36 with the nhs under intense pressure from covid backlogs, hospital appointment delays and ambulance crews waiting for hours when they arrive at a&e with sick patients, the prime minister has outlined new measures designed to ease the growing strain. rishi sunak said 19 new diagostic centres in communities across england would to help tackle the covid backlog. he was talking to our health editor hugh pym. we have seen ambulances queueing at hospitals unable to get back on the road. delays happening over patient, crowded a&e departments and often long waits. ambulance staff and nurses planning strikes over pay, with non urgent care likely to be affected. more than seven million patients waiting for operation and other planned treatment. that is the reality of the nhs in england right now. how are you? now. howare ou? ~ , how are you? and the prime minister has set u- how are you? and the prime minister has set up a how are you? and the prime minister has set up a task how are you?
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is a real problem with the structure of their pension scheme. they have a cap, many people have a pension cap, but unfortunately, gps and consultants are actually taxed if they carry on working and putting money into their pension pots. so, quite a lot of them choose to take early retirement. liz truss s plan is to solve that backlog very much around trying to restructure that part of their remuneration, which sounds very laudable, i don t know why nobody has done that before, if it really is that straightforward, evenif it really is that straightforward, even if they have a cat they would not be penalised if they continued working. alongside the cost of living, the backlog in the nhs, the waiting list, and the horrendous stories that we are hearing about queues of ambulances outside
a risk to patient safety and causing even more to leave the profession. that s according to the royal college of nursing, which says that only a quarter of shifts had the planned number of registered nurses on duty. the government says it s recruiting thousands more nurses and that action is being taken to tackle the covid backlog. transport for london is advising against travel on the underground today as thousands of staff go on strike. large parts of the network will be closed as members of the rmt union take the action in a row over jobs and pensions. the disruption is expected to continue until tomorrow morning. a surge in ca thefts has been linked to a shortage of parts, with criminals stripping the components and selling them on for high prices. an average of 244 vehicles are being stolen every day, the equivalent of one every six minutes, according to figures released by police forces in the uk. south yorkshire and the city of london saw the sharpest rise in thefts.