saying an improved pay offer could be enough to stop strikes, scheduled for monday and tuesday. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for how to heal the nhs. we ve been almost 12 hours in an ambulance. there were people sitting on the floor, people on trolleys everywhere. it was just horrendous. record waits in a&e, trolleys stacked up along busy corridors, ambulance crews forced to queue outside for hours with their patients. it does get tricky when you see a time come on the call and it s hours ago and you are thinking, oh, gosh, what are you going to turn up to? and they are in a bad state. the health service in every corner of the uk has been battling through its worst winter in a generation. we are running two and three times above our capacity continually, and often more than that. we ve had crises in the nhs before, but doctors say nothing like this. this is undoubtedly a crisis, and it s undoubtedly a national scandal. we simply haven t seen the action that was nec
detectives searching for nicola bulley, who disappeared during a dog walk in lancashire more than a week ago, say they want to speak to a woman who was seen pushing a pram. the forced installation of pre payment metres the bbc learns that magistrates in england and wales were given advice suggesting permission could be waved through. a peace mission to south sudan the pope makes an unprecedented visit, alongside the leaders of the church of england and church of scotland. you are watching bbc news. now, jim reed examines the underlying causes of the nhs crisis, with the help of medical experts and analysts, and looks at ways to make it better in how to heal the nhs. we ve been almost 12 hours in an ambulance. there were people sitting on the floor, people on trolleys everywhere. it was just horrendous. record waist in a&e, trolleys stacked up along busy corridors, ambulance crews forced to queue outside for hours with their patients. it does get tricky when you see a time
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are caused by a whole host of things about how we ve lived our lives, so the food we ve eaten, the alcohol we have or haven t drunk, how active we ve been. so if we can help the population think about ageing in a healthy way, living in a healthy way, that can reduce future health care demand. fundamentally, though, the big question is, do we spend enough on health care in the uk? £190 billion on the nhs across the whole of the uk each year. people look at that and it s a really big, huge figure. but i guess the question is, compared with other health systems, how do we compare, and is it enough? yes, so the international comparisons are always a little bit tricky because it is what basis are you comparing on, and changes to gdp can then also change on what you spend on health. generally, it accepted in the uk we spend around a couple of percent less per year on our health care system. if you are doing that for one or two years, it s probably something a health care system can cope wit
about how we ve lived our lives, so the food we ve eaten, the alcohol we have or haven t drunk, how active we ve been. so if we can help the population think about ageing in a healthy way, living in a healthy way, that can reduce future health care demand. fundamentally, though, the big question is, do we spend enough on health care in the uk? £190 billion on the nhs across the whole of the uk each year. people look at that and it s a really big, huge figure. but i guess the question is, compared with other health systems, how do we compare, and is it enough? yes, so the international comparisons are always a little bit tricky because it is what basis are you comparing on, and changes to gdp can then also change on what you spend on health. generally, it accepted in the uk we spend around a couple of percent less per year on our health care system. if you are doing that for one or two years, it s probably something a health care system can cope with. but if you ve been doing it for a