we have better guidance in place, however the bma feel that the current guidance needs to be expanded really, we know that fap three mask are the really tight fitting close filtering facemask that nhs workers can wear, they are being used in areas for certain procedures when dealing with covid patients, but we would like to see those masks been worn in all areas where covid is suspected or might be present. we know that busy a&e waiting rooms, gp practices where people are showing up not taken swaps, we would like to see further roll out of those high filtering mask for staff. roll-out of those high filtering mask for staff. roll-out of those high filtering mask for staff. and there are not enou:h mask for staff. and there are not enough of mask for staff. and there are not enough of those? mask for staff. and there are not enough of those? i mask for staff. and there are not enough of those? i think - mask for staff. and there are not enough of those? i think it - mask for staf
because of a shortage of teachers partly linked to covert isolation. covid isolation. there is much uncertainty over the weeks ahead, but the world health organisation has at least said that we should know more about the new variants within days. the new variant. hugh pym, bbc news. let s get more of a sense of this. in a moment we ll get the view from emma vardy in belfast and lisa summers in edinburgh, but first let s talk to our wales health correspondent owain clarke. hejoins me in the he joins me in the studio hejoins me in the studio in cardiff. we have talked a lot in the last 18 months about the huge pressure on the health service all about the uk but especially in wales. do you think there is a fear in the welsh government that what is going on with its booster programme is too ambitious? you saying the welsh nhs is under huge strain not only dealing with the present covid situation the backlogs caused by previous weights. health minister eluned told me she is
asking people to go above and beyond in the health service during its toughest ever winter. the welsh government has not yet adopted the target of offering the boosters by the end of january, target of offering the boosters by the end ofjanuary, as england and scotland have, but the welsh nhs is planning on the basis of what is achievable in between four and six weeks. staffing will be the key issue, gps have told us something has together if you expect us to do more, and could the welsh government ask again for military support? the welsh nhs is currently giving out you have 19,000 jabs a day. at the height of the programme in the spring it was more than double that. it shows what is possible, but a huge ask for exhausted staff. owain clarke, thank you. let s speak to emma vardy in belfast. what is the latest on the stages of planning for the booster campaign?
for the welsh nhs are due out shortly. in recent months waiting times have reached record levels, with waits for ambulances, accident and emergency and other hospital treatments growing since the start of the pandemic. the welsh ambulance has told the bbc he s concerned about pressures on the service moving into the winter. nicola hidden ryan s mum elaine died three years ago in north wales. an inquest found an ambulance took over an hour to arrive after three calls to 999. her family believes the wait contributed to her death. the welsh ambulance service said that even if paramedics had arrived sooner, there was little they could have done to help her. let s talk to nicola now. nicola, just laying out their the context of
that s where the real hassle started. although i was expecting to quarantine for ten days, i had paid £120 for two tests, day two and day eight. which i registered before i went. i sent the day two test off to a private government approved company and didn t get a result. it took three days. by day five, nhs test and trace were ringing me on a regular basis to check that i was at home. day five came and i said i haven t had my day two result yet so they actually sent me their own nhs pcr test at their own expense. i did that and the result that came on day six. day seven i finally got the day two result. they ate was sent off and i got that on day 11. although i knew i was quarantine, it caused an