let's talk about the nhs. you're announcing this partnership between the nhs and alexa. how will that help elephants? how will that —— help patients? that help elephants? how will that -- help patients? millions of people already ask for medical advice from alexa. i want people to get the best advice possible from the nhs. in the past, the device has gone from any source of medical information on the internet and we all know what's out there on the internet, far better that it goes to the best possible medical advice, which is obviously from the nhs. presumably it has to be simple questions, like, how do i treat a migraine or something like that? obviously, there is a point at which you've got to go to your gp. of course, people should be able to go and see their gp and must always be able to go and see their gp face—to—face. but sometimes people don't want to, it's more convenient or maybe they are unable to, maybe it's hard to get to the surgery. i have my gp consultations by smartphone, it's much betterfor me and for my gp. it's not for everybody but it's impo

piling huge pressures on other parts of the nhs. so, will the government take urgent action and start proper investment in nhs dentistry to end these extortionate dental increases? the noble lady raises an important point. patient charges are an important contribution to the overall costs of the nhs. and they were driven by some really difficult financial circumstances in the nhs, but she's right. it is critical that no one is deterred from seeking care by the cost. and so as part of this year's up list, the government and the department has committed to looking further at evidence to whether the patients are being adversely impacted so that this can be taken into account in next year's and any future year's decisions. lady blackwood. "mixed messages" from mps over brexit have been blamed by the international trade secretary for the failure to get a trade deal with canada once the uk leaves the european union. the eu's deal with canada is known as the comprehensive economic and trade agreement or ceta. it has allowed for nearly all

the nhs should stop charging overseas visitors for treatment. that is what the royal couege treatment. that is what the royal college of midwives has exclusively told this programme. labour tell us they are calling for a review of the whole policy. this is what happened to one couple whose baby died during an emergency cesarean section, and they couldn't pay the £10,000 health ca re they couldn't pay the £10,000 health care bill. what makes the story really tragic is that when you have lost a baby, even if it is a miscarriage, they can make up a bassinet with the body, so the pa rents bassinet with the body, so the pa re nts ca n bassinet with the body, so the pa rents ca n ta ke bassinet with the body, so the parents can take it home and have a funeral. and this couple were not allowed to have body because they hadn't paid the bill. the health secretary matt hancock tells us exclusively that he will review that particular case and others we have uncovered. join us for our exclusive story live at 10am on bbc two, the bbc news channel and onlin

iii even at the last moment when you called up the nhs 111 system, if a medic had been on the other end of the line he might have been saved but as it was, it was a call, someone answering but as it was, it was a call, someone answering the call he was going through inputting questions into a computer. yes, that's right but even after that, we spoke to another doctor who was a trained physician. and he completely didn't put two and two together, we talked about the symptoms and he just said the best place for him was at home in bed. and he completely didn't think about sepsis at all. when you here today in the news that obviously, so many people are dying of sepsis and the response in hospitals is still not adequate, how do you feel? disappointed. i feel really sad for the people that this is going to affect. i mean, ultimately hospitals do know what to do when someone has sepsis or when someone presents do when someone has sepsis or when someone presents with suspected sepsis but in order to treat sepsis, you first got to think about it and that's the problem, we've got to get thos

this long—term plan for the nhs has been developed by the nhs, not imposed by government. does my right honourable friend agree that this sets the plan apart, meaning it's much more likely to work for staff and patients alike? having been diagnosed earlier this year with a stage 3b melanoma, i always get a bit sweaty when people start talking about how important it is to have early diagnosis to ensure survival rates. but of course, it's absolutely right now with melanoma, the numbers of people in particular men are rising, and people are still dying. i've heard horrific tales of people going to gps 5—7 times before a gp was able to send them on to go and see a dermatologist, with a dermatologist saying, "all look at that mole there, but i won't look at that one because you haven't been referred for that one, that'll have to be a separate referral". i've heard of people waiting 6—7 weeks for their pathologist to come back — all of these things delay the process, and don't we need to have a wholesale approach to melanoma to make sure that we save more people's lives? h

in april, new guidance was issued to all nhs trusts in england. hospital staff are to look for early signs of sepsis when a patient comes into a&e, and alert a senior doctor if the patient hasn't responded to treatment within an hour. any trusts missing those targets could face a financial penalty. nhs england says huge improvements have been made and it's important not to automatically give antibiotics to everyone who's very unwell. but amir halling's father says he has been robbed of a son, and his family's grief cannot be healed. lauren moss, bbc news. a firearms officer says he shot dead one of the ringleaders of the london bridge attacks because he feared he'd stab him, kill him, and get hold of his weapons. eight people died when three men drove a van into pedestrians on london bridge before launching a knife attack in nearby borough market two years ago. 0ur correspondentjon donnison has the latest from the old bailey. this is the first time we have heard from the officers who shot and killed karen but, she had read one and use of the sag a

in april, new guidance was issued to all nhs trusts in england. hospital staff are to look for early signs of sepsis when a patient comes into a&e, and alert a senior doctor if the patient hasn't responded to treatment within an hour. any trusts missing those targets could face a financial penalty. nhs england says huge improvements have been made and it's important not to automatically give antibiotics to everyone who's very unwell. but amir halling's father says he has been robbed of a son, and his family's grief cannot be healed. lauren moss, bbc news. our health editor hugh pym is here. sepsis is called the kid —— hidden killer, how dangerous is it? the reality is it is not difficult to treat with intravenous antibiotics but the difficult thing is spotting it, particularly in hospitals which are under pressure because of patient numbers and that's why we have heard some of these tragic cases of people going into hospital and then being sent home and then it is too late by the time they get back, once sepsis has taken hold. let's ta ke back

according to the nhs website... so she got that right, she refers us to the nhs website. until now, if you ask alexa for health advice the answer could come from any number of websites, now it should only come from the nhs. the idea is to make it more reliable and also give us more control over our health care and help people who would struggle to get online, for example, the elderly blind people. the health secretary making the point people already use the internet, this is just point people already use the internet, this isjust an extension of that sort of thing. exactly. it's getting a slightly muted welcome from some. the royal couege muted welcome from some. the royal college of gps say they can see the potential in this, especially for minor ailments but it does not replace a trained medical professional and they say more research needs to be done to make sure the answer is as safe and reliable. i thought you and i should do that research now. do you want to ask a question? i think ask a question? ithink i'm ask a question? i think i'm pregnant. i don't know that on

they wouldn't allow the nhs, the thing is we have to do allow the nhs, the thing is we have todoa allow the nhs, the thing is we have to do a deal very quickly with the us because otherwise in a post brexit whatever the situation is, we have to be able to prove we can go ahead and complete these deals really swiftly, that we can move on. there is already our biggest trading partner, the states, the current deal is in eu context. i think this is politically rather than economically important. it is symbolic. isn't boris johnson saying this going to add to the criticisms that he didn't stand by the ambassador? i think that is for borisjohnson to decide. ambassador? i think that is for boris johnson to decide. i ambassador? i think that is for borisjohnson to decide. i must say i was thus enthusiastic about sir kim's marched in several other people because i thought his comments were rather platitudinous that i may say so. a bit undiplomatic stop what they weren't meant for general consumption, he wasjust doing hisjob. i was a civil servant, you write things down and things get clicked. ve

this would bea efficiency for the nhs. this would be a great thing, because believe gps because they have an enormous burden. keith says this is a crazy idea, we have the helpline and this looks like more austerity cuts, funny, i thought we were over austerity. perhaps we are not. one final word, fighting back in the press co nfe re nce , final word, fighting back in the press conference, some of the questions at wimbledon were patronising. there might be an element of that and i was thinking, if she had been a man, would she have been asked the same thing? we we re have been asked the same thing? we were able to hold up under pressure or not? if she had been a man and she had been asked, would you have been able to hold up, a guy would say, go away. interesting, but good for her. thank you for your company on the briefing. have a good day hello. the forecast brings us pretty mixed fare across the uk in the next few days. sunny spells for almost all areas and, i think, if anything, some increasing warmth. but look out for

at similar to the nhs, how will it be funded ? at the similar to the nhs, how will it be funded? at the moment, whether or not you get free care, free basic care, depends upon the diagnosis. if you have got dementia, you must pay right down to your last £23,000 of assets but if you have motor neuron disease or something that is seen as the responsibility of the nhs, it is free. we think it should not be the diagnosis but the need that to decide whether or not you get the care. this is the function of rationing because there is insufficient resource. 0ver rationing because there is insufficient resource. over the last 20 years we have had endless green papers and commissions and reports, all of which have identified the problem, but no action has been taken. now, action does need to be taken. now, action does need to be taken because we are at breaking point. china has warned the uk not to "interfere in its domestic affairs" amid a growing diplomatic row over the protests in hong kong. yesterday the foreign secetary said there would be "serious consequences" if china does not hon

there were pledges on the police, on the nhs and on schools. for theresa may, three turbulent years in charge are over — but she has no regrets. to serve as prime minister of the united kingdom is the greatest honour. the heavy responsibilities are outweighed by the huge potential to serve your country. also tonight — it's hot today and will be even hotter tomorrow. the met office says we could hit an all time record tomorrow — there's fun to be had, but the nhs is warning about the risks too. and in sport on bbc news, ireland embarrass england at the home of cricket, bowling them out for just 85, just over a week before the ashes start. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six on a day when britain has a new prime minister. borisjohnson met the queen at buckingham palace this afternoon, becoming her 14th prime minister. at buckingham palace this afternoon, minutes later he was outside number ten, making a commitment to be out of the eu by the end of october — "no ifs or buts" he said. but he didn't stop there — there were pled

there's currently 100,000 nhs staff vacancies. that's one in 11 of every nhs post. the latest failure will see yet more delays for people in desparate need of care, unless the whole of this government, working together, gets a grip. the important thing to remember is, whilst we do need to look for nhs—specific solutions, which is precisely what the health secretary is working on, the broader issue of taxation cannotjust be looked at from one profession. it has to look at pension systems in the round, on the whole, and i am not going into today, mr speaker, at this despatch box, announce an entirely new pensions policy. this issue was raised in 2017. it hasn'tjust come to light. and yet in may, the chancellor talked about the threshold of about £150,000, and which the problem kicks in at £110,000, which many senior consultants and gps earn above that. now, the average extra bill is £18,500, but many have faced tax bills of almost £100,000, and the bma survey shows three quarters are citing this as a reason to retire. you are watching monday in parliament with m

go to the nhs website. and not give you random information from elsewhere. this is breakfast. we talk to a man about the high—tech filming techniques behind the bbc‘s new nature series. it is not a documentary, it is a drama. they have written it like a story which isa have written it like a story which is a very different approach. you almost feel like you need to sit back a bit when that ostrich... is that what it is? yes. that is what it is. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm charlotte franks. the number of cases of measles in london has increased by 400% in four years. new figures from public health england show that a disease which many people thought had been all but eradicated, is on the rise — as the number of toddlers getting the mmr vaccination continues to fall. some london nurseries say they won't take children who haven't been immunised. every single parent who comes through the nursery has vaccinated their child. if there wa

, simply because this is not something the nhs, the nhs will not, but what i do think was something in here is if you have a house and house inflation took the price up, not your efforts, not your work, not many of which you already pay tax, but one thing think the value was inflation and no other reason, i know you are thinking i am and harassing my parents house one day —— inheriting my parents house one day. and where i think the daily mailare one day. and where i think the daily mail are right, one of the things is they have, we are doing this, we are paying for this and people are being paid paying for this and people are being pa id less paying for this and people are being paid less because the council, is that because the me to? and i am subsidizing some of the same room. that might be a fact of life, but it is unfair. this is needlessly difficult. we have defined the nhs and if the have general taxation that may need to rise in order to solve this problem and no one wants to. she will bring this story back, ido to. she will bring this story back, i do not know who this doe

there are staff shortages in many parts of the nhs anyway. the pension tax issue couldn't have come at a more difficult time. hugh pym, bbc news. trade union leaders have reached a common position on brexit following a meeting with the labour leader — jeremy corbyn — this afternoon. the leaders of 12 of the biggest labour supporting unions are backing a referendum on any conservative—brokered deal, with remain to be an option on the ballot paper. i've been getting the thoughts of our political correspondent, iain watson. significantly, this is going to represent a change for the labour party itself. jeremy corbyn has been under huge pressure to effectively adopt a far more avowed protamine positions and is very poor european election results a month ago. he's been under pressure notjust from tom watson, his deputy leader but people in the left of the party such asjohn mcdonald, people in the left of the party such as john mcdonald, the people in the left of the party such asjohn mcdonald, the shadow chancellor, to beef up labour's posit

they should be a period of recovery for the nhs before we move into next winter. what we are seeing is those problems really being exacerbated. doctors report they have been landed with unexpected bills, running into tens of thousands of pounds. the bills seem to be related to changes in pension arrangements in recent yea rs, pension arrangements in recent years, which have reduced the amount individuals can accrue in their pensions tax free. there are two thresholds, an annual allowance of £a0,000, which has been reduced from £255,000 since 2010, and takes effect when you are earning over £110,000 per year. and a lifetime allowa nce £110,000 per year. and a lifetime allowance of just over £1 £110,000 per year. and a lifetime allowance ofjust over £1 million. ifa allowance ofjust over £1 million. if a doctor goes above either threshold, they are liable to pay tax on their pension. the more they earn above the annual allowance, the lower the tax—free threshold becomes. an example is if people have done additional work or overtime, they may find that they

according to the nhs website, chickenpox starts with red spots... feeling unwell, and haven't got time to see a doctor? you can now ask alexa, following a tie up between amazon and the nhs. and the double act now known as "murena". andy murray and serena williams back in action at wimbledon this afternoon. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news... a terrible start for india as they chase 240 against new zealand in their cricket world cup semi—final at old trafford. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. britain's ambassador to washington has resigned, following the leak of his confidential emails in which he described the trump administration as inept and dysfunctional. president trump had denounced sir kim as "stupid," "wacky" and a "pompous fool" and said the white house would not deal with him. the ambassador now says it's impossible for him to carry on. theresa may told the commons it's a matter of great regret that he's resigning. our world affairs correspondent naomi grimley reports. sir kim darroch, just last m

is this an effective way of reducing demand on the nhs? do you trust alexa? get in touch, just use #bbcthebriefing. the two men vying to be britain's next prime minister, boris johnson and jeremy hunt, have taken part in a live televised debate. they clashed over brexit, economic policies and the qualities needed to lead the country. mrjohnson said it was crucial that britain leaves the eu on the 31st october with or without a deal, butjeremy hunt accused him of peddling optimism. ian watson has more. it was the first time that the candidates had gone head to head... and they weren't slow to lock horns. borisjohnson said the uk must leave the uk by october the 31st, but jeremy hunt wanted to know what his opponent would do if this didn't happen. no, no, ir asked if you'd resign, boris, and you didn't answer the question. will you resign if you don't deliver it, yes or no? in return, borisjohnson wondered why jeremy hunt was scared to say if he'd absolutely leave the eu by halloween. how much further, how many more days exactly would he be

they do not care about the nhs and the public is kind of latched onto that. but that is from a couple of years ago. but it is embarrassing because it is supposed to leave. it is effectively the chief of staff number ten and it is possibly not surprising from him because dominic cummings says, he said a lot about everything. incredibly long blogs that people have desperately been reading through of the past few days, so any subject to the assets in the about, this is a conference and it is absolutely a story that the guardian should, it shows that the stereotype of the tory mp that does not care in the stereotype of the tory mp have been prepared to sell it off to donald trump and would privatise it as part of a free trade deal if they became a hot political potato with donald trump, and it adds to the view that the conservatives are prepared to rip up, sell off this beloved institution of the nhs. pretty divisive figure is the new secretary, on the front page of the telegraph was saying that facebook is threatening to hinder police. talk us through that. the

on which my right honorable friend, the former house secretary started with work being done in the nhs. and thoughts and prayers are with all that affected by this case. >> one in two in the uk develop cancer in their lifetime and around 60% will require radiotherapy in their treatment. in west sussex we don't have a single line of machines. my constituents travel long distances every day for treatment and it is not only costing but when you are feeling so unwell, can the prime minister outline what steps the government is taking to ensure my constituents have the same access to medical care as it is in adjacent counties? >> i recognize the concerns the honorable lady has raised. looking at how we deal with cancer and how we treat cancer is one of the issues in the long-term plan which the nhs is putting a focus on. i recognize the concerns of those who have to travel long distances. and it is often expensive for them. this is something to be looked at as part of the future program for the nhs. >> the primacy will be aware of the long-standing campaign for justice and compensation by v

in april, new guidance was issued to all nhs trusts in england. hospital staff were to look for early signs of sepsis when a patient comes in to a&e and alert a senior doctor if a patient hasn't responded to treatment within an hour. any trust missings those targets could face a financial penalty. nhs england says huge improvements have been made, and it is important not to automatically give antibiotics to everyone who is very unwell. but amir‘s father says he has been robbed of a son and his family's grief cannot be healed. well, i asked our health editor hugh pym just how dangerous sepsis really is. the reality is it is not difficult to treat with intravenous antibiotics. the difficult thing is actually spotting it, particularly in hospitals that are under pressure because of patient numbers. and that's why we've heard some of these tragic cases, as in lauren's piece, of people going into hospital then being sent home and it is too late by the time they get back once sepsis has really taken hold. so let's look at the figures on sepsis. there

and spending money on the nhs is a totemic issue for borisjohnson money on the nhs is a totemic issue for boris johnson in money on the nhs is a totemic issue for borisjohnson in particular because of that famous £350 million a week, plastered across the side of a week, plastered across the side of a bus, being spent on the nhs. it is clearly politically expedient for this government to deliver on those promises, particularly at a time when lots of people don't have much faith in the political process and don't think that politicians will deliver on promises. and secondly he personally, along with michael gove, one of the senior ministers now, has quite a lot at stake reputation only, because he became sort of caught up in this —— reputationally. 0n caught up in this —— reputationally. on one side of the debate it is seen as boris johnson's biggest lie, on one side of the debate it is seen as borisjohnson's biggest lie, on the other side it is seen as being key sort of pitch to brexit voters. this is the sort of thing which we would have more money to spend on. so it is a rea

within the national health service and this is normally the time of year when the nhs and the trusts and the hospitals get a law of the work done that will of course be delayed in the winter months, especially when there have not been the past few years as awful they winters as we have known in some years. so this is a real problem and he does need to fix it. the interesting thing about this as we are talking about certainly in the case of those in the nhs affected by this about people who are quite well—paid. so it is a difficult... talking to various doctors bodies only are on come of that sense of trying to put across people that this is unfair when you are on quite a good wage. as you say, that has made people hard to some of that is with as it were but i think it is one of those many problems within oui’ one of those many problems within our tax system that... notoriously, located of course. government likes to twea k located of course. government likes to tweak things and play on the edges because they know how dangerous it can be to actually tackle the real problems. mainl

talking to anyone in the nhs, their great worry for the nhs ‘s medicines from the continent will dry up. worry for the nhs ‘s medicines from the continent will dry uplj worry for the nhs ‘s medicines from the continent will dry up. i find it astonishing that we're talking about astonishing that we're talking about a country that isn't at war and doesn't need to be talking about emergency measures you would normally find in wartime. what are we normally find in wartime. what are we doing? this is a monumental act of self— harm. we doing? this is a monumental act of self—harm. i understand that from the conservative party's perspective, it feels pressure to get britain out of the eu because that's what it leaves the majority of its supporters want. but we've got to look after the whole country, and we have to look after our democracy. very quickly, how many mps do you think would not back the government ina think would not back the government in a no—confidence motion if it comes to it insect member/ october? from what i understand, there will bea from what i understand, ther

i had the nhs procedures. i had counselling. they had a great deal of administrative help to say what other members of my family i should contact other members of my family i should co nta ct wa s other members of my family i should contact was i had the death because they have a family history of breast cancer. they have a family history of breast cancer. “— they have a family history of breast cancer. —— i had the tests. it was perfectly conducted through the nhs. the idea that you would sign up online to have a dna test for a gene mutation is really worrying. with no support and the potential for it not to give you the right result. john response it says one patient was scheduled for preventative surgery was scheduled for preventative surgery and the surgery was called off at the last moment when the nhs laboratory founded to a false positive. that's it for the papers tonight. but don't forget that you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you — seven days a week at

is the nhs prepare for this crisis? an important question. other things i discovered when i was health secretary is half of all mental health conditions become established before the age of 14. the great tragedy that teddy make is that if you do not catch them early, depression, anxiety can become so entrenched that they are stuffed with people for life —— stuck with people for life. we have probably more provision than any other major european country, but we have waiting lists that are far too long. when i was health secretary, i lodged a mental health plan, we will become the first country in europe to have mental health and every secondary school and to do that we need to hire an additional 9000 people and that takes time. so, we're only going to get to a quarter of secondary schools by the time of the next election but the way is the right way to go and i want this to bea right way to go and i want this to be a party that ends the scar of mental health problems that really can be prevented if you catch them young enough. it was actua

daniel glennon, who works for the nhs, the specialist clinical services lead from the nhs foundation trust and rhysjones is from the nhs foundation trust and rhys jones is going from the nhs foundation trust and rhysjones is going tojoin us again ina rhysjones is going tojoin us again in a moment. aged 17, i think, rhysjones is going tojoin us again in a moment. aged 17, ithink, you felt medical professionals did care about you and your illness. turning 18, you say things have changed. basically, what had happened is up until the age of 17 i was with child and adolescent services for my anorexia and that treatment went significantly well. the point where i turned 18 i have suffered a relapse and my eating disorder changed from anorexia to bulimia. ifound disorder changed from anorexia to bulimia. i found that there was a gap in the services in that i wasn't taken seriously gap in the services in that i wasn't ta ken seriously enough gap in the services in that i wasn't taken seriously enough at all. i was essentially left to my own devices. i had to pay for my own treatment out of po

the nhs that i work for, that i know... and it's my mum. with the likes of the long established williams sisters, and now teenage sensation coco gauff leaving a big impression in her wimbledon debut, it's clear there's no shortage of black and ethnic minority talent in the tennis world. and it's hoped their huge success will inspire a whole new generation to get serious about the sport, as nomia iqbal reports. coming to wimbledon is definitely a moment to capture, especially for these young girls. you do come here and sometimes you do feel like an outcast. you know, like, you come here and you see, like, the people that are normally here, and they dress a certain way. we're not dressed that way. it doesn't matter because at the end of the day, everyone is here for the same reason — to watch quality tennis. all: greenhouse! they're from east london and are aspiring tennis coaches. their part of the project with the lawn tennis association that aims to encourage people from disadvantaged backgrounds to get into the sport. you see people lik

the nhs has a ten—year plan. there is nothing like this for children, and that means that a fifth of all children are being let down with unfulfilled not only childhoods but potentially adult lives as a result. in which case, that make you reflect on the message you are put into government, in terms of convincing them they have to put your issues at the top of their priority list, where perhaps in the past they have not? certainly i think these need to be seen as a hot issue, not something that can be put away for the days when everything else is fixed. understandably, people can see the headlines that come out as a consequence of this and partly for me it's aboutjoining those thoughts and showing what actually will happen to those vulnerable children. i have been in these studios talking about gangs and violence around children's mental health — these are the impacts of those vulnerabilities. for all of the prospective candidates and indeed opposition leaders that are putting forward tax cuts of many millions

the nhs division called trust gets financial return. time will tell whether the company can help the nhs turn patient records into gold. john lower men, bloomberg news, london. coming up, this week on capitol hill, all eyes on big tech. we talk with a.c.l. about a big tech breakup, his thoughts on facebook's libra and more. this is bloomberg. ♪ when you rest on a leesa hybrid mattress, bedtime is no longer simply the time you go to sleep. it's time to switch off and catch up. enjoy me time, and we time. 40 winks or 8 hours solid. the leesa hybrid mattress combines two technologies to give you deeper rest and rejuvenation. 1,000 pocket springs provide edge to edge support, responsiveness and comfort, while premium foams relieve pressure. keep you comfortably cool and limit motion transfer. leesa's hybrid mattress is not only recommended by experts, experts choose to sleep on it too. try it yourself in any west elm store. or order online and we'll ship it to your door so you can try it risk free. the leesa hybrid is american made. built

the principle of an nhs disagreed with the masses. but the story does not end there. three years after the nhs was founded, the newly elected conservative government was faced with a choice. a choice between going back to old arguments and accepting the legitimacy of what have been done and building on it. they chose to build on what is being established. today, because people were willing to compromise, we have an nhs to be proud of, an institution that unites our country. similarly, on the international stage, many of the agreements that underpinned the establishment in the aftermath of the second world war were reached i pragmatism and compromise. conference,cisco which adopted the united nations charter, the cornerstone of international law, almost broke it shouldsystems that apply not just to council resolutions, but whether the council should discuss a matter. it was a personal mission that started in moscow from president truman's envoy to persuade the soviets to back down. and many states who were not members did not want them

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it was perfectly conducted through the nhs. the idea that you would sign up online to have a dna test for a gene mutation is really worrying. with no support and the potential for it not to give you the right result. john response it says one patient was scheduled for preventative surgery was scheduled for preventative surgery and the surgery was called off at the last moment when the nhs laboratory founded to a false positive. that's it for the papers tonight.

she has no medical insurance and isn't eligible for free nhs care. they were scared of being billed. they strongly advised that we didn't. he wanted to do further tests and i refused. i said no. because i would have had to pay it and i didn't have the money. it's just very stressful. he did say that he didn't think i would make it past december. so have you just accepted that you are going to die here? exactly. that you're not going to be able to find out any more about... no. what's wrong with you? that is exactly what's going to happen. in 2015, a new immigration act came into force. this made having indefinite leave to remain in the uk a requirement for getting free nhs care in england. it placed a statutory duty on nhs trusts to identify and charge people not eligible. another change came in october 2017. nhs service providers now have a duty to check the eligibility of patients and charge upfront, before treatment. there are significant exemptions, like gp services and emergency care, which remain free for everyone. andrew, whose name we've chan

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the minister accepted it was a public health problem and was being addressed in the nhs plan. the money that's being talked about here is to enhance and add to that, not to replace it. and it's important that we say that, but is £100 million diverted to treatment over four years, which i hope will add considerably to what can be done for those who suffer from these very serious problems. jeremy wright. the environment secretary has promised farmers will be able to shoot birds that are attacking their livestock or crops under a new licence regime introduced last month. the prospect of a legal challenge by an environmental group headed by the broadcaster, chris packham, led natural england to revoke the previous pest—shooting licences at short notice in the spring. that led to protesters hanging dead crows on a gate outside the home of mr packham. michael gove condemned that as "disgusting", but he said he could see it from the other side, too. farmers deprived of the opportunity to safeguard their crops or to deal with predators who are preying on lambs and lemming season ar

the the nhs is short of staff. short of asking doctors to do extra shifts to keep things running smoothly. that is the case for routine surgery like knee and hip operations what what they have been reporting recently at hospitals is defined as increasing the difficult to get doctors to fill those overtime shifts and doctors say this is because of the changes to the pension arrangements which have landed them with what they say are unexpectedly large tax bills. we of doctors having bills of of thousands of pounds sent to them by hmrc. this relates to the changes as you say backin relates to the changes as you say back in 2016. like any individual, doctors can take... be given a tax—free allowance on the kind of pension they can accrue and there are two allowances, an annual allowa nce are two allowances, an annual allowance of £40,000 a day lifetime allowa nce allowance of £40,000 a day lifetime allowance of £40,000 a day lifetime allowance of just over 1 allowance of £40,000 a day lifetime allowance ofjust ov

the nhs has been carrying the burden, but it can't afford this. you and i can't afford this, to pay the nhs, you have a situation where people are having to sell houses to pay for it, and at the same time there is an issue where in a home you have one family having sold their house and made sacrifices, paying fees, and in the next room you have someone else enjoying this, enjoying is the wrong word, but being in this place, and the council is paying for that. my mother is in such a home, she is 95 with serious dementia, bless her, and physically her body is closing down but mentally she doesn't know who i am and she sleeps a lot of the time. it is devastating. it is. my sister and i sold the family home and it has been paying for mum, and when that runs out of course we will look after her, but it does call the bit when you know down the corridor there are people where we are paying effectively out of a direct contribution for theirs. what i do think, there is an idea coming up which i think is a good one, which is, why doesn't the government say

according to the nhs website, chickenpox starts with red spots. the popularity of voice assisted technology is growing and now the nhs is looking to harness its benefits. from this week people using their amazon alexa device to search for health information, or to ask medical questions, will get that information drawn directly from the nhs choices website. but will this be enough to convince people not to go to their gps or pharmacists? i have an alexa and she rarely hears me right so i probably wouldn‘t, i probably would just google on my phone. i think if it's for something less life—threatening, like the common cold and things like that, i would listen to it, but if i'm risking my life i wouldn't be happy, i'd probably go and see my gp. i probably wouldn't feel confident at all because even just googling my symptoms through my phone i don't trust it at all. the department of health and social care in england accepts there will be limits to what it will be used for but believes it could be helpful, especially for people who may struggle to a

co nsulta nts. the police, dentists and nhs consultants. with inflation running at around 2%, this presents a real terms increase. but these pay increases come with a political sting in the tail. they have to be funded from existing departmental budgets, so is the chancellor phillip hammond trying to rein in the parade of theresa may's successoi’, the parade of theresa may's successor, giving him this challenge. is he prepared to cut elsewhere in the public services to fund the pay increases, or will he simply expand departmental budgets and with it government borrowing? today, the home secretary maintained that the cash for higher police pay wouldn't come at the expense of other priorities. i know police forces, they can fund it from their budgets because when we set budgets we do try, certainly in my case, try to ta ke we do try, certainly in my case, try to take into account what might happen further down the line later in that financial year. but the unions say the increases should be fully funded by central government if cuts are not

let me be clear about the nhs. i have three kids that were born on the nhs. my father was looked after until the end by brilliant nhs care. but we have a big problem with capacity with the ageing population. after i had been in thejob for two years, i secured an extra £8 billion a year ahead of the 2015 general election. i then went on to secure an extra £20 billion a year... and the rate of increase is still lower than the post—war average under you. the increase i secured was the biggest single... it's the lowest average annual increase, lower than any other government in modern times. andrew, you're playing with statistics. because they're accurate. no, they are not actually, because my increase was the biggest ever. but yes, you are right, we had a period of austerity from 2010 where we had that financial crisis and we were not able to increase it by as much as we wanted to. but then i managed to get that increase and that was because of those difficult decisions we had taken. jeremy hunt, we have run out of time. thank you forjoining us. thank you. i

could president trump take this opportunity to rule out once and for all that our nhs is not going to be part of any trade deal, any trade deal with president trump and the usa. will he make it clear that our national health service is not going to be sold to american health care companies. mr. speaker people fear that far from wanting to take back control the new prime minister will effectively make up a battle state if trump's america. will he ask the new prime secretary to prioritize the release of mezzanine and is he working with european partners to restore the i ran nuclear deal in d escalate tension in the gulf? mr. speaker that changed and austerity, tackle inequality, resolve brexit and tackle the climate emergency are what will define the new prime minister. instead we have a hard right cabinet staking everything on tax cuts for the few and the reckless race to the bottom brexit. he says he has nerve and ambition. our country does need -- not need arm waiving bluster but confidence, seriousness and after a decade of his policies for the few to locus on the interest of so man

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nhs england says it is appointment. nhs england says it is a way of the problem and will carry a way of the problem and will carry a review out to deal with the problem. at the moment we have a big leadership battle going on, there will be a new prime minister and presumably a new cabinet with a new health secretary possibly? yes. with the nhs and social care, with brexit and the leadership campaign, there are and the leadership campaign, there a re lots of and the leadership campaign, there are lots of policies which are on hold, stuck in the department of health and social care. months passed by and the pressure is growing on the front line. going back to these quite nuanced and difficult political problems that have to be sorted out, the co nsulta nts, have to be sorted out, the consultants, how is that to be sorted out? that is a very tricky one. the pension support across the economy, not just one. the pension support across the economy, notjust doctors, obviously doctors are well—paid. there are two thresholds,

such as the nhs pension scheme. it penalises us for wanting to do extra work to help our colleagues out. do you want a system whereby your profession is singled out in some way within the tax system? not particularly. i think the public sector consultants like us should be treated similarly. if your salary goes up, if you take on an extra responsibility or more work, it doesn't make sense that you actually end up paying more. the difficulty with the argument, you're probably only too well aware of this, you speak about people who are pretty well paid and it is therefore hard to put forward an argument for changing your tax system which might be seen to be benefiting them when others are much lower paid.” be seen to be benefiting them when others are much lower paid. i do not think any of us resent paying tax and personally i absolutely believe in paying tax. if i pay more, if i earn more rather, i should pay more in tax but it should be proportionate, it should not be that i take proportionate, it should not be th

at the royal liverpool hospital they get the best care the nhs can offer. we're all part of the alcohol care team. good morning, how are you? i haven't been too good. nurse consultant lynne owens knows marion well. so, you last had your tablets first thing this morning. the 66—year—old is on the second day of her latest detox and needs help. we'll get you better. we'll do it together. it is the most horrendous feeling to be like this and you feel as if you're going to go insane, you know i even thought to myself, "i can't cope, i can't, i'll kill myself, i'll kill myself first." and then you think so yourself, "why the hell did you get yourself into that situation?" but you don't realise. her recovery begins with some tablets to help her withdrawal from alcohol. but her symptoms are severe. she is struggling. you take them with some water. being an alcoholic you cannot have one, there is no such thing on this earth as one drink. and it's a terrible affliction. absolutely terrible. last year lynne and her colleagues treated more than 2,500 people with al

last year the nhs announced plans to put care teams into the worst affected hospitals. police investigating the disappearance of an estate agent in london more than 30 years ago are searching land in worcestershire. suzy lamplugh went missing in 1986 from fulham when she was 25. her body has never been found. scotland yard said new information had been received as a result of publicity from a search in sutton coldfield last year. a volcanic eruption on the italian island of stromboli has killed a hiker and caused fires. the volcano is one of the most active in the world but last night's eruption was particularly powerful and unexpected. some people are reported to have thrown themselves into the sea for safety. the italian navy is on standby for a possible evacuation of residents and tourists. the winner of britain's got talent colin thackery has signed his first record deal at the grand old age of 89. music make love, love changes everything. how you live and how you die. # love #. that was the chelsea pensioner‘s winning performance, singing "love changes everything

the vaccine has been offered to girls on the nhs since 2008. men can spread the hpv virus to women — and themselves can grow up to suffer from hpv—related cancers such as throat, head and neck cancer. health officials say the vaccine will prevent 29,000 cancers in uk men in the next a0 years. victoria derbyshire spoke to mandy parker, who had cervical cancer, her 10 year old son ted, who's eligible to receive the hpv vaccine when he's a bit older, and jamie rae, who had throat cancer and wishes he had access to the vaccine. my cervical cancer was caused by the hpv virus and if i had had the vaccine, there was a huge chance i would not have had cervical cancer and gone through the emotional journey that we have all been on since i had it. you had to have a hysterectomy. what was hardest about that to come to terms with? it was really difficult because i am lucky enough to have children but it takes away, if i wanted any more children, it was a radical hysterectomy. it took me three months to recover. and it is emotional, the emotional effect