”f fe m t.pl;| ’ ”§, :,, -”” 1’;,f,,,:i i””. - that s in half an hour in our sportsday programme. the organisation that represents health trusts ‘ififefigw the nhs faces a ‘mission impossible‘ to meet government standards and targets; ~ ~ , 7 ~ ~ , ,,. for the next financial year starting ,i!lapril -= is not enough to meet growing patient demand. our health editor hugh pym reports. it s been a winter of unprecedented strain on the nhs, with hospitals full or close to it and patient demand on the increase. the budget earlier this month included new funding for social care and investment in a&e units in england. nhs providers representing hospitals and other trusts said that may ease some of the pressure, but there ll still be a yawning gap in the resources needed just to keep services ticking over. this is the first time in recent nhs history. that trustsarersaying they cannot deliver the key accident and emergency and elective surgery target
To another country for treatment? how is that even happen something. what is happening here is the rights of the parents to do what they think are right are being taken away from them. we have a case here it s not the first. we had a big one last year regarding a little boy that wanted to go to america for treatment, treatment that was not available in the u.k. in this case, for young alfie, the treatment was available in italy but not here. the little boy is sick. but any parents, any parent in the world who has a child that is sick would move heaven and earth if somebody else could offer them a different treatment. yet what happens here is our state-run medical system decides there s nothing else that can be done and backed up by state courts, they make a decision that those parents are not fit to move their child somewhere else. the pope has intervened, the
Relating to potential treatment for his condition. the evidence came from researchers at the vatican s children s hospital and another facility outside britain. now, the reason this case has gone back and forth in the courts is that charlie s doctors in the uk had said his condition was incurable and that his quality of life was poor. they said under these circumstances they didn t want to prolong his life and potential suffering. they went to court initially, because they couldn t come to an agreement with charlie s parents to turn off his life support machines. now the hospital is saying it s correct to explore the evidence for experimental treatments. so it s been going back and forth. meanwhile, charlie s parents face another agonizing interval until a decision is made as to whether their baby can go to america for treatment, if he can be treated here in london, because there was talk if they got fda approval, the experimental drugs could be brought to the hospital here in england
Welcome. good to have you both here. dr. brantley we were nervous about what was going on with you and this disease, i remember you came back thinking this is not going to end well for this poor guy, and he is such a good man, has given so much of his time in the middle of this horrible situation. how did you survive? i had a lot of good supportive care a lot of people who took care of me prayed for me. who made decisions to do things like bring me back to america for treatment. i am thankful to all of them. a lot of people 11,260 people in south africa for whom it did end well. do you remember the moment you realized i ve got it? i held onto that hope that it was something else it was malaria, dinghy fever until the
children around the world who have been badly injured in wars or natural disasters have an incredible resource in the global medical relief fund. the nonprofit organization literally saves their lives. my daughter amelia who volunteered to mentor the kids bring us their amazing stories. the global medical relief fund brought more than 100 children to america for treatment and rehabilitation. they are an inspiration. she relies largely on the help of the shriner s hospital in philadelphia. they have no resources in these countries. we do have the resources and the shriners are my lifeline. i volunteered to mentor the children and what i discovered was remarkable. he lot of both of his arms after being electrocuted by a power line in a refugee camp.