iam in i am in stroud, where it is snowing. it may not be real but it is probably as close as many of us will get to a white christmas. a cloudy and damp day, murky in the west, rain crossing the north of the country. tonight and tomorrow the wind becomes a feature. details later. good morning. it s wednesday, the 20th of december. junior doctors in england are about to start a three day strike in a dispute over pay. they ll walk out from seven o clock this morning, after five weeks of negotiations failed to reach an agreement. this time of year is traditionally one of the nhs s most busy periods. our health correspondent sharon barbour has the details. hospitals across england, already struggling with the pressures that winter brings, are bracing themselves, as tens of thousands ofjunior doctors walk out for three days. whose nhs? our nhs! dr greenhaus, a surgical registrar. he s already qualified to undertake major knee and hip surgery. every time that i go and see a patien
lots of routine care has been cancelled. not everywhere. patients are being advised to have a look on the website of the hospital to see what is happening. if you have been contacted to come in, do but many appointments and operations have been cancelled right across england. thousands, tens of thousands, ofjunior doctors on strike and when we sayjunior doctors, we mean all those doctors up to consultant level and we mean half the medical workforce in hospitals. so, a significant impact on hospitals overwinter. doctor lizzie greenfield is one of the junior doctors. you were just telling me before we came on air why you ve come out here today, just talk us through why. from day one of work as a junior doctor, there was low staffing, gaps not filled on the rotas, corridor nursing, and the hospital was at a critical capacity. that s from my first day. so, ithink, you know, to have experienced that, just makes you realise how people are getting so burned out, how we re not being
you both so much for joining us for our breaking news coverage of the injuries suffered by damar hamlin in tonight s bills game. that is tonight s last word. our continuing coverage now continues on the 11th hour with stephanie. it starts now. it starts now. good evening, i am stephanie. we begin this evening s broadcast with breaking news and sports. tonight monday night football game has been postponed until further notice. 24 year damar hamlin collapsed on the field after making a tackle while playing against the cincinnati bangles. he was on the field for more than ten minutes while medical teams performed cpr and gave him oxygen. he left the game in an ambulance and was taken to the university of cincinnati medical center. the nfl now says he is in critical condition, but there is still a lot we do not know at this point. i want to bring in j.a. he is on the phone with us. he covers the buffalo bills for the buffalo news. thank you for joining us. what a night this has
coverage. we ll have more updates to the night. i will see you at the end of today. the end of today. good evening of, stephanie ruhle, we begin this evening s broadcast of breaking news and sports. tonight s monday night football game has been postponed until further notice 24-year-old buffalo bills safety tomorrow hamlin collapsed on the field, after making a tackle plain against the cincinnati bangles. he was on the field for more than ten minutes while medical teams performed cpr and gave him oxygen. he left the game in an ambulance and was taken to the university of cincinnati medical center. the nfl now says he is in critical condition, but there is still a lot we do not know at this point. i want to bring in j. a. he is on the phone with us. he covers the buffalo bills for the buffalo news. thank you for joining us. what a night this has been. you are at the game. you saw this happen on the field. walk us through it. yes. so, there were about six minutes remaining
good evening, i am stephanie. we begin this evening s broadcast with breaking news and sports. tonight monday night football game has been postponed until further notice. 24 year damar hamlin collapsed on the field after making a tackle while playing against the cincinnati bangles. he was on the field for more than ten minutes while medical teams performed cpr and gave him oxygen. he left the game in an ambulance and was taken to the university of cincinnati medical center. the nfl now says he is in critical condition, but there is still a lot we do not know at this point. i want to bring in j. a. he is on the phone with us. he covers the buffalo bills for the buffalo news. thank you for joining us. what a night this has been. you are at the game. you saw this happen on the field. walk us through it. yes. so, there were about six minutes remaining in the first quarter. a young bills safety was involved in a tackle against a cincinnati player. he briefly stood back up afte