the royal college of nursing talking about corridor care becoming the new norm. norm. in a survey they have done they talk about 49% of respondents say the term corridor nursing is formally used in their workplace. is that the new norm as far as you are concerned? i think increasingly it is, yes. this has been one of the worst performances for a&e and access times on record. i think particularly concerning is the numbers we are seeing in the summer months. last summer the performance we saw was equivalent to previous winters. what is that is suggesting is we are in a permanent winter crisis in the nhs. we talk about winter pressures a lot but more and more that pattern and pressure is seen right through the year and not just in the coldest months. exactly, and that suggests to us there is a structural and systematic mismatch between the amount of demand, the number of people who need care, and the capacity of the nhs to provide that care in a timely manner. what difference is that making to the quality of care, do you think, and to the stress placed on health car

the royal college of nursing says its members are being forced to provide vital treatment, in corridorss at risk. mike adams, is the royal college of nursing's directorfor england, and is here with me now. this is a sobering picture being painted of the nhs. what is going on? it is multiple reasons that have brought us to the side. emergency ages are often the manifestation of the challenges of the health care system. when we don't generally have enough nursing staff, throughout the nhs, that also applies to social ca re systems nhs, that also applies to social care systems as well. where we don't have the staff and the resources to look after people and care for people, and the right environment in their own homes, or in other more appropriate environments, that brings people to emergency departments because there is no infrastructure to be looked after in the right places. in the same respect, it also holds up the flow of patients through the hospital system to go back out to areas where they may need district nurses, community nurses, practice nurses, all these other different areas

industries, for example the food and drink federation, the uk homecare association, and the royal college of nursingareful implementation of this new system, and that there is a danger that those sectors of the economy could be left exposed and understaffed by it. there's also been criticism, as you'd probably expect, from political opponents, the labour party saying this isn't an australian points —based system, that's a meaningless government sound bite. it's actually a salary threshold system which will need to have so many exemptions that it will be meaningless, and the liberal democrats' home affairs spokesperson christine jardine saying these proposals are based on xenophobia. we will hear more from the home secretary and doubtless more reaction to the government's immigration policy tomorrow. thank you very much for giving us a first d raft you very much for giving us a first draft on it. we will talk to you tomorrow. a british couple stranded injapan on the cruise ship diamond princess say they've tested positive for the coronavirus. sally and david abel have been talking regularly about the

a royal college of nursing survey says these are commonly used, with 1910 emergency nurses in england— with nine out of ten. nhs england says it is investing extra money to increase staffing cut wait times, but in the meantime, patients are likely to face delays. nick triggle, bbc news. the grammy award—winning singer duffy has revealed she was drugged and raped after being held captive by an attacker. the 35—year—old welsh star posted on her verified instagram account that her "recovery took time." the performer, who had the uk number one single mercy in 2008, posted to her 33,000 followers: "the truth is and please trust me, i am 0k and safe now." very dramatic statement from her last night. parents in england, scotland and wales are paying 5% more on childcare for under—twos than they were a year ago. the charity says nurseries in britain are now charging an average of more than £130 a week. the government says it's continuing to invest into early education. prince harry is visiting scotland today as he begins his last round of public engagements before quitting life as a senior ro

a royal college of nursing survey suggests these roles are commonly used now, with nine in ten emergencyt it exists where they work. nhs england says it's investing extra money to help recruit staff and cut waits, but in the meantime, patients are likely to face continued delays. nick triggle, bbc news. the town of ironbridge in shropshire is being evacuated after fears that its flood defences could be breached by rising waters on the river severn. severe flood warnings, indicating a threat to life, remain in place in ironbridge as well as shrewsbury. more rain is forecast. rescue teams are going house to house with a dinghy to help people get out. 0ur correspondent phil mackie is there. we area we are a bit further downstream from ironbridge but the flooding remains the same across the length of the river severn. this has been going on for several weeks and we've seen lots of people brought out of these houses. it has been a frantic 12 hours ever since the flood barriers we re over hours ever since the flood barriers were over topped in the middle of the night. unfortunately, it looks l

nurses and other health workers are often trained in the use of personal protective equipment, particularly things like fit testing, so that is business as usual for the nhs. the royal collegehat would be public health england. we are not producing any of our own guidance but we absolutely signpost everybody to the guidance issued by public health england so everybody has the same information and the messages are consistent. is there a little frustration about the way the media is characterising this? one of the concerns has been confidentiality about who has corona survivors. we know for example that with the ebola virus that health care workers who scared for workers with the ebola virus suffered significant stigma in local communities and even their children in school because the general population was frightened, as you would expect, so we respectfully ask that people do think about confidentiality when talking about people. spreading infection is not a deliberate act so people that have the infection are also patients. what i said to our correspondent steve walsh who has been identified as a super spreader, as you said, nobody wants to catch there are the messing is be

a royal college of nursing survey suggests these roles are commonly used now, with nine in ten emergencyng that it exists where they work. nhs england says it's investing extra money to help recruit staff and cut waits, but in the meantime, patients are likely to face continued delays. nick triggle, bbc news. our news correspondentjo black is at a gp surgery in peterborough. hi, ben, we are in a medical centre is slap bang in the middle of peterborough, and a sort of place could help be the solution to the winter pressures we have been hearing about in that report. i am dying to buy drjessica randall—character, tell us why you are part of the solution. —— i am joined by. you open your doorfor hundreds of patients every morning. every morning we have up to 400 appointments available across the multidisciplinary team. this morning you had around 200 patients who simply walked into my at 8:30am about 220 patience came in to see a doctor or nurse today, they were not feeling well will need to follow up on an ongoing chronic condition. they walked in and are assigned to a member of staff. and

of medicine at university college london. rose gallagher is a professional lead for infection prevention and control at the royal college of nursing the chief executive of the nhs confederation. welcome, all of you. saffron, what work is being done in hospitals to prepare for the potential of a widespread outbreak? we know hospitals are very well—prepared, they already have the plans in place to manage any kind of outbreak, actually. they are extra precautions around coronavirus. we know they have pods in place people have talked about which mean instead of people who believe they may have the virus going into an a&e department, they instead go to the pod, based away from my unwell people are and they phone 111 from the pod. critical people self isolate. the other thing in place is the fact we are getting people out and about in the community testing people in their own homes. so—called swab squad is going out into people's homes to avoid people going to places where the disease may spread. in terms of preparations, they are well under way, they have been under way for three, four weeks now. the nhs is as well—prepared as it can b

today the royal college of nursing has said that that term, corridor nursing, has become normalised, rable for both patients and staff, compromising safety, privacy and dignity. in response nhs england has said that 10,500 more people are turning up to a&e every day than five years ago and that staff have really pulled out the stops to deliver high quality care and improve performance despite added challenges about those extra people and flew and the stomach bug norovirus. it says these statistics highlight the importance of government plans to increase nurses, expand facilities and find a long—term solution to social care. thank you. joining me now is helen mckenna, senior fellow at the king's fund, a think tank specialising in health care policy. why is it so bad? that is an extraordinary statistic, 10,500 more people going to a&e every day in england. yes, hi. the data out today shows just how much pressure services are under and it is having a real impact on the quality of care for patients and the ability to access services. in terms of why is it so bad, demand has been going up