News. Record numbers of patients spent more than for hours in accident and emergency in england in january according to figures given to the bbc. January seems to be the worst performing month in 13 years. The figures also suggest Record Numbers of people waited more than 12 hours for a hospital bed once being seen. The Doctors Union has accused the government of failing to grasp the seriousness of the situation, as we report. Scenes like this on bbc news this week have highlighted the immense strain being felt across the nhs. Here at royal blackburn hospital, rated as good by inspectors, some patients waited up to 13 hours in a e. Some had to sit on the floor. Official figures have confirmed that it was the worst decemberfor waits since modern records began. Today at Hillingdon Hospital in west london, things were a bit calmer, but managers confirm that theyve been stretched to the limits. Its been fairly relentless in terms of november and december through january. Im confident that
The archbishop of canterbury says hes saddened and shocked. A vigorous welcome in the oval office for new us attorney generaljeff sessions the most controversial of president tumps nominees. President , please take your seat. Chaotic scenes in the south african parliament, as president zuma is accused of promoting rampant corruption. And we talk to the british sprinter who competed in rio whos now hoping to rebuild his Running Career after a Road Accident. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news find out if the leeds rhinos could hold onto the lead, and beat st helens in the first match of the new superleague season. Good evening. Record numbers of patients spent more than four hours in accident and emergency units in england in january, according to figures leaked to the bbc. During a difficult winter for the nhs, january seems to be the worst performing month in the past 13 years. The figures also suggest Record Numbers of people waited longer than 12 hours for a hospital bed, once th
News. Record numbers of patients spent more than for hours in accident and emergency in england in january according to figures given to the bbc. January seems to be the worst performing month in 13 years. The figures also suggest Record Numbers of people waited more than 12 hours for a hospital bed once being seen. The Doctors Union has accused the government of failing to grasp the seriousness of the situation, as we report. Scenes like this on bbc news this week have highlighted the immense strain being felt across the nhs. Here at royal blackburn hospital, rated as good by inspectors, some patients waited up to 13 hours in a e. Some had to sit on the floor. Official figures have confirmed that it was the worst decemberfor waits since modern records began. Today at Hillingdon Hospital in west london, things were a bit calmer, but managers confirm that theyve been stretched to the limits. Its been fairly relentless in terms of november and december through january. Im confident that
in northern ireland, pupils will continue to be offered two lateral flow tests a week. the government hopes in september schools will be able to return to normality. the dilemma of keeping schools safe while minimising the disruption means there are no easy answers. elaine dunkley, bbc news. the latest official figures show that in the past 24 hours 37 deaths were reported, and 28,773 new infections were recorded across the uk. on average, there ve been 26,632 new cases per day in the uk in the past week. more than 76,000 people received a first dose of the vaccine in the latest 24 hour period. almost 45.5 million people have now had theirfirstjab that s 86.2% of uk adults. nearly 148,000 had their second dose, which means that nearly 33.9 million people are now fully vaccinated that s 64.3% of uk adults.