Criticises the head of anti doping for undermining an investigation into anti doping revelations. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Theres been a steep increase in the number of people arriving at accident and Emergency Departments in england with Mental Health problems. The latest official figures analysed for the bbc show that last year there were over 165,000 Psychiatric Attendances at a e. Thats a rise of 47 per cent over the last four years. That includes a rise of 89 per cent in the number of children and young people under 18 attending a e. Emergency doctors describe the figures as the tip of the iceberg. 0ur social Affairs Correspondent alison holt reports from birmingham. Its another day of unrelenting demand in the Emergency Department of Birminghams Queen Elizabeth hospital. Is there any movement in terms of beds . Patients are lining up on trolleys in the corridor, and The Waiting Room is packed. Next customer, counter one, please. Shes taken an overdose of s
And we pay tribute to the journalist who first reported the outbreak of the second world war, who has died at the age of 105. Coming up in sportsday on bbc news weve had the first of the league cup semifinals, with wayne rooney given the chance to break the Manchester United all time scoring record. Good evening. There has been a significant increase in the number of people with Mental Health problems asking to be seen at accident and Emergency Departments in england. Figures from nhs digital, analysed for the bbc, show that in the year 2015 16, there were over 165,000 Psychiatric Attendances at a e departments, a rise of 47 over the past four years. And it includes a rise of 89 in the number of children and young people attending a e. Doctors say the reality is even worse than the figures suggest. 0ur social Affairs Correspondent alison holt has the story, and reports from birmingham. Its another day of unrelenting demand in the Emergency Department of Birminghams Queen Elizabeth hosp
News, leicester manager Claudio Ranieri denies there is a crisis at the club who have given him a vote of confidence ahead of the fa cup replay against derby. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Joining up health and social Care Services in england is one of the governments big ideas for easing the pressures on the health service. But according to a report out today, efforts to treat more patients in the community have neither saved money, nor taken pressure off hospitals. The scheme called the Better Care Fund was meant to save the nhs half a billion pounds in its first year. The Department Of Health insists its too soon to judge the success of its plans. Heres our health correspondent, dominic hughes. Bringing together the care received in homes like this one and the wider nhs is more complicated than it seems. The aim is to prevent people from being admitted to hospital in the first place, but when they are, get them home quicker. Some solutions are simple. This disti
And the dream is over for Sutton United as arsenal head to the Quarter Finals of the fa cup. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news, the five sports that lost their olympic and paralympic funding have had their appeals rejected by uk sport. Good evening. Theres been ferocious fighting between iraqi forces and so called Islamic State as troops battle their way towards the city of mosul. Their Helicopter Gunships now control the skies, but the road to iss last stronghold in iraq is littered with Roadside Bombs. To win back mosul is crucial as its iraqs second largest city. An offensive on the east of mosul began last october. Now iraqi troops, supported by british and American Special forces, are trying to take control of the west, where 750,000 people and thousands of is fighters remain. 0ur middle east correspondent Quentin Sommerville and cameraman Nikki Millard are the only International Journalists embedded with iraqi forces. Their report contains some graphic images. Iraq says its
of a winter epidemic or winter problems for people if we come into a really cold period. people need additional help. so i think there s a real challenge here as we go through the next few months. they are pressures that mean there is still some way to go before those at the heart of care will be convinced that the system is going to be fixed quickly enough. alison holt, bbc news. even some critics of the government s proposals accept that it is at least trying to tackle the issue of social care, something previous governments have dodged. but in the commons today much of the debate has centred on who will end up paying the new taxes and whether the measures meet boris johnson s own pledge that no one will have to sell their house to fund their care. here s our deputy political editor vicki young. no, your eyes aren t deceiving you. the conservative government is about to put up your taxes to raise money for the nhs, and labour will vote against it. it feels like a distortion of the