by snowfall, for example, so there is always a race by humanitarian agencies to try to get aid in before access to those places becomes completely impossible, so that is why the world food programme have described the situation in afghanistan as, a countdown to catastrophe, and they are urging for more international help. for catastrophe, and they are urging for more international help. more international help. for now, secunder kermani, more international help. for now, secunder kermani, thanks - more international help. for now, secunder kermani, thanks very i more international help. for now, i secunder kermani, thanks very much indeed. secunder kermani there in kabul. in other news for you at a:20pm this afternoon. it could soon be compulsory for nhs staff in england to be vaccinated for coronavirus. the health secretary, sajid javid, says he s leaning towards such a policy, though no final decision has been taken. it comes as the government announces an extra £5.9 billion fo
can t provide for the staggering needs. giving the taliban money without guarantees on human rights and how the funds will be used is dangerous. but afghanistan is sinking fast. millions here will not survive the winter. yogita limaye, bbc news, herat. it could soon be compulsory for nhs staff in england to be vaccinated for coronavirus. the health seceratry sajid javid says he s leaning towards such a policy, though no final decision has been taken. it comes as the government announces an extra £5.9 billion for the nhs in england, with the money used to help clear the backlog of people waiting for tests and scans, and to buy equipment and improve it. our health corrrespondent dominic hughes reports. the nhs is facing a huge backlog of non urgent diagnostic tests and procedures.
in the budget on wednesday, in an effort to help clear the huge backlog of people waiting for tests, scans and non urgent procedures. the extra £5.9 billion is part of plans to reduce the unprecedented number of people in england waiting for hospital treatment, which has been worsened by the pandemic. it will also be used for new equipment and to overhaul it systems. the money is on top of the £12 billion extra a year announced last month, which will be raised through a rise in national insurance. more details are due on wednesday, but chancellor rishi sunak described the money as game changing . health bodies welcomed the cash, but said staff shortages need to be fixed. our health correspondent dominic hughes has this report. the nhs is facing a huge backlog of non urgent diagnostic tests and procedures. this new money, known as capital funding, that pays for equipment and infrastructure, is designed to clear by the end of this parliament
much of what we have had so far has focused on where the government plans to invest. today there was an announcement of £5.9 billion for the nhs to help try to clear record backlogs in people waiting for tests and scans. the problem is, we are just getting part of the picture, and what the chancellor will have to do on wednesday is to put these promises in the context of the public finances. we know he s already mindful of what has been spent through the course of the pandemic, so there is not going to be money all round. the challenge for him is whether he makes the decisions that help the people and the parts of the economy that really need it the most. alex forsyth with the latest at westminster, many thanks. less than a week before world leaders gather in glasgow for the global climate conference, the united nations has warned that greenhouse gases reached record levels last year, despite the economic slowdown caused by the pandemic. a new report suggests the target set by countri
that was our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, bear with that latest rise in the national living wage. it could soon be compulsory for nhs staff in england to be vaccinated for coronavirus. the health secretary, sajid javid, says he s leaning towards such a policy, though no final decision has been taken. it comes as the government announces an extra £5.9 billion for the nhs in england, with the money being used to help clear the backlog of people waiting for tests and scans, and to buy equipment and improve it. 0ur health corrrespondent, dominic hughes, reports. the nhs is facing a huge backlog of non urgent diagnostic tests and procedures. this new money, known as capital funding, that pays for equipment and infrastructure, is designed to clear by the end of this parliament most of that backlog. nearly £6 billion will be used in part to fund a big expansion of diagnostic tests. that means more ct, mri and ultrasound scans. the government aims to create 100 one stop sho