you for joining me and the studio. that's it for the world today, let's go to the weather and i ben rich. hello. where we've seen some sunshine today, it has felt fairly warm. but temperatures are set to drop under clear skies tonight. just like last night, we could see some patchy fog reducing visibility, giving some poor travelling conditions first thing in the morning. now on the satellite picture, we can see this swirling mass of cloud — that is storm boris, that has continued to bring some heavy rain across central parts of europe. but we have an area of high pressure in charge, keeping things largely dry. many places will see clear skies overnight tonight. there's even a small chance of seeing the aurora borealis — the northern lights. but we will have more cloud in the mix across the north and the west of scotland, a bit of rain there moving across 0rkney and shetland. further south, those clear skies, some fog patches most likely across par

hugh pym, bbc news.he standard of maternity care in england says it urgently needs to be reformed, to stop harm from becoming normalised. the care quality commission has warned of widespread problems in hospitals across the country, and is calling for immediate action to address them. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns reports. fiona designed this nursery when she was pregnant, picking out outfits for her baby, but her daughter, aliona, never lived to enjoy any of this. things that i made for her, birth announcement pictures. fiona went into labour at home, her waters broke and she was worried because she didn't think her baby was moving as much as normal. she should have been assessed then. when she was in hospital, her baby had an abnormal heart rate. this should have been assessed. it wasn't. baby aliona was pronounced dead within half an hour of birth. when they came over and said my name, ijust turned around to them and went, she's dead, isn't she? and... ..and they said, yes. and this primal

here's our health editor, hugh pym.ed at. of those, 39 have been formally reviewed. more than half have seen harm to a child. 13 severely so. they are all linked to this consultant orthopaedic surgeon, yaserjabbar. he no longer works here at great ormond street and no longer has a licence to practice in the uk. we understand he is now practising in dubai and in fact is due to speak at an international conference there next week. we've tried to get in touch with him but he hasn't responded. back in 2022, the trust called in the royal college of surgeons to review its paediatric orthopaedic service and in the college's report to the trust — according to the sunday times, which has seen it — a case involving leg straightening and lengthening was said to be incorrect and unsuitable. a lawyer for some of the families involved have said there are cases of muscle and nerve damage and, in one case, the amputation of a lower limb. the response from great ormond street is that they take very seriously the need to listen to patien

here�*s our health editor, hugh pym. horns blare it began in march last year.they said should compensate for inflation over more than a decade. what do we want? pay restoration! when do we want it? now! some talks took place with the conservative government, but that didn�*t stop 11 rounds of strikes over a total of 44 days. soon after the election, the labour government made an increased pay offer, which the doctors union, the bma, put to members, and they voted to accept. we are bringing this current dispute of two years now to an end. it has taken far too long for the government to take any meaningful steps towards pay restoration. we are now in a process of turning that tide, and i hope that we can continue to make thatjourney into the future so that doctors don�*t have to strike over pay again. the offer included a backdated pay rise for last year of 4%, on top of an existing increase worth an average of 9%, and for this year, an additional 6% increase, topped up with an extra £1,000, which comes to around 9%. it overall adds up to 22%. the government says

here's hugh pym.government was saying the nhs were broken and the problems cannot be fixed overnight. the medical expert lord darzi was asked to carry out a rapid review of the state of the nhs in england. his full report is due out later in the week but now the first findings have been released, including that more than 100,000 infants have waited more than six hours in a&e departments last year, 800,000 children and young people are on waiting lists for hospital treatment, with 175,000 waiting between six and 12 months, and 160,000 waiting more than a year for mental health support. lord darzi says there was relatively a much bigger reduction in routine nhs operations through the pandemic than in other international health systems. the prime minister put the blame on the conservative government. he has been really clear that the nhs has been broken but not beaten, and the reason he identifies is because of money that was taken out of the nhs, particularly in the early years of the coalition, 2010 on

hugh pym, bbc news.rom a new report on the nhs — led by former labour minister lord ara darzi — have shown that children's health is in crisis. he says children are being let down in several ways, including a shortage of some medicines to treat adhd — that's attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. young people who have the condition say they can't concentrate at school — and feel as if they're being set up to fail, as ben moore reports. new term, new challenges. but one thing won't change in sixth form for 16—year—old alice — her adhd medication is still in short supply. it gave me the ability to actually concentrate. like, if i hadn't had the medication, i wouldn't have been able to sit down and study, and i also wouldn't have been able to sit down and focus in my exams. alice relied on her medication to get through her gcse revision and exams and is pretty chuffed with her results. i got higher than my predictions. what sort of grades did you get? i got 75, 8s and 9sand one 6, so... but there's still

all right, hugh pym, our health editor, thank you. two months on the life of donald trump has appeared in court in florida. ryan routh was detained after secret service agents opened fire at a golf course where the former president was playing. they'd spotted an assault rifle in bushes a few hundred yards from mr trump, who was unharmed. sarah smith has more from florida. driver, walk straight back! this is the moment officers ordered ryan routh out of his car, hands above his head, before he was swiftly handcuffed and arrested. the 58—year—old had spent over 12 hours waiting for donald trump. two years ago, he spoke to newsweek from ukraine about his attempt to recruit volunteers to fight invading russian forces. if the governments will not send their official military, then we civilians have to pick up the torch and make this thing happen... in one social media post, he said he was prepared to die in ukraine. in another, he mentioned voting for donald trump in 2016 but claims to have become disillusioned. donald trump was playing go

hugh pym, bbc news.niversity, professor alison wearing. thanks for being with us. the one figure that reallyjumps out is the increasing number of staff members in the nhs. 0ne staff members in the nhs. one in ten patients were waiting 12 hours in a in the end that is 81 times as many as in 2019 —— in a&e. 81 times as many as in 2019 -- in a&e. �* ., ., , in a&e. although the absolute number of _ in a&e. although the absolute number of staff _ in a&e. although the absolute number of staff have - in a&e. although the absolute i number of staff have expanded, we really seen a loss of very experienced staff. that meant that the workload has gone up, so it's gone up significantly. care is more complex, the work is more complex, and generally the people in our lives experience.— the people in our lives experience. the people in our lives exerience. ~ ., , experience. we saw the last programme _ experience. we saw the last programme in _ experience. we saw the last programme in 2012. - experience. we saw the la

hugh pym, bbc news.this year, her keepers were unsure how to help her — so they called in a team of specialist surgeons to perform a world—first operation. jayne mccubbin takes up the story from knowsley safari. it has been fascinating this morning that you can say amara there really, really lazy. what we wanted to show you was her toddling around on four legs because her story is incredible. instead, she is sleeping. good morning from all the team down here in knowsley safari this morning. everybody is off to wake up the rest of the animals, get on with the day but the story behind amara is incredible. when the call came through david saying she had broken her leg, it was high jeopardy because she could have died. instead, they cast around for their experts and found a solution to a huge problem. have a look at this film and we will chat to david in a moment. how many bets does it take to fix a baby rhino's lead? the answer is ten. 0ver fix a baby rhino's lead? the answer is ten. over five hours, answer

hugh pym, bbc news.he liberal democrat party conference closes in brighton later today — with a keynote speech from leader sir ed davey. he'll say that fighting to "fix" what he calls the "broken" nhs is what his party will prioritise above all other issues from now on. let's go now to our political correspondent hannah miller, who is at the conference in brighton. final day to day? yes, and we expect ed davey to offer some words of hope to define his party as being one that has help as he seeks to offer opposition to the labour party while focusing attacks, as they have been for many months, on the conservative party. i'm joined by the former president of the liberal democrats, sal brinton. the liberal democrats, you won really on three issues, sewage, the cost of living, health and social care. looking around conference, do you think it is possible to keep immunity across a whole range of national issues that you had such a big presence in parliament? i such a big presence in parliament?— such a big pr

hugh pym, bbc news.ring tags for offenders after several said they had been let out under the government's early release programme without one. the government has blamed serco for the delays. serco said they are working hard to clear the backlog. the us coast guard has released new video footage that shows the moment wreckage from the titan submersible was discovered on the sea bed in the north atlantic. the deep sea craft imploded injune last year, with five passengers on board, during an expedition to explore the wreck of the titanic. in south carolina, the us coast guard is conducting a formal hearing as a part of the investigation into the loss of the titan submersible lastjune. today, we heard from renata rojas, a mission specialist for oceangate, who gave an emotional witness testimony. i held the bag. you know, as the mission specialist, "come on board." people getting inside the sub, they have to take their head out, —— people getting inside the sub, they have to take their hat out, their life ja

hugh pym, thank ou. carried out for bbc news by cancer research uk. patients with the disease in the head and neck, and the bowel, are the most likely to face long waits — onlyjust over half are seen within the 62—day target. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes reports. amy gray knows what it can mean when cancer treatment is delayed. her mum, jayne, seen here on the right, waited for more than 70 days to be seen after suffering pain in 2021 despite a 16—year history of cancer. by the time she saw a specialist, it was too late. the cancer had spread. it was so frustrating. every single day that went by, it was like a form of torture. every single delay, every day that passes where you're waiting on a scan, you're waiting on treatment, it's just so frustrating. now, an exclusive analysis for bbc news of data for england injuly this year reveals some significant variations in waiting times for different types of cancer. the nhs target is for 85% of patients to start treatment within 62 days of an urgen

here's our health editor, hugh pym. voices from the nhs front line today.to be a gp. the attitude and some of the rhetoric that you hear is just really demoralising. when i talk to people, it's, "i can't wait for my retirement, i've got this amount of time left." it's a burnt—out workforce. and callers to the bbc included patients. i just thought what brilliant people thatjoined those dots and literally saved my life. i think it is really important that no—one expects anything to change overnight. all on a day when a bleak report on the state of the nhs in england was published. louise's experience sums up one of the key problems — long—waiting lists. we spoke to her in april, when she'd waited a year and a half for a knee replacement and had to take early retirement as a teacher. my mobility was so poor that i didn't feel comfortable or safe in the classroom. five months later, we meet her again. she's had the operation — but went private. she felt she just couldn't wait any longer on the nhs. i feel selfish for doing that and for betraying something that

that was hugh pym. appeared in court in florida. ryan routh was detained, after secret service agents opened ryan routh was detained after secret service agents opened fire at a golf course where the former president was playing. they'd spotted an assault rifle in bushes a few yards from mrtrump, who was unharmed. sarah smith has more from florida. driver, walk straight back! this is the moment officers ordered ryan routh out of his car, hands above his head, before he was swiftly handcuffed and arrested. the 58—year—old had spent over 12 hours waiting for donald trump. two years ago, he spoke to newsweek from ukraine about his attempt to recruit volunteers to fight invading russian forces. if the governments will not send their official military, then we civilians have to pick up the torch and make this thing happen. in one social media post, he said he was prepared to die in ukraine. in another, he mentioned voting for donald trump in 2016, but claims to have become disillusioned. donald trump was pla

hugh pym, bbc news. more coverage of the third stage of the inquiry on the website.and a half years is getting his feet back under the table after being reunited with his owners. shoto had somehow travelled from near houston in texas to springfield in massachusetts — that's more than six states away. he'd disappeared during a brutal cold snap in january 2022. let's speak to shoto's owner, carla conde. we can see shoto. thank you for coming on the programme. hello, thank ou coming on the programme. hello, thank you for— coming on the programme. hello, thank you for having _ coming on the programme. hello, thank you for having me. - coming on the programme. hello, thank you for having me. it - thank you for having me. it shows are trying to get away again already? he shows are trying to get away again already?— again already? he is temperamental- again already? he is| temperamental right again already? he is - temperamental right now. if again already? he is _ temperamental right now. if he comes back _ temperamental right now. if he comes back that's _ temperamental r

hugh pym, bbc news.s section is ppe. you will recall the challenges there were at the beginning sourcing enough equipment for nhs staff. but the procurement process will also be under the spotlight. and today the anti corruption charity transparency international raises concerns. they have been analysing publicly available data on over 5,000 uk contracts that were awarded. and they have identified 135 contracts worth £15.3 billion that should be further investigated, that is equivalent to one in every £3 spent. transparency international has attached three red flags to each of these high—risk contracts — which would signal a significant risk of corruption. with me is daniel bruce, chief executive of transparency international: explained to me, if you would come of the flag system, how you use that. we come of the flag system, how you use that-— come of the flag system, how you use that. we were looking at 5000 contracts _ you use that. we were looking at 5000 contracts again - you use that. we were looki

hugh pym, bbc news.ds including emmys, tony awards, a grammy and an honorary oscar. lizo mzimba looks back at his life. from his first film role he clearly had something special. the from his first film role he clearly had something special.— from his first film role he clearly had something special. the fire is out. that voice. _ had something special. the fire is out. that voice. before _ had something special. the fire is out. that voice. before doctor- out. that voice. before doctor strangelove. _ out. that voice. before doctor strangelove, james _ out. that voice. before doctor strangelove, james earl - out. that voice. before doctor strangelove, james earl jones out. that voice. before doctor- strangelove, james earl jones had strangelove, james earljones had served in the military, but he really wanted to act. i�*ue served in the military, but he really wanted to act. i've been waitin: really wanted to act. i've been waiting for— really wanted to act. i've been waiting for you. _ really wanted to

hugh pym, bbc news.mit? lord dardai says — this wasn't part of the remit? lord dardai says a _ this wasn't part of the remit? lfr'c dardai says a functioning social care system is vital to the nhs particularly if services shift from hospitals into the community. the problems in social care are well known. staff shortages, underfunding for years and known. staff shortages, underfunding foryears and an known. staff shortages, underfunding for years and an ageing population creating more demand. it has a huge knock—on effect on the nhs. someone who is older or disabled is more likely to have a full or an infection that takes them into hospital if they haven't got good social care, also people get stuck in hospital because there is no want to support them in the community. many of the problems are around money. even so, some places are trying to rethink what they are doing. this week in leeds for instance, they started a pilot scheme in two neighbourhoods, health and care staff are working more closely and i

hugh pym, bbc news. says his customers are loosening their purse strings. also coming up: ahead of the early release of thousands of prisoners, we find out how some former inmates are re—entering the world of work. and a triumphant return to london for paralympicsgb. coming up on bbc news — harry kane will win his 100th cap for england in their nations league match against finland tomorrow night at wembley. so he won't be one of the two or three changes interim manager lee carsley is planning to make. andrew tate have spoken to the bbc about their experiences. both women say it happened over a decade ago, before his rise to fame. one of the women says he sent her voice and text messages afterwards. andrew tate denies the rape allegations, along with the charges he currently faces in romania of human trafficking and rape. a warning, ruth clegg's report contains misogynistic language and descriptions of sexually violent behaviour. women are dumb. andrew tate, the self—proclaimed misogynist with a giant onl

hugh pym, bbc news. moment wreckage from the titan submersible was discovered on the seabed in the north atlantic. the deep sea craft imploded injune last year, with five passengers on board, during an expedition to explore the wreck of the titanic. our science editor rebecca morelle can tell us more. and rebecca, this has come as part of the ongoing public inquiry. that's right and in this footage that has been released you can see the titan in pieces on the sea floor of the atlantic, nearly 3800 metres down. the footage shows the back part of the submersible. it shows a domed area, it shows a titanium ring and also the carbon fibre hull, the pressure hole is the part with the passengers would have been and it gives you a sense of the crushing pressure that there would have been in the deep. it was a tragic accident. otherfootage in the deep. it was a tragic accident. other footage shows the tail cone, this is the bit at the back of the submersible that houses the electronics, that is much more intact b

we can cross live to our health editor hugh pym outside the hospital in central london. it's a difficultdifficult day, hugh. great orman street is having - a difficult day, hugh. great orman street is having to l a difficult day, hugh. great. orman street is having to look 0rman street is having to look at these more than 700 cases involving treatment of children, so far 39 have been formally reviewed and of those more than half saw harm to a child, 13 of them severely so. all have been linked to one consultant orthopaedic surgeon — yaserjabber. we understand that he is based in and possibly practising in dubai and in fact is due to be speaking at a conference there over the next week. we've tried to contact him but he is not come back to us. back in 2022, the royal college of surgeons was asked by a great 0rman street to carry out a review of its paediatric orthopaedic service, and according to its final report back to the trust, seen by the sunday times, it found a case of limb lengthening and strengthening which is incorrect and unsuitable. lawyers for some of the family involved are

hugh pym, bbc news.chief political correspondent henry zeffman is at the liberal democrats conference where leader sir ed davey is expected to speak about nhs funding later today. morning, funding later today. henry. what can we expect to morning, henry. what can we expect to hearfrom him about this? morning, sally. the liberal democrats have been talking about the nhs throughout the four—day conference, really throughout this year. and don't expect today to be any different. that's the main section we are told of their ed davey public speech to the liberal democrat conference today, he will see say that the nhs cannot be easily fixed, the conservative broke it so badly over so many years but they also know it must be done and they also know it must be done and they will of people hope in the word hope is a jab on the labour government, there is a view in the liberal democrat leadership that labour have been too gloomy. but the liberal democrat's main target other conservatives, that's who they won the v

hugh pym, bbc news.to a leading children's doctor who willjoin us before nine o'clock. political eyes on brighton this week. the trades union congress is meeting in brighton for the start of its annual conference, the first one to take place under the new government. the tuc represents 48 unions with 5.5 million members. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoo said the unions have made some important gains in recent weeks, but will want to make more progress. trade union delegates and members will gather over the next few days and have — will gather over the next few days and have a — will gather over the next few days and have a few reasons to be feeling chain _ and have a few reasons to be feeling chain it _ and have a few reasons to be feeling chair. it after 14 years they have a sympathetic government in power to work with. _ sympathetic government in power to work with, public sector unions have been _ work with, public sector unions have been given— work with, public sector unions have been given

our health editor hugh pym is at great ormond street.ow being looked at. of those, 39 have been formally reviewed. more than half have seen harm to a child. they are all linked to this consultant orthopaedic surgeon, yaserjabbar, who no longer works here at great ormond street, and no longer has a licence to practice in the uk. we understand he is now practising in dubai and he is due to speak at an international conference there next week. we've tried to get in touch with him but he hasn't responded. in 2022 the trust called on the royal college of surgeons to review its paediatric orthopaedic service and in the college's report to the trust, according to the sunday times which has seen it, a case involving leg straightening and leg lengthening was said to be unsuitable. the lawyer for some of the families involved have said there are cases of muscle and nerve damage and in one case the amputation of a lower limb. the response from great ormond street is that they take very seriously the need to listen to patients and hear what has happ

here�*s our health editor hugh pym.n end as things stand and we won�*t get disruption over the crucial winter period as we did last year. it began in march last year stroking junior doctors on picket lines demanding a rise of 25% which they said could compensate for inflation over a decade. some talks took place with the conservative government but that did not stop 11 rounds of strikes over a total of 44 days. soon after the election the labour government made an increased pay offer which the doctors union put two members and they voted to accept. we union put two members and they voted to accept.— voted to accept. we are bringing _ voted to accept. we are bringing this _ voted to accept. we are bringing this current - voted to accept. we are - bringing this current dispute two years to an end. it has taken far too long for the government to take any meaningful step towards pay restoration. we are now in a process of turning the tide and i hope we can continue to make thatjourney into the future so doctors don�*t have

here's our health editor, hugh pym. it began in march last year. to be phased in, which they said should compensate for inflation over more than a decade. what do we want? pay restoration! when do we want it? now! some talks took place with the conservative government, but that didn't stop 11 rounds of strikes over a total of 44 days. soon after the election, the labour government made an increased pay offer, which the doctors union, the bma, put to members and they voted to accept. this is the first step towards restoring pay, towards restoring the value, which is all that doctors have wanted since the beginning of this campaign. as you will know we have had huge pay cuts since 2008

let's get more now from our health editor hugh pym. hugh, what has the regulator said so far?council put out a statement and this is what they have said. a spokesperson said the alleged sexual abuse conducted by mr al fayed against multiple women was horrifying and the allegations relating to medical staff were deeply concerning and if any fitness to practise concerns about individual doctors were identified, relevant information would be examined and action taken as appropriate. the gmc as a matter of course it doesn't tend to confirm or deny whether any complaints have been made and doesn't make any form of announcement unless they decide to take the doctor in question to a tribunal to seek to have them struck off the medical register. so it may be that we don't get any further clarification from the gmc and i should just remind where we are that this relates to two doctors reported to have carried out the medical examinations, one wendy snell has still died —— since died and another doctor, and coxon, does have questions to answer about examinations carried out under the gr

hugh pym, bbc news.ago. her owners have appealed for help finding her. they have said she is probably living her best life. look at her there. time for the weather, not to come on bbc news. this area of high pressure in charge, it is going to say largely drive with some sunshine. these areas of cloud just filtering in across east anglia and the south east mayjust produce the odd light shower, the odd spot of drizzle across the northern isles, where it could be quite murky at times. but the north of mainland scotland, up to 23 degrees and elsewhere generally high teens, low 20s, feeling very pleasant for mid september. tonight we will see more cloud filtering in across east anglia into parts of the midlands, the south of england. patchy fog is possible across parts of northern ireland, northern england and southern scotland and where we do keep clear skies and light winds, it will be another rather chilly night, milder up towards the northwest of scotland and also towards the southeast of england, with mo

personal stories from more than 30,000 people will form part of the evidence. 0ur health editor hugh pymthe opening? the hearings have got under way at the latest module and we've already heard about pre—pandemic preparedness and there is a report that found significant flaws that came from the inquiry and in the next module we heard all about government decision—making and all the forts up messages going backwards and forwards but for the first time in this third module what was happening on the nhs front line, or star protected? were they given the right ppe? more patients looked after appropriately and that they pick up infections in hospitals which could have been avoided? the inquiry casey jacqueline carey began by reminding the hearing that back at the very beginning in march 2020 borisjohnson was then prime minister said stay at home, protect the nhs but the question she asked was was that message successful and wasn't needed in the first place? what cost for example to those people — what cost for example to those people who did not have covid—i9 but rely on _ people who did not

hugh pym, bbc news. don't we? lovely out there recently, hasn't it been? more cloud with grey skies. this from leicestershire a short while ago. it will break up with sunshine developing for the vast majority. a few changes today. still an easterly breeze. some well sheltered valleys in scotland. temperatures 16, i7 sheltered valleys in scotland. temperatures 16, 17 in east anglia and the south east. the cloud goes all the way through to mid wales and much of eastern england. more of a struggle to clear some of that today on the eastern coasts and in eastern scotland as well. when you are sheltered from the breeze he will see the highest temperatures. the warmest will be in the south—eastern corner. 25, 26 possible. mid 20s western scotland and west of northern ireland. through the night the breeze will bring more cloud backin the breeze will bring more cloud back in more widely and a bit more across central and eastern scotland to take us into tomorrow. if we get clear skies it will be much colder. for

we are joined now by our health editor hugh pym. or not of ppe in hospitals, infection control and the impact on patient and a lot of other related issues. the inquiries —— or the inquiry says this exercise called every story matters with statements or interviews with more than 30,000 people is really important because they will be collected in one document which will be tabled as evidence and can be referred to by lawyers who will be beginning their submissions today. but the covid bereaved families for justice group is saying they don�*t feel they have enough representation. 0nly feel they have enough representation. only two of their witnesses are being called. the answer to that from an inquiry spokesperson is, they have put the experiences and view of families of the bereaved and the bereaved right at the centre of their work. thank you. 0ur health reporterjim reed went to speak to some of those affected. at the worst point, i didn�*t want to live any longer. i woke up, i couldn't remember my children's names. my lungs were whi