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 an online survey said that on their latest shift, they ended up providing care in a waiting area, side room or corridor. 0ur 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.
the african national congress, has had its worst election result since the end of apartheid three decades ago. the party has lost its majority in the national assembly for the first time. this means a fresh political landscape for the country. the anc leader cyril ramaphosa will now have to find coalition partners. the number of nhs patients being treated in corridors and other crowded places now amounts to a national emergency, according to the royal college of nursing. one in three nurses who replied to an online survey said that on their last shift, they had to provide care in a waiting area, side room or corridor. nhs providers has called for the next government to properly address the causes of hospital overcrowding. the number of children moving to home education in the uk is at its highest level since the pandemic, a bbc
Interesting to see what happens with this juror whos now consultant, now appears that we have an answer yeah. We havent answered that. The juror is going to remain on the panel, just returned from this Side Room where he went he or she went with the lawyers and the Judge And Theyve come back i can say that this juror is going to remain with us. So whatever concerns this juror had, the judge or the lawyers are apparently able to allay some of these concerns if they had lost that alternate Juror Today that would have been not only obviously, one less drawing, they could call on if something goes wrong, but also it could have influenced other jurors to start only start to question whether they wanted to serve. Yeah, im actually surprised that only one person has withdrawn from this case when you think about the enormity of the exposure, the attention, the risks for you and your family. I mean, this is something that the judge has topped about why these short jurors are going to be anonymo
fire crews in australia are battling a huge blaze in the middle of sydney. a 7 storey building caught alight near the central station railway hub prompting more than 30 fire trucks to respond. the structure has been too dangerous to enter and parts of it have collapsed in front of some of the 130 firefighters involved. flames as high as the building itself could be seen and there are no reported serious injuries. there s a warning today that young people with complex mental health needs face significant risks when they re put on general children s wards in england. in an urgent report, the healthcare safety investigation branch says paediatric wards are potentially unsafe for children who are suicidal or at risk of harming themselves. scores of families have told the bbc that they have struggled to get appropriate support for their children. here s our social affairs editor, alison holt. this side room on a general children s ward was home
i am appealing to chief nurses across the country in every type of environment. you need this service. it is essential for patients and families, and nobody should ever be left on a ward, in a side room, waiting for somebody to sit with them in their last hours of need. peter harrison from norfolk lost his wife, christine, last april. she was 75, a grandmother and a former teacher. in 2017, she was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare neurological condition. last year, she suffered a stroke and was admitted to hospital. in her last days, butterfly volunteers sat with christine during times when peter could not be there by her side. and i think if i d stayed there too long in the hospital, i think it probably would have been too much for me being with her all that time.