The pressures heaped on the nhs and england by the coronavirus pandemic have been highlighted by new figures showing a record 1. 8 Million People injune having to wait longer than the 18 week target for routine treatment. More than 50,000 have waited over a year and there is a real concern cancers are being missed or diagnosed late because urgent referrals are down more than 20 injune compared to last year. Our Health Editor reports now on some of the ways the nhs is trying to tackle the backlog. Remember the nightingale hospitals . This one is in exeter with more than 100 beds but with no coronavirus patients right now, part of the sites being put to a different use, patients coming in for scans for a range of conditions. The scan will take three or four minutes, we will tell you to breathe in. Carol has lived with cancer for several years. This scan is for a possible complication that doctors want checked out. You okay . She says its a much easier process than her usual hospital appo
Stand with taiwan. And i, i just hope of that, oh, its really clear that while china has stood in the way of taiwan participating and going to certain meetings that they understand, that they will not stand in the way of people coming to taiwan. Hello, saluting. Russia invasion of ukraine earlier this year has made security over the taiwan straits. Another focus of world wide attention aggression against democratic ty. One would have a tremendous impact on the security of the entire in the pacific and facing deliberately heightened to military threats. Ta one will not back down. We will firm yup, hold our nation sovereignty and continue to hold the line of defense for democracy. The Chinese Military says its on high alert and is launched. Targeted military actions are on taiwan journalist patrick forecast more from beijing. Well, that has been some very strong reaction from china as have been expected. Vice foreign minister see fung summons the u. S. Ambassador to china, Nicholas Burns
That is tricking out your home and office with thousand dollars fish. All that and more over the next hours. First lets get headlines from su keenan. Ahead of the widely anticipated jobs report out filedow, fewer americans applications for Unemployment Benefits over the past month and that any time in the last seven years, a sign that the labor market is continuing to bounce back. Officially raining in highfrequency training trading and monitoring secret trading. Cross traders who use computers for rapid fire stock trading now have to register with the sec. In an agreement reached by senate negotiators, help is on the way to veterans hospitals. And you plan now allows the hiring of more doctors and nurses to reduce the long wait for veterans. One senator referred to the problem as a crisis. Much, su keenan. General motors out with details today about its internal investigation into why it took the automaker more than a decade to identify problems with defective ignition switches linked
Hour. First lets get headlines from su keenan. Ahead of the widely anticipated jobs report out tomorrow, fewer americans filed applications for Unemployment Benefits over the past month and that any time in the last seven years, a sign that the labor market is continuing to bounce back. Officially reining in highfrequency trading and monitoring secret trading. Prop traders who use computers for rapidfire stock trading now have to register with the sec. In an agreement reached by senate negotiators, help is on the way to veterans hospitals. A new plan now allows the hiring of more doctors and nurses to reduce the long wait for veterans. One senator referred to the problem as a crisis. Thanks very much, su keenan. General motors out with details today about its internal investigation into why it took the automaker more than a decade to identify problems with defective ignition switches linked to 13 deaths. The report blames bureaucratic delays and a culture of incompetence. The gm chief
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