sir stephen powis said a six—day strike byjunior doctors, which is due to start tomorrow, would have" on routine care. he added that hospitals are also having to deal with rising rates of flu, covid and other winter infections. if it goes ahead as planned, the latest strike will see the longest continuous stretch of industrial action in the history of the nhs. the doctors�* union, the british medical association, said patient safety remains a top priority. its members are set to walk out from 7.00am on 3rd january until 7.00am on the ninth. ministers say the union's demand for a 35% wage increase is unaffordable. the sister of a 16—year—old boy who was fatally stabbed on new year's eve has said his family is "devastated". harry pitman was attacked just before midnight on primrose hill, where crowds gathered. his older sister tayla, 19, paid tribute to him and said he "always stood up for what was right". a 16—year—old boy was arrested on suspicion of murder and held in custody. the names of more than 170 associates of the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein could be released as ear

ahead of the strike, nhs england medical director prof sir stephen powis said the health service was8. 0ur reporter meghan 0wen has more on why this latest strike is so significant this isn't the first time thatjunior doctors in england have walked out. in fact, they first went on strike in march 2023. since then, the nhs has had to cancel over 1.2 million appointments. let's just take a look at what a junior doctor actually is. now, they are qualified doctors who are going through clinical training, which can take around eight years or more. they make up around 50% of nhs staff, so actually, over the next six days of industrial action, the nhs could be losing half of its workforce, and that's at a time when the nhs is already facing pressure from the winter season. now, here's nhs england's medical director. we just had a really busy christmas and new year period, our nhs staff have coped magnificently with the pressures over that period, but we are now facing six days of industrial action byjunior doctors. that's the longest period of industrial action in nhs history. of course, it

before the strike, nhs england medical director professor sir stephen powis said the health service was i9li8. facing up to the first day of strike action, ben, the lead consultant in the emergency department. morning, everyone. good morning. how was your night? we were handed 15... 15 patients waiting. that's a lot more than we normally have. junior doctors who've been on overnight hand over to the consultants who'll take over. and aphra is supporting the strike action. i'm only two years into being a doctor, so knowing the longevity of the career and seeing how many of my friends have already left go to australia, i think on balance, it's an issue about retention rather than pay. and the hospital, along with others in north london, is coming under pressure. we're seeing high numbers of attendances in emergency departments, in nearby hospitals. we're having lots of ambulances coming both to uclh and also to the other hospitals, 0k. so we could do with a few more discharges, guys. it's 9.30am and a key planning meeting has to work out how to free up more beds for new patients. not the b

before the strike, nhs england medical director professor sir stephen powis said the health service wast starts to a year since 1948. facing up to the first day of strike action, ben, the lead consultant in the emergency department. good morning, everyone. good morning. how was your night? we were handed a 15... 15 patients waiting. that's a lot more than we normally have. junior doctors who've been on overnight hand over to the consultants who'll take over. and aphra is supporting the strike action. i'm only two years into being a doctor, so knowing the longevity of the career and seeing how many of my friends have already left go to australia, i think on balance it's an issue about retention rather than pay. and the hospital, along with others in north london, is coming under pressure. we're seeing high numbers of attendances in emergency departments, in nearby hospitals. we're having lots of ambulances coming both to ucla and also to the other hospitals. 0k. so we could do with a few more discharges, guys... it's 9.30 and a key planning meeting has to work out how to free up more bed

sir stephen powis said a six—day strike planned by junior doctors would have an "enormous impact". parents in england can apply for more help with childcare costs from today. eligible two—year—olds will receive 15 hours of free childcare a week during term—time from april. but some daycare providers say they won't have the resources to manage the increased demand. you're live with bbc news. ukraine's capital, kyiv, has been attacked again by russian drones early on tuesday morning. russian president putin has pledged to intensify attacks on ukraine, following days of aerial bombardment from both sides in the war. during a visit to a military hospital in moscow, mr putin said russia wanted to end the conflict but only on its own terms. meanwhile, there have been more strikes in the port area of 0desa. russia launched 90 drones early on monday — 87 of which were destroyed by the country's air defence systems. elsewhere, there have been more strikes in kharkiv. 0ur reporter 0lga malchevska has been speaking to locals in 0desa, kharkiv, and occupied crimea about the past few days of he

before the strike, nhs england medical director professor sir stephen powis said the health service was 0wen has more on why this latest strike is so significant. this isn't the first time thatjunior doctors in england have walked out. in fact, they first went on strike in march 2023. since then, the nhs has had to cancel over 1.2 million appointments. let's just take a look at what a junior doctor actually is. now, they are qualified doctors who are going through clinical training, which can take around eight years or more. they make up around 50% of nhs staff, so actually, over the next six days of industrial action, the nhs could be losing half of its workforce, and that's at a time when the nhs is already facing pressure from the winter season. now, here's nhs england's medical director. we just had a really busy christmas and new year period, our nhs staff have coped magnificently with the pressures over that period, but we are now facing six days of industrial action byjunior doctors. that's the longest period of industrial action in nhs history. of course, it's at a time when the

before the strike, nhs england medical director professor sir stephen powis said the health service wasatest strike is so significant. this isn't the first time thatjunior doctors in england have walked out. in fact, they first went on strike in march 2023. since then, the nhs has had to cancel over 1.2 million appointments. let's just take a look at what a junior doctor actually is. now, they are qualified doctors who are going through clinical training, which can take around eight years or more. they make up around 50% of nhs staff, so actually, over the next six days of industrial action, the nhs could be losing half of its workforce, and that's at a time when the nhs is already facing pressure from the winter season. now, here's nhs england's medical director. we just had a really busy christmas and new year period, our nhs staff have coped magnificently with the pressures over that period, but we are now facing six days of industrial action byjunior doctors. that's the longest period of industrial action in nhs history. of course, it's at a time when the nhs is always very busy wit

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longest strike in nhs history, at a time when nhs england's national medical director, professor stephen powisits most stretched out. and it's emerged that last year saw a record number of excess deaths in the uk. in fact, it was 53,000 excess deaths . and was 53,000 excess deaths. and plus, of course, we hear about diy dentistry and a third of patients completely given up on the prospect of even getting a gp appointment. well, i'm joined now by a political correspondent, olivia utley olivia , always a pleasure. olivia, always a pleasure. welcome to the show. it just seems that wherever you look at the moment, there's record lists, record people's record number of people unable to get appointments, people turn to diy care and a heartbreaking story today of a young man who had skin cancer and had to go private, couldn't afford a £65 test that could have saved his life , and he sadly died. it just life, and he sadly died. it just got me thinking is the nhs completely, utterly broken . in completely, utterly broken. in >> well, it does feel a bit like that, doesn't it? >> martin of all of rishi s

>> okay, good bit stephen powis being very noisy over there. >> course, pardon.editor and gb news star dawn neesom being very civilised quiet in the civilised and quiet in the corner. well, that's unlike you. >> this is not going to last, is it. no >> t- w— w let's kick off with a >> right. let's kick off with a bit of immigration. don't, don't forget tuning forget if you just tuning in we're to taking richard we're going to be taking richard tice reform party tice at the reform party conference in about the conference live in about the next sort of 20 minutes or so. so they are going to announce their candidate for the wellingborough by—election. >> one they will >> now, this is one they will think they've strong think they've got a strong chance it's a very chance of winning. it's a very strong seat. it's been strong brexit seat. it's been caused by—election the caused the by—election by the resignation on the false resignation on the false resignation of peter bowen, another scandal. i can't remember scandal remember what the scandal involved a scandal. involv

. >> was really striking, i >> what was really striking, i think, from think, was stephen powis frome yesterday, the nhs england yesterday, doctor who was going doctor himself, who was going out and saying, we're out and saying, look, we're pretty our pretty weary. us and our colleagues to, you colleagues of having to, you know, from know, pick up the slack from the junior being junior doctors not being there. and that, yeah, patients and i think that, yeah, patients are are going are the ones who are going to get all this. get overlooked in all of this. and course, it could be just and of course, it could be just like covid where lot of people like covid where a lot of people with long terme health conditions the conditions put off coming to the doctors they knew they doctors because they knew they wouldn't properly, doctors because they knew they wou that, properly, doctors because they knew they wou that, of properly, doctors because they knew they wou that, of course, properly, doctors because they knew they wou that, of course, draws'ly, and that, of course, draws up big the big