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Have issues when you look at the workforce you have issues about training but then you have have issues about training but then you have issues about recruiting those you have issues about recruiting those people into roles and retaining them. what we have seen is an increase retaining them. what we have seen is an increase in retaining them. what we have seen is an increase in the number of people leaving an increase in the number of people leaving the an increase in the number of people leaving the nhs because of burn out for the leaving the nhs because of burn out for the reasons nighat described. they have for the reasons nighat described. they have been through covid, they are understaffed, under pressure and if you are understaffed, under pressure and if you work are understaffed, under pressure and if you work in the nhs you do it because if you work in the nhs you do it because you want to care for people and if because you want to care for people and if ....
For people to be able to get a gp appointment within two weeks of requesting one. we re joined now by matthew taylor from the nhs confederation and gp, dr nighat arif. good morning to both, and if i could start with you, one of the first points of contact anyone houses with a gp so in some ways it s the most accessible place and i m looking at the press release and what we know so far about what the government have said what they will say today in the said that the first step that everyone who needs one should get an appointment at a gp practice within two weeks and the patients with the most urgent needs should be seen within the same day. you are a gp, what do you make of that? yes. within the same day. you are a gp, what do you make of that?- what do you make of that? yes, i read the plans what do you make of that? yes, i read the plans and what do you make of that? yes, i read the plans and looked - what do you make of that? yes, i read the plans and looked at - what do you mak ....
Bills for three years. which still means about £7,500 a month, so it was still three times more than what we were used to paying for the last seven years we have been here. she has also seen a huge rise in standing charges, a fixed daily amount payable to her gas supplier. rent and rates combined are less than my gas bill, and that has just never happened before. the government has already announced an energy price guarantee for domestic users, so a typical household will pay around £2,500 per year over the next two years depending on how much gas and electricity they use, but many businesses have said they simply cannot afford rocketing fuel costs, which is why this announcement has been so keenly awaited. on the 1st of october, the government will provide a discount. included in the announcement from the business secretary, jacob rees mogg, was a six month cap on wholesale gas and electricity prices, which were expected to rise even further over the winter. what is your reaction to ....
What you are saying is you ve got to wait to feel better. you have got to wait to be out of pain. i m just pleading with the government to just do something, because i can t live like this and i know many other people can t live like this, either. those record waiting lists are a problem notjust in england but across the whole uk. how the health service in each nation responds could make a difference to millions. jim reed, bbc news. we re joined from westminster by our chief political correspondent, nick eardley. these announcements coming today. these announcements coming today. the priority for the nhs now. how will they be filled? because i suppose they have not particular change. suppose they have not particular chance. ~ . ., .,, change. what the new government has done is set themselves change. what the new government has done is set themselves high change. what the new government has done is set themselves high bars - done is set themselves high bars when it comes to achievi ....
Be to deliver that. i think that is the big question the health secretary is going to face today. how she makes the bold promises the government is making actually happen. it is interesting because liz truss government has put the nhs at the heart of its plans. when liz truss took over, she set out three key priorities, energy prices, the economy and the nhs. we are starting to see what some of the targets are going to be, like the gp appointment promise. but there are things that will be really important also. how does the health secretary bring down the length of time people wait for an bring down the length of time people wait foran ambulance, bring down the length of time people wait for an ambulance, how do you deal with the backlog when it comes to operations? how do you deal with the care sector? borisjohnson s big plan when he was prime minister was to bring in a tax to raise money to ....