it s monday, the 30th of january. our main story. 5,000 extra hospital beds and 800 new ambulances will be rolled out in england this year in a bid to tackle the long emergency care delays. details of the £1 billion investment will be set out later by the government and nhs england. 0ur health correspondent jim reed reports. ambulance staff are waiting with their patients to come to the emergency department cubicles, which are currently full. record waits in a&e. trolleys lining up in packed corridors, queues of ambulances stuck outside busy hospitals with their patients. doctors say this winter has been the worst in a generation. today sees a new plan to try to tackle some of these problems. by next winter, there should be 5000 more permanent hospital beds in england an increase of around 5%. 800 new ambulances will be purchased around half of those to replace older vehicles. and there will be a new push to get people who are well enough
today at one: the nhs in england is to get thousands of extra hospital beds and hundreds of ambulances in a bid to tackle delays in emergency care. but there are questions about who will staff the extra resources with one in ten posts in the nhs unfilled. we have 100,000 vacancies in the nhs, more than 150,000 vacancies in social care, so staffing really becomes the absolutely critical constraint about whether some of the ambitions and improvements in today s plan will be able to be delivered. we ll be looking at what today s announcement means for patients. also on the programme. rishi sunak defends his handling of allegations about nadhim zahawi s tax affairs, saying he acted pretty decisively in sacking him. what i ve done is follow a process, which is the right process. integrity is really important to me.
of missiles on targets across ukraine and its tanks and troops stormed across the border. james landale, bbc news. the first episode of the bbc documentary putin versus the west will be broadcast tonight on bbc two at 9pm, and all three episodes are available on the bbc iplayer. our top story this lunchtime. the nhs in england is to get thousands of extra hospital beds and hundreds of ambulances in a bid to tackle delays in emergency care. and still to come. five years after it first launched, bbc radio 5 live s award winning podcast you, me and the big c is returning for one final special episode. coming up in sport on the bbc news channel. ahead of the transfer window closing tomorrow night, brighton reject a bid of £70 million from arsenal for midfielder moises caicedo, insisting
england and wales, a little bit coolerfurther north. the high pressure moves northwards towards the end of the week which should move most of the weather fronts and the stronger winds away from northern scotland. much of the country will end up having a settled end to the week with temperatures above normal. a reminder of our top story. the nhs in england is to get thousands of extra hospital beds and ambulances in a bid to tackle delays in emergency care. we nowjoin the bbc team is where you are. good afternoon. it s 1.34pm and here s your latest sports news. rory mcilroy admits it was mentally tough, but was happy he didn t let his emotions get in the way
there was to be no hollywood ending for actor and wrexham co owner ryan reynolds, whose side came close to a memorable fa cup upset but we do have a sequel to come. good morning. wind will be a feature of the weather for some of us. the strong winds this morning will ease, showers will ease. most of us will have a dry day until much later when a new weather front brings rain have a dry day until much later when a new weatherfront brings rain into the west. all the details later in the west. all the details later in the programme. it s monday, the 30th of january. our main story. 5,000 extra hospital beds and 800 new ambulances will be rolled out in england this year in a bid to tackle the long emergency care delays. details of the £1 billion investment will be set out later by the government and nhs england. our health correspondent jim reed reports. ambulance staff are waiting with their patients to come to the emergency department cubicles, which are currently full.