professionals that the health service will need and also the cost of training. how are you? i m rishi. nice to see you. the proposals have the backing of the prime minister, rishi sunak, visiting a hospital in cambridgeshire this morning. and while nhs england is responsible for the day to day running of the health service, it s the government that will fund the plan to the tune of £21; billion over the next five years. speaking later at a downing street news conference, mr sunak made no apology for the length of time it s taken to get this plan out. it was important that we got it right because this is a really. important day and this sets the nhs up for decades to come. so taking the time to get it right is absolutely - the correct course of action. and i think as you will be able to see from the plan today, i it s very comprehensive. while there has been a broad welcome for the much anticipated plan, there are also warnings that given the pressures the health services under right
up the workforce plan, says it s a really significant moment. it s the first time the government, any government has asked the nhs to develop a comprehensive plan, setting out the numbers of nurses, doctors and other key health care professionals that the health service will need and also the cost of training. how are you? i m rishi. nice to see you. the proposals have the backing of the prime minister, rishi sunak, visiting a hospital in cambridgeshire this morning. and while nhs england is responsible for the day to day running of the health service, it s the government that will fund the plan to the tune of £21; billion over the next five years. speaking later at a downing street news conference, mr sunak made no apology for the length of time it s taken to get this plan out. it was important that we got it right because this is a really. important day and this sets the nhs up for decades to come. so taking the time to get it right is absolutely - the correct course of action. an
sector to diversify. and could brexit save the british hedgehog? an mp says a new farming policy. should aim to secure and restore hedgerows and habitats to give our hedgehogs a bit of a brexit dividend. but first. it had been trailed as england s freedom day the day people could throw away their masks, party with more than five friends and even perhaps plan a foreign holiday. but with infections continuing to rise, and predictions they could reach 100,000 a day, labour said the decision to lift restrictions onjuly the 19th was reckless. borisjohnson confirmed the changes in a downing street news conference. it was left to the health secretary, sajid javid, to explain the new approach to mp5. he told them we had to learn to live with covid. we know that with covid 19 the situation can change, and it can change quickly. but we cannot put our
barbados has removed the queen as head of state after almost a00 years and transitioned to a republic swearing in its first ever barbadian president. thousands of families across the uk are still without power because of storm arwen. good morning and welcome to bbc news. new rules aimed at limiting the spread of the omicron variant of coronavirus have come into force today as more cases have been recorded in the uk. the prime minister is due to speak at a downing street news conference where he ll set out plans to accelerate the booster jab programme with all adults in the uk to be offered a third vaccine. face coverings must now be worn in shops and on public transport in england.
new rules aimed at limiting the spread of the omicron variant of coronavirus have come into force today as more cases have been recorded in the uk. face coverings must now be worn in shops and on public transport in england. later today the uk prime minister is due to speak at a downing street news conference where he ll set out plans to accelerate the boosterjabs programme with all adults in the uk to be offered a third vaccine. the plans come as the chief executive of moderna says he forsees a drop in the effectiveness of current jabs. he told the financial times it will take months to develop a new shot that works but that they re already working on it. german leaders will also meet later to discuss the possible introduction of new measures to combat an aggressive fourth wave of infections. also from today, if you re arriving into the uk, you ll need to complete a pcr test and self isolate until you receive the result. it comes as the european commission