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good morning. first, our main story. the prime minister has said gps in england should keep their surgeries open for longer to ease pressure on accident and emergency departments. downing street says too many family doctors are closing early and failing to open at weekends, forcing patients to seek treatment in hospitals. our political correspondent, chris mason, reports. for days, the government has faced criticism about its management of the nhs in england. targets have been missed and major alerts declared. seniorfigures in the health service are sounding doom alerts about the future. now the prime minister is turning her attention to family doctors and what they can do to help. a downing street source said this. the doctors‘ union, the british medical association, said the remarks amounted to scapegoating, in what it called a serious crisis. the association added that a third of gp surgeries in england had unfilled vacancies because the existing workload put docto ....
good morning. a cold and frosty start to the day. a slightly quieter story in comparison to of late. coastal showers around. further inland, there will also be some sun. thank you. good morning. first, our main story. the prime minister has said gps in england should keep their surgeries open for longer to ease pressure on accident and emergency departments. downing street says too many family doctors are closing early and failing to open at weekends, forcing patients to seek treatment in hospitals. our political correspondent, chris mason, reports. for days, the government has faced a blizzard of criticism about its management of the nhs in england. targets have been missed and major alerts declared. senior figures in the health service are sounding doom alerts about the future. now the prime minister is turning her attention to family doctors and what they can do to help. a downing street source said this. the doctors‘ union, the british medical association, said th ....
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presidency promised a new golden age for the united states? we will be discussing that later on dateline. dateline. hello and welcome. downing street has warned gps in england they must keep their surgeries open longer to meet the demand for patients or risk losing funding. numberten is demand for patients or risk losing funding. number ten is concerned many patients may be going to hard pressed many patients may be going to ha rd pressed accident many patients may be going to hard pressed accident and emergency departments because they cannot get appointments with their gp. the government wants surgeries open 12 hours per day, seven days per week u nless hours per day, seven days per week unless they can prove the demand is not there. here is our correspondent. four days the government has faced a blizzard of criticism about its management of the nhs. targets have been missed, major alerts have been declared, seniorfigures in the health major alerts have been declar ....
championships in manchester with a hamstring injury. kenny hadn t yet decided whether to compete at the worlds. commonwealth swimming champion fran halsall has announced her retirement from the sport. halsall made her 0lympic debut at beijing 2008 and narrowly missed out on medals at both london 2012 and rio 2016. she won over 30 medals at world, european and commonwealth level. she said stepping away from the pool was quite a scary decision , but she s ready for a new chapter in her life. the british sailor alex thomson has set a world record for the longest distance sailed solo in 2a hours, in the non stop race around the world, the vendee globe. thompson covered 536.8 miles which averages out atjust over 25 miles per hour. now that he s reduced the gap on the leader, thompson could become the first briton to win the race, which he is expected to finish later this week. looking forward to it. been working hard the last couple of days in the light breeze. not easy w ....