matthew taylor is the chief executive of nhs confederation which represents and speaks for the nhs inngland, wales and northern ireland. matthew, thank you very much for being with us. how bad is it, do you think? i being with us. how bad is it, do you think? ~' being with us. how bad is it, do you think? ~ �* , ., , being with us. how bad is it, do you think? ~ 2 .,, being with us. how bad is it, do you think? ~ 2 ., .,, being with us. how bad is it, do you think? ~ 2 think? i think it's as bad as it has ever been. _ think? i think it's as bad as it has ever been, that _ think? i think it's as bad as it has ever been, that is _ think? i think it's as bad as it has ever been, that is what _ think? i think it's as bad as it has ever been, that is what leaders l think? i think it's as bad as it has ever been, that is what leaders i | ever been, that is what leaders i speak to say to me, people who have been working on the health service for 20 and even 30 years say they have never been in a winter as bad as this. the reality is that the nhs is fragile and it is fragile because there is

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matthew taylor.knowledged that 63 of its soldiers were killed in a new year's eve attack by ukrainian forces using himars rockets supplied by the us. the strikes destroyed a former vocational school in the donetsk region, where the soldiers are said to have been temporarily deployed. ukraine's armed forces say the strike killed hundreds of russian soldiers but human "losses" are still being established. this is what a russian ministry of defence spokesman had to say a short while ago: translation: the kyiv regime | targeted a temporary deployment point used by one of the units of the russian armed forces unit in makiivka in the donetsk republic with six himars rockets. russian air defences shot down two of the rockets. as a result of the impact of four rockets with high explosive warheads, 63 russian servicemen were killed. we can speak now to professor phillips o'brien, professor of strategic studies at st andrews university. thank you for being with us. tell us more about what we know about this at

matthew taylor, the ceo of nhs confederation. travel without border checks. to mark the occasion, the the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, has met croatia's prime minister, andrej plenkovic. the two grabbed a coffee in the capital zagreb. and, when it came to settling the bill, they paid in euros. at least nine people, including a number of children, have died in a crowd crush during a new year firework display in the ugandan capital kampala. police said people got stuck in a narrow corridor in a shopping centre. it was the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic that uganda had permitted large new year gatherings. in cities across the uk, large crowds were out on the streets last night, seeing in the new year. in london, the chimes of big ben were followed by a tribute to queen elizabeth, while in edinburgh, revellers enjoyed the first full hogmanay celebrations in three years. sanchia berg's report on the celebrations, here and around the world, contains flashing images. for 2023, new year cel

matthew taylor, thank you. more on the website. happy new year and fill us let me wish you a very happy new yearand fill us in let me wish you a very happy new year and fill us in on what is going on. happy new year, we will start with spurs because they missed the chance to move back into the top four, after losing at home to aston villa. a mistake by the goalkeeper in his first game back since the world cup, allowed villa to score. score. they doubled the lead. it's a valuable win for villa, they will move up to 12th. the loss puts pressure on tottenham manager conte, his side only have two wins from the last seven. the club knows very well which is my opinion about the situation, and i continue to repeat that before to become competitive, with the win you have to create a solid foundation, last season there was a miracle to finish the top four, to try to win, you need time, patience, to create foundation, to put important player, all the players, you have to invest much money, to do it. this is a process, this is the process if

earlier, i spoke to matthew taylor, chief executive of nhs confederation, which represents and speaksengland, wales and northern ireland. he described how bad the current situation was. i think it's as bad as it has ever been, that is what leaders i speak to say to me, people who have been working in the health service for 20 and even 30 years say they have never been in a winter as bad as this. the reality is that the nhs is fragile, and it is fragile because there is a gap between the demand that is made on our service and the capacity we have to meet that demand, and when you are fragile it doesn't take much for things to become very difficult, and that's what has happened with the growth of flu, with the growth of covid. so it is a very difficult situation. we have got to be honest with the public about the situation that we face. we've got to be clear in the messages we give the public about how they should best use the national health service, and also, as you said, we have got to do something about the threat of industrial action because we cannot injanuary, which is our busies

a little earlier the ceo of the nhs confederation, matthew taylor, talked us through the issues the uk afraid the archbishop is absolutely right. 0ur social care system is broken. we have an estimated 160,000 vacancies in social care. we have tens of thousands of people waiting to be assessed. we have a sector where pay is extremely poor, where the quality of care that we can offer people is often very, very limited and not able to offer support to enable people to stay independent. we can only offer support when people have become incredibly fragile and vulnerable, and that is not a happy experience for people receiving care and for their loved ones, but it then has all sorts of knock—on effects. it has a knock—on effect on the health service, where we have over 10,000 patients in hospital who don't need to be in hospital, aand one of the reasons they're in the hospital with often deteriorating hospitals, there isn't social care provision. and there's also impact on the economy because hundreds of thousands of people aren't able to work because either they have health conditions or ca

matthew taylor is the chief executive of the nhs confederation, a group which represents health servicet a week ago some signs from the department of health and the willingness to talk about pay, and it felt then as though there was progress. that seems to have gone now. i don't know whether this is the treasury or downing street or whatever, but i understand the pressures the government's under, but it needs to show leadership and be pragmatic. it is only by discussing pay with staff that we are going to find a way of avoiding this further industrial action, and it's really important to understand that even if there were no trade unions, no industrial action, we would still have 130,000 vacancies, we would still have an issue about how we recruit, retain and motivate staff, so this wouldn't be backing down to trade union pressure. this would be recognising the reality of the staffing situation in the nhs right now. so i think it really does, you know, both sides need to be pragmatic, both sides need to be willing to compromise, but it probably does now fall to the government to say exp

matthew taylor. thank _ doing their very best. matthew taylor, thank you _ doing their very best.ave just heard from matthew taylor is the _ have just heard from matthew taylor is the seriousness of what is happening in the nhs. ithink is the seriousness of what is happening in the nhs. i think the advice _ happening in the nhs. i think the advice yesterday sent to parents in particular. — advice yesterday sent to parents in particular, all of us need to play a part. _ particular, all of us need to play a part. you — particular, all of us need to play a part. you as— particular, all of us need to play a part, you as a parent, you as a child _ part, you as a parent, you as a child and — part, you as a parent, you as a child and us— part, you as a parent, you as a child and us in schools. and the advice _ child and us in schools. and the advice given out is three things. first _ advice given out is three things. first of— advice given out is three things. first of all. _ advice given out is three things. first of all, that hand sanitiser, washing — first of all, that hand sanitiser,

matthew taylor from the nhs confederation.in the past you have accused the government of being too hesitant in its support of ukraine. how significant do you find this statement on the challenger tanks? this is very significant indeed, i welcome the news that we are finally getting serious about the hardware we are giving to ukraine. i don't want to take away from what britain has done in pushing the international envelope on international envelope on international military assistance which has been far, far too slow but it has been very late in the day, possibly too late, unless other nations follow our lead and also gift battle tanks go back to the start of the conflict. 0nce need declared it would not formally respond to the legal invasion of a european state that basically gave putin license to increase the level of risk that he could take, effectively unchallenged, on the battlefield, even allowing him to completely regroup after that failed international invasion. and as you have been saying is also being able to continu

joining me now is matthew taylor, chief executive of the nhs confederation, a group which representsuation is this- the _ to you today? i think the situation is this. the health _ to you today? i think the situation is this. the health service - to you today? i think the situation is this. the health service is i to you today? i think the situation is this. the health service is able l is this. the health service is able to make progress and has made progress in critical areas. we reduce the number of people waiting a long time for operations and are on course to continue to reduce that and we've improved cancer diagnosis and we've improved cancer diagnosis and there was the vaccine programme, etc. we are able to make progress in ordinary times but we have a kind of inherent fragility as a system and that fragility is a reflection is there is 130,000 vacancies we've not invested enough in building, equipment or technology and what that means is when we go into winter we are going into winter in the hope that the demand we face is not overwhelming, and unfortunately what we've seen th

the chief executive of the nhs confederation, matthew taylor, told bbc radio 4�*s today programme thaty of doctors to reduce backlogs built up during the pandemic. a few days ago, there seemed to be some willingness on the government�*s side to talk about pay and it felt like there was a more positive environment, but that now seems to have gone and we can�*t go on like this. it does, i think, feel to our members that the government does need to enter into negotiations about pay and once again to make the point that even if there were no trade unions, even if there was no industrial action, we would still have 130,000 vacancies and a huge problem with recruiting and retaining staff, so i think we would say to the government, be pragmatic, to the trade unions also, and leave no stone unturned in trying to end this because the communicative impact means it is almost impossible for us to both meet demand and make inroads into that backlog. talks between unions and officials at the department for education are scheduled to take place for six hours on friday. the schools minister nick gibb

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taylor swift's l.a. show this fall. but that's not good enough. let's welcome mat bellamy, he covers money and power in hollywood, and his former editor of the hollywood reporter. matthew you. let's break this, down the company promised to do better, but what is the actual mechanism that will force them to do so. when i'm screaming at my children, they are like, oh, oh, i'm going to do better. and as soon as i'm done screaming, they go back to their bad behavior. >> that's absolutely right, because so far, the really has been no incentive. these two companies were allowed to merge in 2010, there is a consent decree put in place. they violated that consent decree, multiple times, and then the consent decree was extended in 2019, and it's now up in 2025. the question is, what will happened then? are they going to extended again or are they going to end it? where they're going to do something more than just a slap on the wrist here? are they going to actually refer this and have the justice department get involved here. ? and potentially even unwind that merger. >> could they do that? when this thing expires in 2025, could lock makers say, you know what, forget it? you ar

matthew, let's talk about politics and the reaction from kevin mccarthy, reiterating his threat to block ilhan omar, eric swalwell and adam schiff from serving on committees, saying it's basically payback for democrats moving marjorie taylore and paul gosar from their assignments. it's unfathomable to compare the representatives that kevin mccarthy is going after to just the white supremacy and antisemitism from marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar and what led them to be removed from their committee assignments. >> yeah, but as the republicans have vocally admitted, the substance does not matter, the substantive recent does not matter. this is just about getting back, always about owning somebody, right? it's always about we will own the libs, own this group, that group, this person, that person, with no real substantive reason in the course of this. to me, the fact that they are comparing somebody like marjorie taylor greene be somebody like adam shift, the person that talked about the jewish space lasers versus somebody that has served in a very admirable, competent way but competence is not something they want as a quality in a representative. they would rather have performance over confidence, and that is what the d

taylor greene saying the same thing. this is embarrassing. >> let's bring in chris matthews. in washington, d.c.emocrats of inbibing alcohol on the house floor. an absolute lie. that hasn't happened since they brought cameras into the chamber. we won't have you tell us what it was like in the back of the chamber before they brought cameras in. i heard the old guys used to imbibe a lot. talk about the house on the house floor and in kentucky where you had conservative ohio governor and progressive ohio senator, a retiring republican, mitch mcconnell, joe biden, kentucky democratic governor altogether saying you know what? we got to get things done for the people. what a contrast that was yesterday, huh? >> in a way it's a traditional difference between the house and the senate. the house is more extreme with smaller districts and don't have to represent the whole state. mcconnell has to deal with liberals in kentucky he wants to keep the senate the way it is. he doesn't want to get rid of the -- any changes that were there. i think the big loser this week is probably trump. i have watched him beg