Because of all of the debating, speaking, you know. Because of all of the debating, speaking, you know. And karaoke singing. 0k, singing. So, its been a great week here in liverpool. Yes, first Labour Conference in government for 15 years. Its hot Lemon And Honey in front of you. And i dont think were breaking any great secret to reveal that you were singing karaoke at the daily Mirror Party in the early hours of last night, or the early hours of this morning. And people call me the Fun Police. I do not understand. Why do you accept that . Its been a somewhat curious atmosphere here. Yes, definitely. Celebration. Ive seen lots of people, big smiles on their faces, thinking were in government again at last, but also a kind of unease. Well, i think we always knew that we would be in a period of post euphoria. Of post euphoria. Of post euphoria, pre delivery because Real Change takes time. And yes, im proud of some of the things ive done in my first weeks in office, whether thats the Junk
Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. The Health Secretary, jeremy hunt, says its completely unacceptable that some patients are waiting up to 13 hours in a e. In an Exclusive Bbc interview, he paid tribute to the hard work of staff, but said the problems of high demand were not unique to the nhs in england. Our Health Editor hugh pym has more. Nhs england figures this winter show the worst waiting time performance in a e units since records began more than a decade ago. Jeremy hunt paid tribute to the work of staff, but said that the problems of high Patient Demand were not unique to the nhs and all leading Health Systems were grappling with the same challenge. He said there was no Silver Bullet. I think its wrong to suggest to people that these profound challenges such as we
probably did not know who i was until i appeared on the press conference on their tv screens and i m proud of the record i had as chancellor. we moved at enormous speed and with competence to deliver interventions that made a difference to the lives of people that save theirjobs and protected businesses so people can trust that when i say i m going to do something i am going to do it. i have also been very clear, unambiguous, made five simple promises that the priorities of the country are mine and i want to be held accountable for them, there is no ambiguity, no tricks. people will know whether i m delivering on these things and i m confident that we can. i really am. you talk about the record, and i m not going to say the nhs wasn t under pressure before covid, of course it was, but there were places where it was improving, ambulance times, category two, we were at target before covid hit so that has had an impact, and i talked
the nhs is facing. when i spoke to raymond ahead of his operation, he said he was very short of breath, and that had got steadily worse. this operation should make a huge difference to his quality of life. we know that the longer you wait, the worse your heart function becomes, and it slowlyjust sort of inexorably deteriorates in the background. and this is why he s been feeling worse over this period of time he s been waiting. this is the valve that we re predominantly interested in today. the recent strain on the nhs wasn t as bad as many feared, which is helping hospitals catch up on the huge backlog of planned care. my personal view is that if the country hadn t stepped up to become vaccinated, we wouldn t be here doing as much work as we are now. what we ve done now is we ve put the patient on the heart lung bypass machine, | and so the body is now totally supported. a partnership with hospitals in oxford and brighton this winter, has helped care for some of the most urgent case