to be reviewed this week. katie prescott, bbc news. joining me now is colenzo jarrett thorpe, the national officer for health at unite the union. good morning. how serious do you think these problems could be? the nhs has think these problems could be? tue: nhs has been think these problems could be? tte: nhs has been chronically underfunded over the last 10 12 years or so. this is just a symptom of that, because they haven t had the funding and investment, nhs staff are absolutely knackered and exhausted and are not able to cope with what s going on. they have been pushed to their limit over the last two years with the pandemic and there are already 100,000 vacancies shortage in the nhs. there will be a 21% shortage so we don t know how the nhs and other public sector services will be able to cope. can nhs and other public sector services will be able to cope. will be able to cope. can you give some examples will be able to cope. can you give some examples of will be able to cope.
positive that that is the case. jermaine carelse from cape town fire and rescue told us about the emergency response. we received the calljust after five this morning, of a building alight in parliament avenue. and when the officer arrived, he confirmed that it was the parliamentary building that was alight. we currently have about eight firefighting appliances on scene with approximately over 40 firefighters currently. and obviously this is quite a fluid situation, with the fire inside the building creating intense heat. we are getting reports from the aerial appliances that are fighting the fire from the roof side that the bitumen on top of the roof is currently melting. and there are reports of cracks in the walls inside the building itself. there have been no reports of the fire spreading to other buildings and we have the aerial appliances to deal with exposure protection. ajudge in the united states has
of employees self isolating, with absences particularly affecting the nhs and the transport industry. colenzo jarrett thorpe is the national officer for health at the unite union. he had this assessment of the nhs s position. the nhs has been chronically underfunded over the last 15, ten years or so, 12 years or so. this is just a symptom of that, because they haven t had the funding and investment, nhs staff are absolutely knackered and exhausted and are not able to cope with what s going on. they have been pushed to their limit over the last two years of the pandemic and there is already 100,000 vacancy shortage in the nhs so another 25% vacancy shortage, we don t know how the nhs and other public services are going to be able to cope. public services are going to be able to co e. :, public services are going to be able to coe. :, ,, public services are going to be able tocoe. :, ., , ,:, to cope. can you give examples of what could to cope. can you give examples of what could pote