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Potential blockage in the system. there have been improvements with ambulance handovers which is impressive considering the staff sickness as we are seeing but delays are continuing and a concern and thatis are continuing and a concern and that is a risk for patients.- that is a risk for patients. those number of _ that is a risk for patients. those number of staff _ that is a risk for patients. those number of staff absences - that is a risk for patients. those number of staff absences are i that is a risk for patients. those l number of staff absences are not just a number of patients in bed...

Everyone to take measures to reduce the spread of covid during the christmas period as part of a "let's stay safe this festive season" campaign. to talk about this and winter pressures on the nhs i'm joined by gp, dr ellie cannon. doctor cannon, thank you for your time today. let's pick up on the subject of staff illness. we were looking at staff absences due to a covid in acute hospital trust. how much is affecting gp practices? well, to give you the experience for my own gp practice, we have three health care professionals currently isolating with positive pcr tests. thankfully, they are all...

Needs to be set there's been a doubling in a week of the number of staff at acute nhs trusts in london who are absent for covid—i9 reasons. across england, nearly 19,000 staff were absent. now on bbc news, a special episode of talking movies devoted to the world premiere of west side story. hello, from new york. i'm tom brook and welcome to talking movies. today, our entire programme is devoted to what must rank as one

As part of government plans to tackle decades of gender inequality within the health service. women in the uk have a longer life expectancy than men, but officials say they are spending less of their life in good health. with me now is professor geeta nargund. she is the co—founder of the ginsburg women's health board, an nhs consultant and medical director at create fertility. thanks very much forjoining us. what is your response to this new programme that is being set up to try and prioritise health for women here in england?— try and prioritise health for women here in england? yes, i a...

Bluntly, it hasn't actually been that effective and also we need to make sure the vaccine roll—outs go ahead faster than i have. i think the nhs has done an amazing job and yes, to make sure other countries around the world also have access to the vaccines and that will be very important in making sure we go ahead as quickly as possible. we have all been talking about the new normal. i don't think it is a new normal, i think it is the current abnormal. we need to go back to where we were before in terms of going on holiday, but also visiting friends and also businesses. this has done immense...