Gps have voted to reduce visits to patients homes, saying they no longer have the capacity to offer them. Doctors supported the proposal at a meeting of english local medical committees on friday. But the health secretary, matt hancock, said the idea of taking home visits out of gps contracts was a complete non starter. Jenny kumah reports. Family doctors say their workload is on the rise and this, coupled with falling gp numbers, mean something has to give. In his surgery in leeds this doctor is well aware of the challenges facing surgeries like his. One of the daily pressures that gp practices are under is the obligation to do home visits. What would be much better is if we had a dedicated Home Visiting team with people with the time to be able to do this throughout the day, rather than gps having to squeeze it in. Under the proposals, home visits would not be scrapped completely but delivered by a separate service. Similar to the way out of hours care has been contracted out. Someti
This vote is the first to take place since protests and often violent clashes with police started back in june. So it will be a test of support for pro democracy and pro bejing candidates. The poll is for the lowest rung of government in the city. More than 1,000 candidates are running, competing for more than a50 seats throughout the citys 18 districts. A number of seats currently held by pro beijing incumbents, are being contested by pro democracy candidates. Butjoshua wong, one of the prominent protest leaders is banned from running, because he called for Self Determination for hong kong. Jonathan head joins us. It is early in the morning, but what is the mood like where you are and what is the turnout been like, from what you can tell . A very impressive turnout, and we are getting a report from other polling stations as well. In fact, at this one, people came down pretty much on time and the voting started at 7 30am, about an hour and a much on time and the voting started at 7 30a
The model display destroyed by vandals now on show once more thanks to help from sir rod stewart and thousands of other supporters. And coming up on sportsday at 7. 30 Jose Mourinhos first game in charge at tottenham, ends in a 3 2 win at west ham. Gps have voted to reduce visits to patients homes, saying they no longer have the capacity to offer them. Doctors supported the proposal at a meeting of english local medical committees yesterday. But the Health Secretary, matt hancock, said the idea of taking home visits out of gps contracts was a complete non starter. Jenny kumah reports. Family doctors say their workload is on the rise and this, coupled with falling gp numbers, mean something has to give. At his surgery in leeds this doctor is well aware of the challenges facing surgeries like his. One of the daily pressures that gp practices are under is the obligation to do home visits. What would be much better is if we had a dedicated Home Visiting team with people with the time to be
Leader ammon bundy and eight others have been arrested following a traffic stop away from the refuge. Reports say shots were fired but it is unclear who fired first. We will continue to follow any developments for you overnight. Watch for the latest onthe morning news starting at four. Thirty on wral. Breaking news in Johnston County, crews at the scene of a house fire on Robert Street in clayton. There was significant damage to the home. We are told that started in the kitchen but investigators havent saved how it started. Some local communities are not back to normal. As of right now wake county schools are on schedule however however several schools have made changes. Will start to hours later my all, Person County one hour. You can find a full list of closing and delays scrolling at the bottom of your screen and online at wral. Com. Tonight we are learning more charges against a former deputy and Police Officer dwayne collins. Adam owens had been following this investigation and jo
Reports that this thing was worth perhaps up to 800,000. This is the second breakin. On november 12th someone broke in and stole some gold nuggets and other items from the same area. A Security Guard phoned it in. Investigators believe the same man is responsible for both of these burglaries. The box is about seven inches by nine inches, three pounds, they say around the size of a shoe box with gold and quartz on it. They say it was a wedding Anniversary Gift from a San Francisco pioneer to his wife. It was created by a San Francisco gold smith artisan. It does include quartz that has not been mined in california since the 1800s. We consider it a precious object in telling the story of california and particularly the gold rush. And it has been in our collection since the 1960s. There was a single suspect that we are aware of at this time he made an unlawful entry using an unknown object to gain entry during closed Business Hours of the museum. They entered, they removed items in both i