the crisis our nhs is now in is so deep and severe, that on friday, nhs england was forced to announcerget to see 95% of patients within four hours is effectively abandoned until march 2019. on saturday, thousands of us took to the streets to demand a nationally funded nhs. by the way we will not take lessons from donald trump. the nhs model is not broke but it does need funding. if this government will not give it the funding it needs, then the next labour government well. the nhs was better prepared for winter this year. the number of one—on—one calls has doubled since last year. 0ver1 million more people have been vaccinated against flu virus. 3,000 more beds have been made available since november. the reality is this year we have had pressure in the nhs as a result of pressure from flu. the difference is in 2009 this party did not play politics with flu pressures, this year, the honourable gentleman, has dones so, so he should compare to wales and see the excellent performance we have had in comparison. what is the government's response... the response to the recommendations of th

chanting: save our nhs!g for increased funding for the nhs. health unions joined other campaigners, arguing there was a winter crisis which needed urgent action and investment. today a report from health experts, including the former head of nhs england, has called for new proposals to nhs funding problems. the report, commissioned by the liberal democrats, calls for an extra £4 billion on top of inflation for the nhs extra £4 billion on top of inflation forthe nhs in extra £4 billion on top of inflation for the nhs in england in the next financial year, more than double the increase announced in the budget. a single, ring—fenced tax for health and social care replacing national insurance. and reinstating a commitment to cap the costs paid by individuals for social care. it is important that we understand the nhs is not a wasteful service. it isa the nhs is not a wasteful service. it is a service that is creating a very healthy population and continues to do so. but if we want that, we have to fund it. if we

and an nhs story on page two of the express, a league table showing the number of nhs workers in englandng to the nationality, that is from september 2017. nhs workers from 202 countries. it is extraordinary. it is amazing, the figures are amazing, our nhs is an incredible institution. there are two sides to this. these figures show those people working in the nhs. people are concerned will they still work in it after brexit, are they leaving? the commons report this is taken from shows that the numberof eu this is taken from shows that the number of eu staff has changed little since the referendum, and this is an ongoing debate. will these eu nationals that are working in the nhs stay here, and what kind of migration controls are we going to introduce after brexit? the question is the ones who are here will presumably get the right to stay. it is about the ones who come after. and whether people will leave for other reasons and the pool of available workers from eu countries will inevitably diminish. it is interesting the number of non—eu countries in the list and the top two under brit

the nhs was used asa paradox, isn't it.f the nhs is at risk —— at risk from brexit? i think the argument is already turning as people are trying to use nhs facilities in their local areas and struggling. it is now well regarded that the nhs promise was a lie. people will not tolerate the idea of american companies buying our nhs. for theresa may, it was the best blow and she has got to clear up very quickly, because it's easy for us to say theresa may sells your nhs to donald trump.|j for us to say theresa may sells your nhs to donald trump. i don't think there is any prospect of a sale of there is any prospect of a sale of the nhs to american companies. that'sjust not going to happen. it's not our record in government and its absolutely clear that even under the arrangements that were proposed, there were arrangements to protect public services, so i think thatis protect public services, so i think that is a distraction. where there are issues around the nhs is around staffing and whether or not we can recruit eu nationals

more than half dentists want to leave the nhs within five years.irst, the government has been accused of indifference, incompetence, and complacency, over its use of outsourcing for public services. the accusation came after an mp is an urgent question about the firm capita, which has issued a profits warning. capita operates the city's congestion charge and administers the teachers pension scheme. it also collects the tv license fee on behalf of the bbc. capita's shares have plunged almost 50%, following the profits warning announcement. the news comes hot on the heels of the collapse of its outsourcing rival, korean. the minister said he understood mp concerns, but said that capita was in a very different position. —— outsourcing rival, carillon. they have significant cash reserves 0 n carillon. they have significant cash reserves on their balance sheet. we do not believe that capita is in a coral position to capita. the issues that led to the insolvency of carillon will come out in due course. at a current assessment is that they flow from diffi

to nhs funding problems.the liberal democrats calls for an extra £4 billion on top of inflation for the nhs in england in the next financial year, more than double the increase announced in the budget. a single, ring—fenced tax for health and social care replacing national insurance, and reinstating a commitment to cap the costs paid by individuals for social care. the report argues that higher funding needed for health and care should come through increased taxation, and that this will be more transparent if there is a dedicated tax for this purpose. longer waiting list than rationing for some treatments, it says, are undermining the key principles of the nhs. in response, the department of health and social ca re the department of health and social care said the nhs had been prioritised in the budget, and an extra £2 billion had already been provided for social care in england. coming up at 6:00am on breakfast: the team will have the latest on downing street's insistence that britain will leave the customs

chanting: save our nhs!g for increased funding for the nhs. health unionsjoined other campaigners, arguing there was a winter crisis which needed urgent action and investment. today a report from health experts, including the former head of nhs england, has come up with new proposals to tackle the nhs's funding problems. the report, commissioned by the liberal democrats, calls for an extra £4 billion on top of inflation for the nhs in england in the next financial year, more than double the increase announced in the budget. a single, ring—fenced tax for health and social care replacing national insurance. and reinstating a commitment to cap the costs paid by individuals for social care. it is important that we understand the nhs is not a wasteful service. it is a service that is creating a very healthy population and continues to do so. but if we want that, we have to fund it. if we don't want it, that's a decision we should be making as a population and this new form of taxation, ring fenced, would make tha

every political party in the uk has been claire about its commitment to the nhs.bt about that. it isa nhs. there is no doubt about that. it is a celebrated part of the uk government policy. the origin of the tweet is that nigel farage, a former leader of ukip, he appeared on us television shortly before president trump sent this to eat and was talking about the nhs. in particular, the pressure it's under asa particular, the pressure it's under as a result of immigration. shortly after, we have this tweet from donald trump. we can't say for sure that he was influenced by the appearance of nigel farage on us television but some people are attributing that to this tweet. he seems to be missing the point about the nhs when it comes to british policy because every party is wholly supported of it despite the differences over whether there is enough funding and how it should be run. there is cross—party support for it and we saw exactly that in the response to donald trump's tweet. we know that the president likes to watch fox and friends and there is more evidence of it

to save the nhs. us would pay more to save the nhs. and the guardian claims labourers in forcing landowners to give up sites at knock—down prices to build more council houses. brussels has lined up council houses. brussels has lined up sanctions to stop britain undercutting the eu economy, that's the lead in the financial times. and the lead in the financial times. and the express newspaper reports that snoring raises your risk of dementia. bit of a mixed bag on the front pages! prince harry and meghan markle make headlines on several of them. what we start with the very serious one. the metro newspaper say devious and hate filled, the verdict coming in today on darren osborne. tell us more about this story. this is the moment this man crashed into a mosque and killed one man. the jury a mosque and killed one man. the jury decided very quickly he was guilty. one of the more shocking things that came out of it was he had been radicalised injust three weeks. it's claimed he watched the bbc series three girls about the rochdale scandal, t

main story is that health service leaders have warned that compensation payoffs must be cut, or the nhsgo bust. the guardian claims labour is considering forcing landowners to give up sites at knock—down prices to build more council houses. arab news reports that women will be allowed to drive taxis and other commercial vehicles in oman from march first as part of a drive to give women equal business and employment rights. the japan times goes with a crytocurrency story, bitcoin lost m42 billion off its value injanuary. that's its biggest one month loss to date. and finally gulf news has a photo of the world's longest zipline called the jebel jais flight. definitely not for the faint hearted. it is a terrifying 2,832 metre long wire which stretches above the rocky outcrop of the uae's highest mountain range. let's begin. nina trentmann from the wall street journaljoins me now. to the to with, shall we? quite an astonishing story in terms of figures from the daily telegraph about the amount of money that the nhs does pay—out in compensation and where it is taking it. yeah, rather extraor

to nhs funding problems.ort commissioned by the liberal democrats calls for an extra £4 billion on top of inflation for the nhs in england in the next financial year, more than double the increase announced in the budget. a single, ring—fenced tax for health and social care replacing national insurance. and reinstating a commitment to cap the costs paid by individuals for social care. the report argues that higher funding needed for health and care should come through increased taxation, and that this will be more transparent if there is a dedicated tax for this purpose. longer waiting lists and rationing for some treatments, it says, are undermining the key principles of the nhs. in response, the department of health and social care said the nhs had been prioritised in the budget, and an extra £2 billion had already been provided for social care in england. hugh pym, bbc news. the sole surviving suspect behind the paris terror attacks in 2015 will go on trial in belgium today. salah abdeslam faces charges re

the nhs flat out with staff working ata the nhs flat out with staff working at a frantic pace just toservices running, that is the picture which emerges from the figures forjanuary in england, a service overstretched and under intense strain. business in leeds says that even though thousands of routine operations were postponed to help the system, the pressure was intolerable. — — the system, the pressure was intolerable. —— this nurse. the system, the pressure was intolerable. -- this nurse. it is not sustainable, it is how long we can maintain this professionalism and keenness and caring attitude, it will not go but it is wondering... people will crack. 0k, will not go but it is wondering... people will crack. ok, let's see, we will go right on to cambridge road in a column at. in some areas, schemes are trying to curb the numbers going to hospital, here, a senior anc consultant is out on the road with a paramedic, taking hospital care to patients at home. -- a&e. it is hospital care to patients at home. —— a&e. it is a partnership between london air ambulance, london ambulance serv

everyday they see the intense pressures on the nhs. there's a lot of frustration.hat we want is at the end of the day, we want to be able to say that we have done the best for our patients. and when the system makes that difficult, that can be very frustrating. and working in an overly congested system sometimes leaves us feeling that we simply can't deliver the best possible care for our patients. congestion was certainly clear in major hospitals from early injanuary with overcrowding and trolleys in corridors and ambulances queueing outside hospitals waiting to hand over their patients. this nurse in leeds says even though thousands of routine operations were postponed to help the system the pressure is intolerable. i don't know whether it's sustainable, what we do at the moment. it's how long we can maintain this professionalism and keenness and caring attitude. it won't go, but it is wondering... people will crack. some take the view that this winter's problems in hospitals are down to years of underfunding and not enough capacity to meet demand. over the last

to nhs funding problems.ral democrats calls for an extra ?billion on top of inflation for the nhs in england in the next financial year, more than double the increase ——for an extra 4 billion on top of inflation for the nhs in england a single, ring—fenced tax for health and social care replacing national insurance. and reinstating a commitment to cap the costs paid by individuals for social care. the report argues that higher funding needed for health and care should come through increased taxation, and that this will be more transparent if there is a dedicated tax for this purpose. longer waiting lists and rationing for some treatments, it says, are undermining the key principles of the nhs. in response, the department of health and social care said the nhs had been prioritised in the budget, and an extra ? billion had already been provided for social care in england. hugh pym, bbc news. i'm joined now by richard murray, who is the director of policy at the kings fund, a think tank specialising in health ca

every day they see the intense pressures on the nhs. there's a lot of frustration. want is at the end of the day, we want to be able to say that we have done the best for our patients. and when the system makes that difficult that can be very frustrating. working in an overly congested system sometimes leaves us feeling that we simply cannot deliver the best possible care for our patients. congestion was certainly clear in major hospitals from early injanuary with overcrowding and trolleys in corridors and ambulances queueing outside hospitals waiting to hand over their patients. this nurse in leeds says even though thousands of routine operations were postponed to help the system the pressure is intolerable. i don't know whether it's sustainable at the moment. it's how long we can maintain this professionalism and keenness and caring attitude. it won't go but it is wondering... people will crack. some take the view that this winter's problems in hospitals are down to years of underfunding and not enough capacity to meet demand. over the last seven or eight years we

they say the nhs would have to pay up they say the nhs would have to pay up to £65 billion before current successful. the government is looking at measures to control costs in such cases. theresa may insists she's delivering what british people want on brexit, and setting out a clear vision to the rest of the world. downing street says billions of pounds‘ worth of deals have been signed during her three—day visit to china, which ends later. earlier, the prime minister spoke to the bbc. it is important that we deliver what people want, which is control of our money, orders and laws, which is what we are doing. what are showing in china is how we can ensure that we actually enhance our trade with the rest of the world as well. why do we want to do that? it was as good for people in britain and good forjobs in britain. 0ur correspondent robin brant joins us from shanghai. she is trying to be convincing that she is on top of the message he is trying to deliver. the trip is nearly finished. it is combative stuff in that interview and she and this trip to china as she began, saying, iam not thi

we need a new nhs tax, a conversation about how much should be spent on the nhs above the real termsher mission when she got to downing street, of course brexit will always be there, but it is like groundhog day. i thought that was a fairy tale now every day on the radio, groundhog day is true, hearing about brexit. i say to the prime minister... hang ona minister... hang on a minute basically, all the objectives you set out are right, robert. the problem is, you want to have your own laws to make the changes needed. you need the money. lam not changes needed. you need the money. i am not disagreeing. i am saying you have to get the priorities right. this is the greatest issue of our generation, about who governs us. our generation, about who governs us. the eu has never worked for us. you have made that point. there is another problem. there is no majority for the conservatives, they are working in a hung parliament. that restrained what they can do for domestic policy. with the snap election manifesto, some ideas weren't popular, they had to be the end. the core of government plans

although very briefly, it is obviously a sign of how much, how great the pressures are on the nhs.t good news for theresa may because this is a massive issue that the public are concerned about and again, this story as to this public perception that the nhs is in crisis and it can't cope with demand. i think you are right to say that gps probably would send you to hospital if it was that serious. there is an issue about people going to the doctor when maybe they don't need to, going to the nhs when they don't need to. so there is a balance to be struck there. we should move on, because of course, many of the papers, including the metro, have got photographs of the weather. the beast! it has been known as the beast! it has been known as the beast from the east. an extraordinary photo. just brilliant. i think one of the police helicopters has captured this storm sweeping in and dumping snow all over london. basically it's all over the country and i think there is more to come. this is most unusual, it's almost march and we got this major cold snap, it's perishing the cold, not the no

over in the lords, it was the government's plans for handling the the winter crisis in the nhs whichnow how it could be that in some hospitals, every bed was full. can i ask the noble lord, the minister if that was part of the winter plan, or will the minister accept that the winter plans have now been compromised in the light of pressure on beds, lack of staff, and the fact that at least 23 trusts are now on black alert, which means they are under very severe pressure? i do agree with the noble lady that bed occupancy is higher than we want to be and in some particular hospitals it is far too high. the question about what we do about that did necessitate the difficult decision for which the premise or apologised which is cancelling elective surgery. we think a particular with flu, at the situation has hopefully stabilised and that will start to relieve the pressure. i do understand the hard work that staff are having to put in under tremendous pressure and we all appreciate that. since its inception in 1948, the nhs spending has risen by an average of 4% each year in real terms. doe

the cost to the nhs could be around £1.6 billion a year.note that the vast majority of prescriptions dispensed on the nhs are safe and mistakes do occur in all healthcare systems. the health and social care secretary jeremy hunt said it was a far bigger problem globally and it has so far been recognised. causing appalling levels of ha rm been recognised. causing appalling levels of harm and death. plans to tackle the problem include introducing electronic prescribing systems in hospitals designed to cut mistakes. the national pharmacy association said it welcomed the focus on reducing medication errors but that a culture of learning rather than blame was needed. hugh pym, bbc news. an armed officer who was at the florida school where 17 people were killed has resigned after it emerged he failed to intervene. scott peterson was facing suspension after an investigation revealed he remained outside the building and did not confront the gunman. let's get more from our north america correspondent, peter bowes. what is happening in terms of what

, whatare numbers die of malnutrition in the nhs, what are they talking about?story here that says that record numbers are dying of malnutrition in nhs hospitals and statistics show that 351 patients in england and wales had malnutrition listed on the death certificates, as the underlying cause or contribute a factor in 2016. it is a shame we have only got the front page, because they do not know how malnutrition is judged because they do not know how malnutrition isjudged because part of the story suggest that there are many elderly people who are living alone who go into hospital and they have not been looking after themselves at home and they are already malnourished and actually there is a challenge for hospitals in what they do. i don't know when there are end of life care and some people just do not have food for example, whether they are listed as malnourished. i have a severely me ntally malnourished. i have a severely mentally ill sister in hospital and she is not eating and the food was there when you went and it was quite nice. i could not make it, th

it is a testament to the hard work of the nhs staff, we have seen hard work of the nhs staff, we haveey say it is a sign of their hard work and dedication. that it did not decline any further. shows the level of pressure that staff are under, the president of the society for acute medicine has said in response to these figures that they demonstrate the nhs does not currently have a sustainable model to cope during the busy winter months, how much more pressure will be is put on government spending on health? well, i think we are looking at the last couple of winters, they have been among the most difficult there has been. this winter, we now know, no worse than last winter, but the targets have been missed. at the weekend, we heard that nhs england admitted they could not hit the four hour target for at least another year, so we will see plenty more calls on government for more money and more attention on the pressures facing the nhs. a new code of conduct is recommended as fifth of people working at parliament have seen or experienced sexual harassment. almost all councils across eng

since then i have had counselling and medication to the nhs and feel like, after 15 yea rs, to the nhsis really bad again and nobody wants to help, other than talking. i have seven children and bipolar is very strong in my family, but nobody listens to any of us. they think every young person who has this is down to the fact that they smoke cannabis. the latest news and sport is on the way. before that, the weather. and simon we've had a rare glimpse of the super blue blood moon. did you see it? i was asleep by 7.50, that is how i roll! did you see it? i was asleep by 7.50, that is how! roll! i did you see it? i was asleep by 7.50, that is how i roll! i was asleep as well, but i saw it this morning. loads of weather watchers catching the super blue moon, the blood part is associated with the lunar eclipse happening on the other side of the world. fantastic photos from the asia—pacific region. many of us got to see the big moon in the sky. this is one shot from london. as i said, we had loads of photos, really close—up images of the moon, like this one in essex. i am just selecting a fe

certainly within the nhs there should be no disparities in pay because pay structures a re disparitiesand are clearly publicised. and so other than issues of, for example, people working longer hours, there shouldn't be any reason for discrepancies in pay. the government has already announced an independent review of how the gender pay gap can be eliminated in medicine. it might be eliminated in medicine. it might be that men are more willing to work overtime, or more likely to apply foran award, at overtime, or more likely to apply for an award, at a study in 2009 revealed a similar picture and female consultants say it is disappointing that these differences still exist. coming up at 6am on breakfast, charlie and naga will have all the day's news, business and sport, including the latest from the winter olympics and more on that bronze medalfor team gb. thousands have attended a candlelit vigil in parkland in florida to honour the victims of wednesday's high school shooting. new york police have arrested twin brothers suspected of building an explosive device. they have both pleaded

the cost to the nhs could be around £1.6 billion a year.oes note that the vast majority of prescriptions dispensed on the nhs are safe and mistakes do occur in all health care systems. the health and social care secretary jeremy hunt said it was a far bigger problem globally than has so far been recognised, causing appalling levels of harm and death. plans to tackle the problem include introducing electronic prescribing systems in hospitals designed to cut mistakes. the national pharmacy association said it welcomed the focus on reducing medication errors, but that a culture of learning, rather than blame, was needed. hugh pym, bbc news. a short while ago we spoke with jeremy hunt, near is what he has had to say. twin four and five people die every single day because of these errors, so what are we doing? we know that if we move to electronic prescribing systems rather than paper— based systems electronic prescribing systems rather than paper—based systems that we still have, then you can eliminate around half of errors. my full interview w

the cost to the nhs could be around £1.6 billion a year. that the vast majority of prescriptions dispensed on the nhs are safe and mistakes do occur in all health care systems. the health and social care secretary jeremy hunt said it was a far bigger problem globally than has so far been recognised, causing appalling levels of harm and death. plans to tackle the problem include introducing electronic prescribing systems in hospitals designed to cut mistakes. the national pharmacy association said it welcomed the focus on reducing medication errors, but that a culture of learning, rather than blame, was needed. hugh pym, bbc news. speaking on the victoria derbyshire programme, health and social care secretaryjeremy programme, health and social care secretary jeremy hunt outlined programme, health and social care secretaryjeremy hunt outlined how further mistakes might be prevented. we know that if you move to electronic rather than paper based systems, you can limit around half of errors. how far argue with that? today we are announcing an e

the gp, save the nhs.dren to the pharmacy, not the gp, save the nhs. i wrote about this two decades ago, and we touched on it earlier. i wrote the weddings page for the hinkley times. this is clearly not new news. they are an underused resource, the well educated and well informed and very experienced pharmacists. it is not just basically the tool of the gp to dish out those in screw the ball pots and pills that we look at and ta ke pots and pills that we look at and take in. —— inscrutible. because the accident and emergency is so overused, especially in winter months, perhaps parents should consider taking their children as a first port of call to pharmacists instead. that obviously comes with a certain amount of risk because it could mean that parents feel obliged to perhaps downplayed their children's illness. i wonder what euphemisms they will use, the government, winter pressure. the system is crumbling. we say winter pressure every year, don't we? exactly be but accident and emergency, it is not lik

but they recognise the huge pressure every day across the nhs. the end of the day we want to be able to say that we have done the best for our patients and when the system makes that difficult that can be very frustrating, working in an overly congested system sometimes leaves us feeling that we simply cannot deliver the best possible care for our patients. they are trying to deliver that level of care but as for most nhs staff, that has been harder than ever this winter. one problem contributing to nhs strain is the difficulty of finding suitable social care for patients outside hospital, so they can be discharged. the national audit office reported today that a lack of government planning and funding is undermining that social care availability. here's our social affairs correspondent, alison holt. it is a busy lunchtime at northfield nursing home in sheffield, demanding work for the care staff... who are looking after residents who may have dementia, problems walking or a range of chronic health conditions. joyce, good afternoon, only me, sorr

the nhs is fractured, the nhs is in shambles right now.weeted saying i am sick and tired of the national interest being held hostage to the sectional infighting of the tory party. stop brexit now. is that the problem, theresa may cannot keep everybody happy, so should she make a decision and stick to it? yes, if you make the decision, mps can get behind her, the country can get behind her and she can go to the eu with something solid and a deal can be achieved. she needs to be bold. it is more politics, she needs to be a strong leader because this is what the country voted for so it is time for her to stand country voted for so it is time for herto stand up country voted for so it is time for her to stand up and then the country can get behind her. her cabinet and mps can get behind her, at the moment she is not showing enough strength. issue strong enough to do that if borisjohnson and other members of the cabinet are saying different things, you are shaking your head? mps don't respect her enough. she is going to say that and they will g

it says the appointment of the nhs more than £850 million each year.ined to five yea rs professionals, they trained to five years in the use of medicine and how to get the best out of using medicine at also in how to treat minor illness, minor disease, and really im porta ntly minor illness, minor disease, and really importantly how to understand when perhaps it is more serious and people need to seek extra help. when perhaps it is more serious and people need to seek extra helplj feel so dreadful! the patient's association said the campaign had some merits but said anyone with a health concern should feel able to turn to their gp. the pharmacy is just around the corner. i can go and see a healthcare professional. not a point when needed! at a fork no appointment. coming up at 6am on breakfast — dan walker and louise minchin will have all the day's news, business and sport. and they'll have more on the eagerly—awaited details of prince harry and meghan markle's wedding. stay with this is the briefing from bbc news, the latest: south africa's ruling par

i would also add, if i may, that the nhs is struggling at the moment. only is there a general a cce pta nce and not only is there a general acceptance that the workforce should be clearly cheated well, but this is a very important for the nhs, because such a substantial proportion of the medical workforce is of course now and women. at this stage, what you are saying, just to make sure that i am clear, there could be a rational explanation, such as bonuses are overtime, more of those being and by men, there could be a gender bias, but more work is needed to find it which of those two things it is? i think it is absolutely critical that a very detailed further investigation is carried out to examine one are not these are perfectly explainable discrepancies, or bother are not these —— one or not there is bias against women. thank you very much for your time today. theresa may is to hold talks with the german chancellor angela merkel this afternoon in berlin. the meeting comes ahead of an address by the prime minister tomorrow at the munich security confer

nhs demonstrators were out on the streets demonstrating. i think this is slightly unfair.his desk or in the chamber. maybe it is a sign that he's working very hard in his day job that by the time it gets to the weekend he can't stay awake. this is about nhs funding and if you speak to people in the party and in cove na nt, to people in the party and in covenant, jeremy hunt is lobbying for more funding. it's not that he is going against them.|j for more funding. it's not that he is going against them. i think it's unfair. so should he be allowed a little keep every now and again?m course. he is probably exhausted. maybe the mirror committee was watching the demonstration on bbc news. maybe he fell asleep when he was watching it on bbc news.” news. maybe he fell asleep when he was watching it on bbc news. i doubt that very much. if he was watching ca i’s that very much. if he was watching cars would not fall asleep. it is the mirror of the jeremy carbone story. just having a pop at someone. let's end on an upbeat note. the spice girls are reuniting for a £50 million tour. p

jeremy hunt admitted the nhs hadn't listened to patients.sponse to these issues from those in positions of authority have not always been good enough. sometimes, the reaction is felt, overly focused on defending the status quo rather than addressing the needs of patients. and as a result, patients and their families have spent too long feeling that they were not being listened to, making agony of a complex medical situation even worse. so, today, in addition to practical steps for each of these three cases, i'm also setting out plans to establish a fairer, quicker and more compassionate way of addressing issues when they arise. mr hunt stopped short of announcing a full public inquiry. we've heard how mesh implants have left women in permanent pain, unable to walk, unable to work. this is an ongoing public health scandal, and we hope the government will do much more to support those affected. now, mesh has been suspended in scotland, banned in other countries around the world. i understand mesh has been paused for use in case of prolapse. wi

we have had eight years of cuts to council budgets, a far greater impact on them than say the nhs oru can go with that policy before it begins to produce results like this? the implications for communities in northamptonshire are due to be discussed at a council meeting later in the month. government inspectors have been appointed to investigate whether the authority is managing its finances correctly. jane—frances kelly, bbc news. a prominent conservative mp has stepped up his criticism of civil servants at the treasury, accusing them of "fiddling the figures" in brexit forecasts, in order to make the case for the uk remaining in the eu‘s customs union. jacob rees—mogg — who was caught up in a scuffle when protesters disrupted a meeting he was attending at a university in bristol last night — told bbc radio 4‘s today programme that treasury forecasts on the impact of brexit were "clearly politically influenced". with the referendum, and with the eu, the treasury has gone back to making forecasts. it was politically advantageous for them in the past, it‘s the same now. so yes, i do t

nhs figures show that in the south—west nhs funding, the growth in nhs funding, is 2.2% less than the to my honourable that let me say to my honourable friend that the national for me which is the basis for calculating funding does take into account a large number of factors including being rural and the demographics which other factors he has suggested rural and the demographics which otherfactors he has suggested needs to be considered. nhs curnow saw an increase in their funding this year and will see a further increase in theirfunding and will see a further increase in their funding next year, and will see a further increase in theirfunding next year, taking funding to over £760 million. this is part of our commitment to ensuring we are putting extra funding in the nhs but of course, we continue to look at ensuring the distribution of that funding takes account of all the factors that need to do. leila moran. thank you, mr speaker, under the 1824 rate —— vagrancy act, rough sleeping is illegal and the act was used nearly 2000 times last year to drag homeless people before the cour

you might remember the cyber attack that took down the nhs or parts of the nhs last year, various gpsritain and charge them and prosecute them in this country where the alleged damage was caused. sure. some of the most serious effects we re some of the most serious effects were felt in the uk. because of the nhs being affected, there were damages in every country on the planet. a case would have to be made that the united kingdom has special privilege to prosecute here. i was involved in a volunteer effort to mitigate the damage in response to that. it is the most serious cyber incident that has occurred to date. the correct approach to insecurity is to engineer more secure systems. you can't scare people out of taking advantage of insecurities. we must prosecute people who have broken the law, the best way to avoid incidents like that is to build more secure systems, and something that i hope to help with. you are accused of hacking into major systems in the u s, accused of feeling sensitive data, what do you have to say about what you are accused of?|j data, what do you have to say

it is not as attractive as maybe the nhs.sueis standard. fundamentally, the funding issue is impacting on the resources, the workers, and the delivery of care. the national audit office says whilst working in care can be rewarding, many staff feel undervalued. in 2016/17, more than half the workforce was paid £7.50 an hour or less. staff turnover was nearly 28%. 6.6% ofjobs were vacant. it says there is no government strategy for tackling the problems. only the department of health can produce a workforce strategies speaking of the national picture about the problems of low pay, low prestige and high turnover which is reducing the quality of service for people receiving the care. in response, the department for health and social care says extra money is being put into social ca re extra money is being put into social care and it will publish a strategy for the health and social care workforce. shocking new evidence of plastic rubbish polluting the arctic. there are far more plastic particles in one litre of sea ice than in op

the member for west lancashire has done the nhs a great service.commons library, the government is acting in full on the findings. the financial watchdog, the national audit office, has been ask by the government to investigate the finances of a charity. the company provides vehicles for disabled people, the move follows reports that they have reserves of nearly £2.5 billion and pay as its chief executive £i.7 million a year. the work and pensions secretary was concerned about the figures. while the remuneration of its directors is a matter, one has to question from the outside whether this is really right. a view endorsed by the charity commission, who said yesterday that the trustees may wish to consider the reputational issues raised by the salaries being paid to their commercial partners's executives. together with the current focus on the use of public money, i have today ask the national audit office to give consideration to undertake an investigation into this matter. i would be keen for them to look at how taxpayers's money is being used by

each working day more than a million of us will access the nhs through oui’ of us will access the nhsof us will access the nhs through ourlocalgp. in of us will access the nhs through our local gp. in previous surveys of public attitudes to the health service they have been the most highly rated, but the most recent poll shows a significant fall in satisfaction, mirroring the overall picture of the nhs. the annual survey shows overall satisfaction at 5796 survey shows overall satisfaction at 57% is down by 6%, the lowest since 2011. gp services, normally top of the poll, fell by 7% to 65%, the lowest since the survey began in 1983. staff shortages and a lack of funding were two of the main reasons people pay for being dissatisfied. we know people are increasingly dissatisfied with their access to getting gp appointments and so on, so getting gp appointments and so on, so there is something to be done. it is not just about so there is something to be done. it is notjust about money so there is something to be done. it is not just about money to fix the problem is, that these are the th

the cost to the nhs could be around £1.6 billion a year.hat the vast majority of prescriptions dispensed in the nhs are safe, and mistakes do occur in all health care systems. shirley was admitted to hospital last week with pneumonia. while she was there she was mistakenly given double the dose of her regular epilepsy medication. it was only spotted by her husband after her condition got worse. she was hallucinating, she didn't know where she was. i mean, she doesn't remember what happened now, even today she's still not clear on what happened, her memory‘s still coming back and she's still very modelled from it all. —— muddled from it all. and i think it really upset my grandad as well to see, it was quite scary. the health and social care secretary, jeremy hunt, said it was a far bigger problem globally than had so far been recognised, causing appalling levels of harm and death. this is not about blaming doctors, nurses, pharmacists who work under a huge amount of pressure, but it's about putting checks and balances in place with e—prescr

they were work on an nhs but they will have no right to have the benefits of the nhs. the table throughout that period. i want the labour party to go further and i wa nt labour party to go further and i want is to remain permanently in the single market and customs union because that is the way we protect our economy through this. the prime minster has said she willjettison the british economy to satisfy 30 mps who want is out now and have no rights whatsoever and create a second—class citizenship for the hundreds of thousands of eu citizens who want to come and support our welfare services, our nhs, and our economy and pay taxes in this country. it just feels economy and pay taxes in this country. itjust feels the wrong way to go about this. on the china trip, number ten saying by the end of the trip, the three day trade mission, £9 billion of new contracts will have been secured. surely this demonstrates theresa may years getting trade links that the government has been saying it can be more free to establish after brexit. it is doing what it said it was going to do,

main story is that health service leaders have warned that compensation payoffs must be cut, or the nhso bust. the guardian claims labour is considering forcing landowners to give up sites at knock—down prices to build more council houses. arab news reports that women will be allowed to drive taxis and other commercial vehicles in oman from march first as part of a drive to give women equal business and employment rights.

compensation payoffs must be cut or the nhs will go bust.of us says its own poll shows that 70% of us would pay more to save the nhs. and the guardian claims labourers in forcing landowners to give up sites at knock—down prices to build more council houses. brussels has lined up council houses. brussels has lined up sanctions to stop britain undercutting the eu economy, that's the lead in the financial times. and the lead in the financial times. and the express newspaper reports that snoring raises your risk of dementia. bit of a mixed bag on the front pages! prince harry and meghan markle make headlines on several of them. what we start with the very serious one. the metro newspaper say devious and hate filled, the verdict coming in today on darren osborne. tell us more about this story. this is the moment this man crashed into a mosque and killed one man. the jury a mosque and killed one man. the jury decided very quickly he was guilty. one of the more shocking things that came out of it was he had been radicalised injust three weeks. it's

>> any time anyone criticizes the nhs you see a massive reaction.ntry. this tweet lit up the social media yesterday. it's also on some front pages this morning on the tabloid "daily mirror" they say he's blundered again, you're sick, mr. president. on the more subdued, the "times" here, the headline is trump rebuked for claim that nhs is quote going broke. the rebukes coming from opposition leader, the prime minister's office and the health secretary. the prime minister's spokesperson saying that theresa may is quote proud of the nhs. the health secretary tweeting in part, i'm proud to be from a country that invented universal coverage where all get care, no matter the size of their bank balance. that march over the weekend was actually in support of the health service markers were calling for more funding and they responded as well. saying that they were against a u.s. style privatized system. and it should be noted, guys, that actually back in 2015, president trump praised the nhs, saying great doctors, great care, great system. guys? >> not surpr

it has got to come from somewhere other than the nhs, andi from somewhere other than the nhs, and i think may be men not reporting symptoms which means that they would get their prostate screening tests on their gp. problems with your knitting, and other issues which should mean that they should go and see their gp. men should be doing that and getting diagnosed, sooner. it is interesting that at the moment, there doesn't seem to be a national programme of greening for prostate cancer, where as of course, breast cancer women of —— women of is that major invited to go for one. men are also living longer, and the longer you live, the more likely you are to get it. right now, it is essentially elective, if you wanted over the age of 50, you can go on request, you can get it. but, i do think it is true, that there is a lot of cultural awareness and discussion of breast cancer. there isn't so much of prostate. i am not saying it is a fight between the two. i'm just saying that perhaps then used to be among men, and when it comes to men's health, greater conversation. women are a little bit mor

you say that e—cigarettes should be prescribed on the nhs, why do you say that? good morning.ink it would be useful if health professionals could prescribe e—cigarettes as well. we know now that e—cigarettes is the most common form of support smokers use, and we want to make sure we reach all smokers, particularly poorer smokers, who perhaps feel relu cta nt. poorer smokers, who perhaps feel reluctant. people have been getting in touch this morning, and this is one example, and there are many, david says, "how preposterous that public health england think that people who currently can afford to smoke should put more strain on the nhs to pay for addiction." paula says, "if they can afford to smoke, they can afford to be vaping." there are a few things there. smoking is an addiction, largely to nicotine, but it is not the nicotine that kills, it's the other thousands of smoke constituents that come with it. smokers that struggle to stop, and the addictiveness of nicotine depends on how it is delivered. so it depends on the speed of delivery, the dose and what comes along with it

demonstrators have been marching through central london calling for more government support for the nhspartment of health and social care said they are aware the nhs is extremely busy and extra funding has already been allocated by the government. health workers, activists and union members spoke about the pressures on the nhs and the nursing profession in particular: i been told everything is fine when it's not. i know plenty of people who work in health who think it is already dead on its feet. and it won't last. i also, already dead on its feet. and it won't last. ialso, but already dead on its feet. and it won't last. i also, but those people refuse to let it go without a fight. nursing terms and conditions are consta ntly nursing terms and conditions are constantly being wound down. activity is up. it is killing the profession. if you are not careful, if we don't do something, we will not have a nursing profession maths. we need the money to put the resources in and we need to be able to the cast. we need to look after the public you are using the services. the civil aviation autho

the nhs advises time and space for a child who is questioning their gender.d mienna continue to learn what it means to be transgender, children like keira and dexter can work out their true identity. hello. quite a lot of cloud for western parts of the country, more sunshine further east. this is a beautiful picture coming in from one of our weather watchers in suffolk. not the same everywhere, more cloud is rolling across northern ireland, wales, western scotland and england. this afternoon we will keep the sunshine in the east and further rain arriving the west. we can see this warm front moving in from the west, it's bringing those outbreaks of rain over the next few hours in parts of northern ireland. across england, scotland and wales it is fairly bright. the best of the sunshine in east coast and particularly across the north—east of scotla nd particularly across the north—east of scotland too. most of us have double figures or high single figures further north. that rain initially from northern ireland pushing into western parts of wales, into scotland

the nhs advises time and space for a child who is questioning their gender.ma continue to learn what it means to be transgender, children like keira and dexter can work out their true identity. hello again, good morning. i hope you make the most of yesterday's sunshine because it is going to be in shorter supply today. look out into the atlantic — this is where the weather is coming from. it's been filling in with cloud and that cloud will push its way eastwards today. it has already arrived across some south—western areas of the uk. it is pretty cold, though, in the morning for scotland and the eastern side of england. some patches of fog slowly lifting. some brighter skies for a while but i think the best of the sunshine will be in north—east scotland. clouding over in many areas in the afternoon, especially out towards the west, we will see more of this rain and drizzle. but at least it's going to be mild — temperatures ten or 11 degrees. a little bit cooler, actually, where it is brighter, towards the north—east of the uk. through this evening and overnig

the nhs advises time and space for a child who is questioning their gender.a continue to learn what it means to be transgender, children like keira and dexter can work out their true identity. hello there, good morning. it's going to be a bit chilly out there first thing this this morning. clearer skies in many areas. not as much sunshine today because all of the cloud that has been filling in the atlantic is slowly heading our way. we have already seen some of the cloud arriving across wales and the south—west. not as cold here. less reliable cloud elsewhere means a touch of frost, especially for scotland and down the eastern side of england. maybe patches of fog, too. some milder air eventually today. if not today, then tomorrow. this envelope of milder air coming in between the two weather fronts here and it is this first one we need to look out for today because it will eventually bring more rain and drizzle into western areas. most places will start the day dry. there may be some early sunshine across eastern parts of england. the best of the sunshine pr