introduced by david cameron s government in 2012. nhs commissioners would no longer be required to invite private companies to bid to run services and there would be more focus on hospitals and social care services working together to improve patient care. our health correspondent katharine de costa reports. an ageing population brings with it the challenge of providing more complex care. hospital beds can often be tied up, waiting for a care package to support elderly patients at home. i think the devil will be in the detail. many health professionals feel controversial changes, made nearly a decade ago, left health and care services fragmented. i don t think you will find anyone in the nhs who won t be glad to see the back of competition rules. it s really got in the way of working effectively across the health and social care landscape, we all work better when we work cooperatively and we ve seen that during the pandemic. i think where people s reservations will be is abou
storm darcy has brought severe weather with much of the uk. it is the coldest since the so called beast from the east in 2018. schools and vaccination centres have had to close in some areas and police are warning people not to travel. helen wilkins reports. in benfleet in essex, a bus driver struggled to keep control. such were the challenging conditions on the road. he ain t stopping for no one! helena wilkinson reports. in norfolk, motorists abandoned their cars as snowdrifts stopped them from getting through. emergency services were also impacted. the county of kent experienced some of the heaviest snowfall, up to 16 cm in some areas. this scene has been repeated across much of eastern england. due to storm darcy, we had some very strong blustery winds, which has caused a lot of drifting in certain exposed areas, and that s caused a lot of problems on the roads. the aa says treacherous driving conditions have caused numerous accidents. in chartham, near canterbury, loc
hello this is bbc news with geeta guru murthy. the headlines. the chairman of the vaccines task force says he s confident the uk will be able to offer coronavirus jabs to everyone over 50 by may. thousands of people take to the streets in myanmar to protest against the military coup and to demand the release of aung san suu kyi. a leaked document appears to reveal plans to reverse reforms made to the nhs in england by the coalition government in 2012, which saw the private sector given a greater role. president biden says donald trump is dangerous and wants him to lose access to intelligence briefings normally given to former presidents. i just think that there is no need to have that intelligence briefing. what value is giving him an intelligence briefing? what impact does he have at all, other than the fact that he might slip and say something? and tens of thousands of farmers block major highways across india as they continue their protests against new agricultural laws
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