this in a sense is a perfect storm in terms of the capacity of the health service. so we are hearing potential new of 350,000 cancelled appointments and operations. we ll have the latest on the walkout. also tonight: the mother of the british israeli sisters shot dead in the west bank has died from the injuries she suffered in the attack. china carries out what it says is a mock air blockade of taiwan using jets carrying live ammunition. and spain sjon rahm celebrates, as he wins golf s masters in augusta, becoming the first european to win both that title and the us open. good evening. with just hours to go untiljunior doctors begin a four day strike across england, a senior nhs leader says the health service is facing a perfect storm with hospitals struggling to cover shifts affected by the action, because staff have booked easter breaks. matthew taylor of the nhs confederation says the action, which runs from 7 o clock tomorrow morning until 7 on saturday morning mea
which is marking 25 years since the signing of the good friday agreement. the historic peace deal largely ended decades of violence in northern ireland. but prime minister rishi sunak says efforts must be intensified to restore the power sharing government that was central to the deal. it collapsed in the fallout from brexit and now the political dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to overshadow the historic milestone. rishi sunak willjoin the us president, joe biden, on a visit to northern ireland on tuesday to commemorate the good friday agreement. a few minutes ago, the us national security council spokesperson, john kirby, told the white house press corps how much this trip means to president biden. president biden will head to ulster university to deliver remarks marking the tremendous progress since the signing of the belfast good friday agreement 25 years ago. and he ll underscore the readiness of the united states to preserve those gains and support no
Good evening. Just some of the faces of the victims of 50 years of the infected blood scandal. The wholly damning conclusion of todays inquiry into that scandal describes years of deception and cover up in which doctors, the Blood Services and successive governments did not put Patient Safety first. It found that the biggest Treatment Disaster in the history of the nhs could and should have been avoided. Over the two decades the 19705 to the 19905 more than 30,000 people were infected with diseases like hiv and hepatitis c. 3,000 have died already, many are living with ongoing side effects. The Prime Minister described today as a day of shame for the British State and will announce plans for compensation for the victims of the scandal tomorrow. 0ur Health Editor hugh pym reports. On day one of the inquiry, perry, supported by family, gave evidence. There is a huge impact on family, because they carry you and. He didnt survive long enough to see todays report. He was infected with hiv a
dismissed by the nhs. she went through several years of a terrible ordeal. her health was seriously impacted. she had to spend a great deal of money to defend herself legally, and at the end of that process, having had to relocate herfamily, she was still out of pocket, even with the compensation that was awarded. so you can imagine that s hardly an incentive for other nhs staff to whistle blow, and because of incidents of that sort, there is no learning and there is no accountability. senior nhs managers know that that is allowed. dr alexande, so what you re concerning, because the red flag dr alexander, so what you re concerning, because the red flag for me is that essentially we are lying to employees that they will be protected. we hear this time and time again from organisations, you know, it s a safe environment to go