the prime minister has admitted it will be difficult to keep his promise to cut hospital waiting lists in england saying that industrial action by nhs staff had made the situation worse. but the doctors union described that as a cheap shot . more than 7.5 million people are now waiting for an appointement the highest number since records began. just under 400,000 have been waiting for more than a year. meanwhile the nhs in england is getting an extra £200 million to help it cope with the usual winter pressures though that s just a tiny fraction of its budget. here s our health editor, hugh pym. no time to say hi, so i ll say thanks, thanks, thanks. you guys do a smashing job. in a hurry to tell staff about new money for the nhs. someone else is going to have to do this. the prime minister was at north devon district hospital announcing plans to cope with winter pressures. in the south west of england services last winter were under severe strain with long ambulance d
we have a real mixed picture to take you through the rest of today. for scotland and northern ireland it is sunny spells and a few passing showers. the south of england with warm sunshine, feeling a little humid, and between that we have a weather front across wales, midlands, lincolnshire, a tug of war between these separate areas of low pressure. that front will not move through the day to day but is this low pressure sores to develop and move toward spain and portugal where it could cause some severe thunderstorms, it will push warmer air across england and wales tomorrow and will control how much rain we have in the weekend. this afternoon the wettest areas are wales, across the midlands, lincolnshire might see some of the rain into three parts of north west england right towards the end of the afternoon. the rain tending to turn afternoon. the rain tending to turn a bit heavier. warm sunshine in the south and blustery conditions for the north of scotland were strong wind
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