the greek transport minister resigns and a station master in charge of signalling has been arrested after at least 36 people died and dozens injured following a train crash in northern greece. as the search continues, police fear a missing two month old baby has come to serious harm. the parents, constance marten and mark gordon, have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. new data shows hundreds of sex offenders slipped off the police radarjust by changing their names. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the former health secretary matt hancock has been accused of rejecting key advice on care homes during the pandemic. the daily telegraph says it s obtained thousands of whatsapp messages he sent and received at the height of the covid crisis. the paper says they show mr hancock decided against advice to test all residents going into care homes in england. mr hancock s spokesperson has called it a distorted account . our political correspondent,
on her own, that i do accept. but it was her duty to ask for help and to accept it from the agencies which, over the years, she sometimes ignored or turned away. when she had a telephone appointment with birmingham children s hospital in may 2020, she did not say that help was needed. needed for kaylea. she was positively offered help in august 2020 by contact from a young person s lymphedema specialist, and later contacted from a young people s specialist, and later contacted from a youth intervention service. she did not take up any of these offers. when kaylea s nonattendance at school was queried after schools reopened in september 2020, she made various excuses for not sending kaylea
nature of general practice and the crisis that general practice is experiencing, and that s surprising notjust because 90% of nhs care is delivered in general practice but also because when general practice suffers, the rest of the nhs offers as well so you wouldn t have thought that politicians ? michael you would have thought politicians would understand that in engage with it. my understand that in engage with it. my sense is that politicians are starting to get that message, starting to get that message, starting to get that message, starting to understand it, they perhaps don t understand the depth of the crisis and are certainly not clear what the solutions might be. and finally, for a patient, do you think that they are getting the best service possible? two telephone appointment always get it right? i think that s a really interesting question. general practice across the country are doing their utmost to provide high quality care that we trained to deliver on that we know our
package to address the fundamental issues with general practice, to remove the contractual barriers that we need so that we can spend more time with patients and i am afraid this package does not do that at all. ., , ., ., ., ., all. doctor krishna kasaraneni, from the british medical all. doctor krishna kasaraneni, from the british medical association, - the british medical association, thank you very much for your time today. let me read out your comments on this proposal from the government saying it wants gp surgeries to see more patients face to face, the idea of publishing surgery specific data. jackie farmer has been in touch to say, my husband had to wait two weeks for a telephone appointment with a doctor despite having a consistent car for six weeks and when you try to call the surgery, there is a 30 minute 40 minute wait time in a queue. ? consistent cough. margot says, i am happy to have a telephone appointment most of the time, this is sufficient, and when it was determin