To the bbc news at one. Nearly half of hospitals in england declared a major alert in the first week of this year. Nhs figures released this morning reveal that 66 of the 152 Hospital Trusts raised the alarm, as large numbers of patients experienced Trolley Waits and delays in a e. Eight of the trusts declaring a major alert reported the highest level of alarm, meaning Patient Safety was at risk. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes reports. Another busy day for the Health Service, where the pressure of winter is unrelenting. Earlier this week, leicester Royal Infirmary was one of more than 60 hospitals in england to declare a major alert as the strain on services grew. The latest data from nhs england exposes how the Health Service is struggling to cope. One in five patients admitted as an emergency last week experienced a delay of at least four hours for a bed. Nearly one in four patients waited over four hours to be seen in a e. In some place its reached nearly half. More than a
We ask if disillusioned mps should stick or quit. More data from the nhs shows four out of 10 hospitals in england declared a major alert in the first week of the year. Well hear from some of those on the frontline this week. One of the things that worried me was it was taking up to two hours to arrive at the hospital to hand over their patients from the ambulance to the a e floor. Well, i see were trying a new experiment this morning. I hope it doesnt prove to be a disturbing influence. The president and the press it used to sound so different. How will we know what to believe in a new era of president ial tweets and accusations of fake news . Good evening. It was not meant as an act of insurgency, Tristram Hunt warned today, explaining his resignation as a labour mp shouldnt be interpreted as a desire to rock the boat. But whether or not it was intended, the boat today, was definitely rocked. The mp for Stoke Central stepped down to become head of the v a museum an attractive proposa
Performing health trust. Imagine waking up every day and almost tossing a coin to go upstairs to see whether your own flesh and blood is still alive. On the 14th of november, sheila prestons son leo was found dead following a suspected accidental overdose. I met her on herfirst visit to his flat just four days later. This is leo. This is leo here. He was probably 12 years old there. And he was the most beautiful, kind, loving son. I was proud of him. And he should still be here in this flat today. I wanted to save him. Look at this. The 39 year old had been treated for Schizophrenia Look at that. Would you want to cook on that . Leo had been a patient of the norfolk and Suffolk Foundation trust, the only Mental Health trust to be placed in Special Measures in the history of the nhs. I begged. I begged the trust to help him, but they thought he was living well, he was, you know, managing. But i knew that he wasnt. I knew that he would just get iller and iller and iller. And he died. Whe
supporters say the project will create jobs and reduce the need to import coal, but critics argue it goes against climate targets. and we will have more reaction to that announcement in around half an hour. hannah is in whitehaven. we will get a sense of the impact on the local community. emergency care doctors are warning that the sickest and frailest patients coming to a&e in england are being failed, as they face long waits to get on to wards. bed shortages mean delays of four hours are common, with some patients forced to wait more than 12 hours. 0ur health correspondent, jim reed has this report, as part of our special nhs under pressure coverage. a&e departments are under greater pressure than ever before. it s not good, all laid in trolleys like this. from this hospital in york. ambulance staff are waiting with their patients to come to the emergency department cubicles, which are currently full. ..to the royal victoria in belfast. ..to these corridors