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comes to the workforce — 130,000 vacancies — and a level of demand that is difficult to meet in ordinary times. despite increased demand, nhs england says there has been progress, with record numbers of patients getting cancer checks and starting treatment. ministers say the health service is a top priority, with extra investment to help discharge patients. cheering, car horns beep. butjust days into the new year and pressure�*s building on of the uk government to avert a crisis, as health unions prepare a fresh round of strikes within weeks. katharine da costa, bbc news. i�*m joined now in the studio by nigel edwards, chief executive at the nuffield trust. thank you for coming in and nice to have somebody in the studio with us. what do you believe would lead the eight some of these pressures we are speaking about?— speaking about? there are some big lona term speaking about? there are some big long term problems _ speaking about? there are some big long term problems within _ speaking about? there are some big long term problems within the - long term problems within the immediate period now the priority is probably— immediate period now the priority is probably to get the significant numbers of patients in hospital who could _ numbers of patients in hospital who could be _ numbers of patients in hospital who could be cared for either at home or in nursing _ could be cared for either at home or in nursing homes out of the hospital so that_ in nursing homes out of the hospital so that nursing departments can move patients— so that nursing departments can move patients into the wards and ambulances can offer those patient
ministers say the health service is a top priority, with extra investment to help discharge patients. cheering, car horns beep. butjust days into the new year and pressure�*s building on of the uk government to avert a crisis, as health unions prepare a fresh round of strikes within weeks. katharine da costa, bbc news. earlier i spoke to nick hulme, chief executive of east suffolk & north essex nhs trust — he told me about the pressures his hospital is facing. people saying, look, we don't mind waiting ten hours but as i was speaking to a patient today, he's had a bad back for three weeks and has got two days of work and thought they'd come in and get it sorted. we are really not in a position to see this patients at the moment. 0rdinarily, if the pressure wasn't so severe in our departments we may be in a position,
ordinary times. despite increased demand, nhs england says therei ordinary times. despite increased - demand, nhs england says there has been progress, with record numbers of patients getting cancer tracks and starting treatment. ministers say the health service is a top priority, with extra investment to help discharge patients. just days into the new year, and pressure is building all of the uk government to avoid a crisis, as health unions prepare a fresh round of strikes within weeks. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is at westminster. we have been hearing there from people in the health service, saying effectively the nhs is on its knees. plus we have this continuing wave of industrial action. plus we have this continuing wave of industrialaction. how plus we have this continuing wave of industrial action. how much of all of this is putting pressure on the government as we enter the new year? we are certainly getting pressure on the government immediately, from some of the rail unions, currently on strike, and as we were hearing, the prospect of more strikes in the nhs later this month. when it comes to the dispute with the rmt, i don't
to help discharge patients. car horns beep. butjust days into the new year, pressure is building on of the uk government to avert a crisis, as health unions prepare a fresh round of strikes within weeks. 0ur health reporter jim reed is with me now. jim, what is the government doing to try to ease this unprecedented challenge, as they described it? more money is going into the health service at the moment and in particular there is £500 million this winter in england to deal with the problem that catherine was talking about there, not being able to get people out of hospital who are medically fit enough to leave, not being able to get them out quickly enough, so that money is generally going to local authorities to increase the capacity and social care and get people out more quickly. it is that bottleneck which is then leading to large numbers of
we are struggling for staff at the moment. so i'm finding, i think last week... well, every night, i think i was out doing maybe one or two care calls. we do have to pick up the phone and change times, we do have to be creative with the care that we provide, and until we can get some more people through the door to support us with that, then that's the way things will have to stay. there you go. today's report says whilst recruitment of care staff improved during the lockdowns, absence because of sickness has doubled and staff vacancies are now rising steadily, with existing staff exhausted and much better pay on offer elsewhere. how many sicknesses have we had today7 dr kris 0wden, who runs this care company, also worked on hospital wards, helping discharge patients during the pandemic. with such a shortage of care staff in the community, he worries about the knock—on effect on the nhs.
how many sicknesses have we had today? dr kris owden, who runs this care company, also worked on hospital wards, helping discharge patients during the pandemic. with such a shortage of care staff in the community, he worries about the knock—on effect on the nhs. we normally are having to turn down about eight new patients a day because we don't have the capacity with staff to be able to help them. for us to be in this position before the winter, before the christmas period, is terrifying. so, looking after patients now is hard, and can you imagine when the winter comes, when the colder weather comes, people become more unwell? the government says it's running regular recruitment campaigns and is putting an extra £500 million into training and developing the skills of care staff. alison holt, bbc news. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is...
medical servicesaurora. doctor, you've treated 12 patients, four were discharged. can you tell us about the injuries right now? >> we've seen 12 patients arriving from the scene. 12 were gunshot victims. four to the operating room obviously in critical condition, but i'm happy to report there's been no fatalities as of this time. we have two that are in the process of surgery this morning, and we've had a total of four discharge patients that we believe those numbers will improve as well. >> what are you watching? those two that are now going through surgery or have just finished surgery, what is the key benchmark that you're watching? >> well, the initial four that went were the most critical, and those are of life-threatening nature. those patients are in either recovery or our trauma intensive