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he is a huge miss, as isjofra archer, because we had been together so long and they are huge players. but they have to get themselves right and we just want them as humans to feel better before they come back. meanwhile, india s cricket team have cancelled a training session on the eve of the fifth test against england at old trafford after another member of their coaching team tested positive for coronavirus. the players have been told to stay in their hotel rooms after undergoing testing this morning. india have a 2 1 lead in the five test series. emma raducanu is two matches away from a sensational us open triumph she continues to make history, by making the final four of the women s draw. the 18 year old is yet to even drop a set. she beat the olympic champion, belinda bencic, in the quarters in straight sets. remarkably, this is the furthest any british woman has gone in the competition, sincejo durie back in 1983. raducanu who plays maria sakkari in the early hours tomorrow
failed to come to hospital because they were worried about contracting coronavirus. this diagnosis centre is set away from emergency care. if you go straight through these doors, you go into a safe covid freezone. some patients are still staying away. it has been a priority for us to support patients to see their general practitioner, to be referred on to the hospital, to have the diagnostic test because the earlier we diagnose a condition, the better it will be. the government says it is investing billions of pounds into tackling covid pressures, but it is seen as not enough. the department of health has to have an honest conversation with the general public that the nhs is failing people, even in emergencies, and we need to have a constructive discussion on how we fix it. health officials have warned the nhs will face even more challenges as we head into the difficult winter months. anna collinson, bbc news.
for more than three years. the most serious category one calls average at around 8.5 minutes, above the seven minute target. the response time for category two calls, which includes heart attacks and strokes, averaged at nearly 39 minutes. the aim is 18. long waiting times are being seen across the uk but are measured differently, so cannot be compared. how are you doing? doing really well. there is little waiting around at this early diagnosis centre, aimed at alleviating demands on hospitals. dedicated to patients who may be at risk from cancer, it carries out procedures like colonoscopies and as an example of the millions of extra tests the nhs has carried out over the summer. no polyps, no cancer. nothing to worry about. during the pandemic many patients failed to come to hospital because they were worried about contracting corona corona vices. coronavirus. this diagnosis centre is set away from emergency care.
you will have to be double jabbed, if you work in a care home, to continue working on the front line with patients. if you are not, you might be given a role away, a non patient facing role, working on hr, something like that, away from the front line or you will not be able to work there. that is the care home situation. the government s said today, again for england, it is consulting, this is a six week consultation, about whether to extend that policy, that mandatory vaccine policy from around 600,000 care home workers to another 1.2 million nhs staff. that would include doctors, nurses, anyone that is employed on the front line, by the nhs. now, the latest statistics we have got for this, vaccine take up in that group, the nhs group, is already pretty high. so around 88% of nhs trust staff say they have had two doses of a vaccine. but of course that still leaves 12% who haven t, which is why the government is consulting on that decision about whether to extend to it that group in t