gregory knowles is home from the norfolk and norwich hospital.s around the bed to the bathroom to get him washed and then even had to come back and make his bed up. the chief executive of the norfolk and norwich hospital told us "demand for our services means we sometimes need to take tough choices on where patients are safely treated. we take care to ensure those treated outside of main ward areas are treated safely and respectfully at all times." but in some places, like north bristol, this new way of working is saving lives. two years ago, patients who were having a stroke or a heart attack, it would take about 75 minutes to get an ambulance to them. today, it�*s about 30. two years ago, there were 139 hours of ambulance time outside of our emergency department here. yesterday, it was six. the department of health says 5,000 extra hospital beds have opened in the past year. but the health foundation says the ageing population means 21,000 more are needed by 2030. the continuous flow model has helped significantly reduce ambulance delays, but i

gregory knowles is home from the norfolk and norwich hospital.or three days. one day, when i got up there, his catheter had actually leaked in the bed and i had to get him out of the bed, he was wet, and walk him with no covers or any screens around the bed to the bathroom to get him washed, and then even had to come back and make his bed up. the chief executive of the norfolk and norwich hospital told us... but in some places, like north bristol, this new way of working is saving lives. two years ago, patients who were having a stroke or a heart attack, it would take about 75 minutes to get an ambulance to them. today, it's about 30. two years ago, there were 139 hours of ambulance time outside of our emergency department here. yesterday, it was six. others think it's wrong for corridors to be used as regular bed spaces. sadly, we are normalising the abnormal, and if we don't make a stand to say enough is enough, let's properly solve the issues of the nhs, i think the real concern is that the public will lose faith in the nhs. the department of

the chief executive of the norfolk and norwich hospital told us...act on patients placed on wards. it added... the royal college of nursing thinks it's wrong that corridor care is accepted. this is now happening day after day, and there are things that ten years ago would never, ever have happened in our hospitals that are happening now. and sadly, we are normalising the abnormal. and if we don't make a stand to say enough is enough, let's properly solve the issues of the nhs. i think the real concern is that the public will lose faith in the nhs, which, let's be honest, is a tragedy to us all. one of the wider issues is hospital beds. analysis for newsnight by the health foundation shows since 2010, there are ll% fewer, while the number admitted to hospital has risen by 10%. since the pandemic, it's that gap that's put pressure on hospitals. because of the ageing population, the health foundation predicts at least 21,000 extra hospital beds will be needed by 2030, at a cost of at least £18 billion. actually, what we need more than anything else is e

gregory knowles is home from the norfolk and norwich hospital.walk him with no covers or any screens around the bed to the bathroom to get him washed and then even had to come back and make his bed up. the chief executive of the norfolk and norwich hospital told us... but in some places, like north bristol, this new way of working is saving lives. two years ago, patients who were having a stroke or a heart attack, it would take about 75 minutes to get an ambulance to them. today, it's about 30. two years ago, there were 139 hours of ambulance time outside of our emergency department here. yesterday it was six. others think it's wrong for corridors to be used as regular bed spaces. sadly, we are normalising the abnormal and if we don't make a stand to say enough is enough, let's properly solve the issues of the nhs, i think the real concern is that the public will lose faith in the nhs. the department of health says 5,000 extra hospital beds have opened in the past year, but the health foundation says the ageing population means 21,000 more are ne

gregory knowles is home from the norfolk and norwich hospital.ed and i had to get him out of the bed, he was wet and walk him with no covers or any screens around the bed to the bathroom to get him washed and then even had to come back and make his bed up. the chief executive of the norfolk and norwich hospital told us... demand for our services means we sometimes need to take tough choices on where patients are safety treated. but in some places, like north bristol, this new way of working is saving lives. two years ago, patients who were having a stroke or a heart attack, it would take about 75 minutes to get an ambulance to them. today, it's about 30. two years ago, there were 139 hours of ambulance time outside of our emergency department here. yesterday it was six. others think it's wrong for corridors to be used as regular bed spaces. sadly, we are normalising the abnormal and if we don't make a stand to say enough is enough, let's properly solve the issues of the nhs, i think the real concern is that the public will lose faith in the nhs.

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back at the norfolk and norwich hospital, paul checks in with the man he now calls his friend.scribed the plans as "laughable". we're joined now by schools minister, damian hinds. good morning to you. i have heard of these degrees that you want to close being described as rip—off grease, mickey mouse degrees some people call them, what kind of degrees are we talking about, what is eight mickey mouse degree? that disney character reference _ mickey mouse degree? that disney character reference is _ mickey mouse degree? that disney character reference is not - mickey mouse degree? that disney character reference is not languagej character reference is not language we have used. we want to make sure every young person has a great opportunity and a lot of that will be for university and a lot it will be for university and a lot it will be an apprenticeship. we also want to make sure that if you do go to university, it is a really high quality experience. it's not about individual subjects where you can say, such and such is a bad thing to study, within every subject there is a vari

back at the norfolk and norwich hospital, paul checks in with the man he now calls his friend.ow what's around the corner. alex dunlop, bbc news. i want to see his reaction when he did for his bank balance after so long! great story. back with the headline shortly. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. it's another day of sunshine and scattered showers but some of the showers will be heavy and thundery. the other thing worth noting about today is the pollen levels. moderate or high across southern england and wales. and grass pollen, of course, is on the rise at the moment. now, low pressure is still driving our weather. the centre is now in the north sea, but we do have a weather front dangling across the north of scotland and this is where we'll see some particularly heavy, thundery showers as we go through the course of the afternoon, slow moving, a risk of disruption. for northern ireland, england and wales, it's that mixture of sunshine and showers, but some of the showers along the east coast of england could well prove to be heavy and