the squad this weekend. newcastle united s kieran trippier will lead the team out as captain at his home ground of stjames park. very, very special obviously at the stadium that i play at week in, week out. and again, i ve got to thank gareth again for giving me that trust. and yeah, but for me, it s if i have the armband or not, if i play or not, i m always there. i m always ready for the team and i m a leader with or without the armband. so i ve never had it on a permanent basis. and so, yeah, that s the type of character that i am, but to lead the lads out, it s very special. my son will be mascot as well, so that s even more special. so, yeah, yeah. really proud moment for myself. everton say they ve been made aware that former striker kevin campbell is seriously ill in hospital. campbell won the english first division, fa cup and league cup with arsenal during his career. he became unwell last week. everton sent their support
looked after in corridors, in store cupboards, by nurses stations, without emergency equipment, without call bells. and sadly, some of our patients are having their entire hospital stay and treatment sitting in a chair, sometimes up to 72 hours. totally u na cce pta ble. the conservatives said the nhs budget had increased by a third since 2010 in england, with more community diagnostic centres opened. the snp led scottish government said health funding had also risen in scotland. the liberal democrats and labour both said they had plans to fix or reform the nhs. jim reed, bbc news. a reminder of our top headline this afternoon. the conservatives pledge to clarify the legal definition of a person s sex. and 80 years on, we hear from one of the oldest surviving veterans of d day.
the hospital where paul was treated describes his experience as less than ideal, but said the same level of care is provided regardless of where patients are located. the royal college of nursing, though, is concerned that scenes like this are becoming more common. one in three of the 11,000 nurses who filled out the union s online survey said that on their most recent shift, they had to look after someone in a corridor, waiting room or other location not meant for treatment. similar results were seen across the four nations of the uk. we are calling this a national state of emergency. our members are incredibly concerned around the fact that very poor, undignified, unsafe care is being totally normalised. it is not ok for patients to be
the royal college of nursing says the number of nhs patients being treated in corridors and other crowded places now amounts to a national emergency. one in three nurses who replied to a uk wide survey said that on their latest shift they ended up providing care in a waiting area, side room or corridor. our health reporter jim reed has more. paul simms had a heart attack injanuary. he describes his treatment that day in a&e as excellent. but he then had to spend almost two days being cared for in this small corridor because there was no space in the main wards of the hospital. it was constant foot traffic by doctors and nurses. so it was very difficult for me to even sleep or rest because people were coming in and out, pushing the doors, banging the doors, trolleys were coming through, knocking into me because i shouldn t have been there really in a corridor. and also there wasn t a power supply in the corridor, so my heart monitor went flat.
team mate kevin sinfield carrying him across the line at the rob burrow marathon, just one fundraising event the two were involved in. raising something like £15 million, an incredible amount. it will make a difference to people s lives. this morning we were supposed to be at seacroft hospital for the first spade in the ground for the first spade in the ground for the first spade in the ground for the rob burrow centre for motor neurone disease, which will really make a difference to people living with this cruel disease. this is what it will look like a mean to those affected by mnd. he achieved so much in his life on the rugby field as a charity fundraiser and, latterly, an award winning podcaster. yet, still, the centre for motor neurone disease that will bear his name will be an extraordinary legacy for rob burrow.