we know we need to recover and stabilise our core services like ambulance, accident and emergency and recover those elective planned care backlogs. then, as we recover, we need to get back to delivering the key ambitions in the long term plan. the first parts of the much hyped harry and meghan series are released. in it harry repeats accusations of intrusion of privacy by the british media. thousands of people on the lowest incomes will receive a cold weather payment as temperatures plunge below zero. iran state media announces the first execution of a protester, mohsen shekari, convicted over recent anti government unrest.
nhs england say they do have a plan in place to deal with pressures on the health service after figures suggest an estimated 7.2 million patients are waiting to start routine hospital treatment a record high. we know we need to recover and stabilise our core services like ambulance, accident and emergency and recover those elective planned care backlogs, then as we recover, we need to get back to delivering the key ambitions in the long term plan. thousands of people on the lowest incomes will receive a cold weather payment as temperatures plunge below zero. the industry regulator ofwat has criticised several water companies in england and wales for letting down their customers and the environment. and england winger raheem stirling returns to qatar ahead of saturday s world cup quarterfinal against france. he flew back to england following a break in at his home last weekend.
services like ambulance, accident and emergency and recover those elective planned care backlogs, then as we recover, we need to get back to delivering the key ambitions in the long term plan. the uk health security agency says 15 children under the age of 15 have now died from invasive strep a illness since september. thousands of people on the lowest incomes will receive a cold weather payment as temperatures plunge below zero. the industry regulator ofwat has criticised several water companies in england and wales for letting down their customers and the environment. and england winger raheem stirling returns to qatar ahead sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. gavin has got it all throws including those in the build up to that quarterfinal clash. just can t wait! yes, we re on the eve of the world cup quarterfinals . with brazil s match against croatia first up tomorrow. england have to wait until saturday evening before they take on the curren
and i think a very good emerging plan to deal with these care backlogs just before christmas. we were quite close to announcing it, but as you might expect, given the needs of the current omicron wave, that has had to be put on hold. i think we will need to go back around to identify what changes we need to make, given what is happening over these three months. what we know is we will need to do about three or four things long term, so at the staffing issue, but we also know we will need to grow capacity. we also know we need to change, we need to use technology much more effectively. we also know that we need organisations working together more closely so that, for example, you could combine the patient waiting lists of hospitals in a broader area so that you can make best use of capacity. there is a whole bunch of things that we in the nhs know that we need to do to get through these backlogs as quickly as possible. what i think is really important for your viewers to know,
to the local population. we re going to see influxes of people to certain holiday destinations, and while that doesn t change the official population figures, it means that there are a lot more people within an area. and a lot more people in an area means there s going to be much more chance of covid and much more chance of transmission. indoor social mixing was cited as a factor in the infection spike in lincoln, with a surge in cases linked to a nightclub, though numbers have since fallen back. there could be implications for hospitals, and the nhs in the south west of england has come under greater pressure, with ambulances having to wait at some hospitals to hand over patients. i we ve got a combination of rising | numbers of covid cases, but that s set alongside the fact that people are trying to go full pelt - to recover the care backlogs. we ve also got lots people - who are seeking urgent emergency care at the same time as staff are off on leave, and also we ve had large numb