The latest performance figures for accident and emergency units in england, suggest thatjanuary was one of the worst months since records began. More than a thousand patients waited for more than 12 hours on trolleys before being admitted to wards, and the four hour waiting target was missed for the 30th month in a row. Our Health Editor hugh pym has the latest. The nhs flat out with staff working at a frantic pace just to Keep Services running. The system under severe strain and patients are feeling it. This mobile team is trying to help reduce pressure on local hospitals. 0k, next, we will go right on to Cambridge Heath road. Here, a senior a e consultant is out on the road with a paramedic, literally taking hospital standard care to patients at home. So they dont need to go to hospital. Its a partnership between london air ambulance, London Ambulance service, and barts health. They see an elderly man with dementia who has been in and out of hospital. And ensure that hes safe to be l
Premieres in london tonight with an all black cast playing the superheroes. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. New figures have revealed january to be one of the toughest months everfor a e departments in england. And hospital only a es recorded their worst ever figures since records began. Trolley waits continue to be a big problem, with a thousand patients waiting more than 12 hours to be cared for by any medical staff at all. The four hour wait target for patients was missed for the 30th month in a row but with over 85 of patients seen within that time it was slightly better than december. The target is 95 . That target was missed despite nonessential treatments being cancelled to relieve the pressure. Our Health Editor hugh pym reports. The nhs flat out with staff working at a frantic pace just to Keep Services running, that is the picture which emerges from the figures forjanuary in england, a service overstretched and under intense strain. This nurse in leeds says that even th
A viewer sent us this picture from waldorf. The hail appears to be about as big as a golf ball. We have Team Coverage with Sarah Simmons and marina maracco. Lets begin with caitlyn roth. What a long day it has been. Three separate rounds of Severe Weather that seemed to sweep through the same places. Mow one was exempt from seeing the rain, the wind, the hail and some very dramatic cloud coverage pictures that weve got all thanks to you for sending us your pictures all day long safely on twitter and facebook. Thankfully the Severe Weather threat is over and all of the rain has just about cleared the washington area. All along a very powerful cold front that cut into the heat and the humidity. We were at 90degrees before we even hit noon. We had a lot to work with. Heres the last little shower just west of rockville in montgomery county. It went through leesburg with a decent amount of rain analyte thing, not the case anymore. We saw tons of rain throughout the several rounds of trainin
During the evening rush. H. Some areas saw hail coming down. A viewer sent us this picture from waldorf. The hail appears to be about ass big as a golf ball. We have Team Coverage with saraa simmons and marina maracco. A lets begin with caitlyn roth. T. What a long day it has been. Three separate rounds of severee weather that seemed to sweepto through the same places. Pl mow one was exempt from seeingig the rain, the wind, the hail and some very dramatic cloudmati coverage pictures that weve got all thanks to you for sending us your pictures all day longong safely on twitter and facebook. Thankfully the Severe Weatherevr threat is over and all of the rain has just about cleared thee washington area. Area all along a very powerful cold front that cut into the heat and the humidity. Th we were at 90degrees before we even hit noon. Oon. We had a lot to work with. Heres the last little showeritt just west of rockville in montgomery county. Coun it went through leesburg with a decent amoun
This is fox5 local news at 10. Right now at 10, Severe Weathera unleashes the d. C. Regionegi downing large trees and flooding metro stations. Could we see more destruction overnight then a terrify close call. A man ride to kidnap a seven year old while he was sleeping in the middle l of the night,igh how the child managed to scare the man off. Ff. Plus a popular d. C. Area radio host arrested for allegedly assaulting his estranged wife. Fox5 local news at 10 starts right now. We begin tonight with the Severe Weather that moved across our ar area this evening. Hi im tony perkins and im shawns yancy. The pictures you see some of so them behind us right now of the damage, the flooding caused by the storm are just stunning, take a look at these pictures. This is the Cleveland Park metrt station, you can see commutersom making their way up the stairs atrazine through the area there andre a flooding the station. Ng t we will have a life update on l the impact this could have on your morning