nhs staff clap the community and the community claps the nhs. the women of witchford have spent the long weeks of lockdown showing their appreciation with needle and thread. it definitely makes me feel good to be able to do something. and it's been kind of a family effort. my mum has been doing the ironing and pressing and my dad is helping with the cutting out. it has been a lot of work, i would say that. for people like adriana in the linen department of papworth, the weekly clap for carers has been welcome recognition for the work of those who are often seen as the unsung heroes of the nhs. it is makes me feel nice, good. i am somebody, i can help with the stuff i do, it is important. you feel appreciated ? yes. actually, yes. july the 5th is the official birthday of the nhs so this year the hope is for applause to commemorate an extraordinary national effort. the idea is to distil the community spirit that has been flowing throughout this pandemic and strengthen it for the months and years ahead. with backing from nhs leaders, churches and c

nhs staff club for unity and the community clap the nhs. fantastic. nhs staff club for unity and the community clap the nhsw makes me feel good to be able to do something, and it has been a family effort. my mom has been doing owning and pressing and my dad has done cutting out — — and pressing and my dad has done cutting out —— ironing and pressing. it has been a lot of work, i would say that. for people like adriana, in the linen department of papworth, the club has been recognition for those who are often seen as the unsung heroes of the nhs this makes me feel nice, good. like i am somebody. i can help with the stuff i do. it's important. you feel appreciated? yes. actually, yes. the lifeboat is the official birthday of the nhs this year is hope or opposed to —— this year is hope for opposed to —— this year is hope for opposed to commemorate the nhs was that the community spirit distilled from this pandemic and strengthening it for months and years ahead. churches and charities, as well as famous and not so famous faces, the hope is

on 0n nhs on nhs capacity, we know the nhs has been overwhelmed, but that has been on the back of cancelled surgery, pistoning of cancer screening, arguably the biggest rationing exercise in history of the nhs. will he now publish the total number of planned operations cancelled and detail them by procedure? add as lockdown is eased, is that his intention to step down some of that surgery intention to step down some of that surgery capacity so that a backlog of clinical need can start to be tackled? of clinical need can start to be tackled ? on of clinical need can start to be tackled? on managing the virus, one of his test is whether we can manage the virus, but that depends on testing and tracing, as he said. there is now capacity for over 200,000 test, but there is a lack of clarity here. the uk statistics that are wrote to him today, saying his figures were farfrom are wrote to him today, saying his figures were far from complete and complaints of, that the testing to statistics fall well short of standards and the code and it is not surprising that testing data is mistrusted. this is q

you have rolled out antibody testing for nhs workers. cani antibody testing for nhs workers. can i ask what you've discovered through those antibody tests? are there people who are finding out that they actually had coronavirus but didn't experience any symptoms? and if there are people who are getting this virus and not experiencing symptoms, how does that hamperthe experiencing symptoms, how does that hamper the test and trace approach, because dearly people aren't going to go and get a test or report themselves if they are not feeling any different? i will ask dido to come in with the details but the big picture answer is, yes, there are some people who don't have symptoms but do have the virus, and in fact, in the 0ns study, we find that around 70% to 80% of people who test positive don't have symptoms. so, thatis positive don't have symptoms. so, that is quite a significant finding, and one of the important things about this disease, in the same way that asymptomatically is one of the things that makes controlling this disease really hard, and is novel for any coronaviru

rosamund, the impact on the nhs and terms of waiting list. according to the independent‘s front page, up to 10 million on an nhs waiting list by the autumn, do think that is an accurate prediction? this is the other point to make about the death toll. we are talking about the death toll. we are talking about the death toll. we are talking about the death toll of over 40,000 people and people estimate that it is higher because some of that is undercounting. there are secondary does, which people wander back from the beginning. i can remember talking to a gp right at the beginning of this crisis and he said one of the things that is going to become a massive, have a massive effect on the population's health is things like late cancers diagnosis, the waiting list, more than one in six people in england that they sing that will be waiting for nhs treatment. obviously the nhs has had to pull all its resources into fighting coronavirus and handling coronavirus patients and has not been able to, understandably, to perform tasks that it would norma

nhs medical director, stephen powis, nhs medical director, as well. he said, we would have done very well at the dettol was kept below 20,000. of course we have passed double that number now, and as i said, a milestone nobody wanted to reach. families, friends and loved ones on the morning. this is a number that will continue to prompt many questions in the days and months ahead. so very sombre moment, but some different news from the office for national statistics about the number of infections we have? the ons number of infections we have? the 0ns are carrying out household in england. 9000 homes where they are carrying out random swab testing to see if there is any trace of the virus, and they found the number of coronavirus infections in england has possibly fallen to 5600 a day, working out roughly at around one in 1000 people. a few weeks ago it was thought to be one in 400 people so this is quite a reduction in shows a bit of turning the corner and a downward trend. looking at the official number of cases we get the data for dairy, people teste

it is thanks to the efforts of those working in the nhs that we can still be confident the nhs can cope. on 7thjune, 443 people were admitted to hospital with coronavirus in england and wales and northern ireland, down from 628 two weeks earlier and down from a peak of 3,431 on 1st april. on 9 thjune 492 were in mechanicalical beds, down from a peek in april. so we are still meeting the first test. next slide, please. our second test is to see a sustained and consistent fall in the daily death rates from covid—19, so we are confident we have moved beyond the peak. and of those who have tested positive for coronavirus across all settings, i‘m sad to say that 41,128 have now died. that is an increase of 245 fatalities since yesterday. as measured by a seven day average, the uk daily death rate now stands at 200, down from 300 two weeks ago and down from a peak of 943 in april. the death rate has continued to fall and so the second test is still being met. next slide, please. our third test is to receive reliable data from sage showing the rate of infection, the number of people catchi

we are ina nhs, trust leaders themselves. we are in a situation where we saw a major change with little... well, no consultation or notice. i think that is the critical thing. let separate out those two issues, to separate policy areas. and then your views on the change itself and the manner of the change itself and the manner of the change. in principle, do you agree on face masks for nhs staff? we need to think about this. we know that evidence is growing that facemasks are helpful to stop the spread of coronavirus. however, what we need to be clear about is whether we need to be clear about is whether we actually have the supply, the sustainable supply of type one and type two masks in order to be able to make sure that day in, day out, we can supply our 1.1 million staff with the masks that they need. it is this balance between supply and intention of the policy. i don't think we have those two coming together yet. on the masks, this is a really difficult question because if staff are asked to wear masks they are rightly

the nhs confederation, which represents part the nhs confederation, which represents pa rt of the nhs confederation, which represents part of the health service including amulet is on hospital trust says it is due to the impact of the covid—19 pandemic on the nhs. our health correspondent has more. the report paints a bleak picture of nhs england struggling to manage as health workers continued to look after thousands of patients infected by coronavirus, while at the same time reopening services for cancer and stroke patients, as well as those for heart disease. according to the report, the need for social distancing and other measures to prevent the virus spreading also significantly limits the capacity of the health service. the nhs confederation has written to the prime minister, warning it won't be possible to simply switch on all nhs services immediately and the government will need to manage the expectations of people needing treatments. i think the greatest fear among nhs leaders at the moment is expectations. the fact is that we are trying to rebuild services as covid—19 i

protecting our colleagues who work in the nhs and in social care. they want to say this to all of my colleagues in health and social care. as we get this virus under control, it is so important that we stamp out new infections and outbreaks. and, of course, in health and care, you do this brilliantly all the time. coronavirus is no exception. that means that if one of your team tests positive, you have to follow the isolation and advice. the national imports of anyone —— impulse of anyone who works in the nhs is the thing that you can best do is be there to help, to be there for the patient. but if you have the virus, 01’ patient. but if you have the virus, orare at patient. but if you have the virus, or are at risk of having the virus, the best thing that you can do for them, it's himself, is the isolated home. social distancing of the workplace also must be reiterated. and it matters just as much as anywhere else. and i know that social distancing and self isolation can cause big logistical challenges and will support you in doing what is ri

governments are very keen to get the nhs back to normal. what the government will try and do is use the innovation we saw in the nhs during the covid crisis and bring the into how they do routine operations, routine surgeries, routine check—ups, routine screening, and whether they can use the things they have learnt now, to actually make the service a bit more efficient. there is a quote from professor philip turner who was president of the british orthopaedic association, talking about prioritising which cases really are of greatest need, but in a sense, if you are waiting for a hip or knee replacement, it is of greatest need because you have been worn out. yes, absolutely. for people waiting for those very, very structural problems, they will have been waiting for a long amount of time anyway. i am lucky to have my appointments, near appointment pushback, but other people with knee and hip problems are not very mobile, so the fact they have been in the down has meant they have been stocked at home as they would be a nyway stocked at hom

so i asked dido and the nhs team to make sure that they worked on both products. of course, we have been testing google and apple‘s product too. as we did this, we found it does not estimate distance well enough. the measure of distance is mission—critical to any contact tracing app, so as it stands, our app won‘t work because apple won‘t change their system, but it can measure distance, and their app cannot measure distance well enough toa cannot measure distance well enough to a standard we are satisfied with. throughout this, for me, what matters is what works. because what works will save lives. and i will works will save lives. and i will work with anyone, public or private sector, here or overseas, to gain any inch of ground against this disease. so we‘ve agreed to join forces with google and apple to bring the best bits of both systems together. we will share our algorithm and the work we have done on distance calculation, and combine that with their work to deliver a new solution. i‘ve always been optimistic about the contribution that technolo

nhs test and trace will be vital to controlling the spread of the virus. it is how we will be able to protect our friends and family from infection and to protect our nhs and it does this by identifying anyone who has been in close contact with someone who has tested positive, asking them to isolate for 1h days in order to avoid unknowingly infecting others. the system clearly relies on everyone playing their part. i want to stress again today, we need you to get a test if you have coronavirus symptoms, high temperature, a new, continuous cough, or a loss of taste or smell. there is plenty of capacity and everyone with symptoms is eligible. everyone with the symptoms. please order a test from the nhs website as soon as you develop symptoms. and we need you to isolate yourself if a contact tracer tells you that you have been in contact with someone who has tested positive. nhs test and trace started operating a week ago and already thousands of people are isolating who would not have been doing so before this service was introduced and they are thereby prot

of the nhs is thriving for now. there are even two new gleaming floors at the royal london hospitalfor new gleaming floors at the royal london hospital for possible covid—19 patients. but what about cancer screening? or heart disease? many who are sick in the community have stayed away, worried they might catch the virus. intensive care co nsulta nt catch the virus. intensive care consultant nick bunker wants them back. all the people who would normally have presented here with ailments, where are they?” normally have presented here with ailments, where are they? i suspect some of them have died. some of them are at home. the cancer, we have not been doing a lot of diagnostics. so if you are not doing the diagnostics you don't pick up an early cancer with the few symptoms that people have early on, and so perhaps are just not detecting. it is still out there. the fervent hope is the lockdown eases is that people will drift back to the nhs for whatever hurts them and the service will be able to help everyone if w

and the moment an nhs medic was reunited with her daughters, after two months away, working on hospital coronavirus wards. and in the sport on bbc news... borussia dortmund footballer jadon sancho and other bundesliga players will not face any further disciplinary action after antiracism gestures last weekend. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. from monday, anyone arriving in the uk will have to self—isolate for m days. the home secretary has confirmed that the government's plans will go ahead, with people in england being fined up to £1,000 if they break the rules, or even facing prosecution. if they break the rules, but the plans have been criticised by mps on all sides, with many questioning why the quarantine measures weren't introduced earlier, and others expressing serious concerns about the impact on tourism and the economy. priti patel accepted the new policy would mean "challenges" for the industry, but she said the measures were necessary to contain the virus and the country owed it to the thousands of people who have died. 359 more deaths have been recorded i

so hard on the nhs app. they have made phenomenal progress and their hard work is usually appreciated. —— hugely. i'd also like to say a profound thanks to those at apple who are working with us to design an app that suits the british public. both teams have faced enormous challenges, and i look forward to the fact that they are working together to overcome them. make no mistake, my lords, this fiasco will have fatal consequences. which ministers will have the decency to stop trying to dodge the blame, apologise and resign? i don't think anyone needs to apologise for their efforts. i have already paid tribute to the teams at nhsx and nhs digital for their incredibly hard work they put in. and i cannot disguise from the noble lord how complex and challenging the issues are that we face in this area. they are challenges that some of the best governments in the world are wrestling with, and they are ones that have not been overcome in many territories, and i'm extremely proud of our achievements today and l

in scotland the system is called nhs test and protect and so is called nhs test and protect and so far they have had more than 700 contacts. the test, trace, protect scheme is in wales and started from jean the first in northern ireland was the first part of the uk to put the system in place. the government is facing increasing pressure from within its own party to relax the two metre distancing rule in england, to help businesses and schools re—open. the former conservative leader sir iain duncan smith has warned that the uk faces ‘shattering' consequences if it doesn't soon change the guidance to 1 metre, which is recommended by the world health organization. boris johnson's previously said he hopes the distance can be reduced, as virus rates go down — with ministers saying the issue is under "active review". here's our political correspondentjessica parker. cheers! remember this? when people could crowd into pubs and restaurants? you won't see that again anytime soon, but with more shops opening from next week, and measuring up hopes for hospitality in july, there's a question

there and for that statement, they said they were only looking at the nhs developed app and i hope it is right that they've been with me both because we certainly believe that is probably the more realistic way to go ahead and most countries the road from looking at existing tech providers to provide the software and it makes sense to go that particular way to get to international travel where you want an app that will be functional around the world. but there are issues but this other app as well, about the distance. it is not so good at measuring the distance between people. this is why we need to understand the full extent of on the isle of wight, what happened there. there are opportunities to marry the best parts of book piece of software there would be great but we do not really know whether or not they'll be a realistic proposition because as of today, as you pointed out, you have no idea when you've got people like the health organisation and the government possibles on scientific advisers think that a tracing strategy is vital to the virus, we need to have better a nswers vit

nhs staff clap the community and the community claps the nhs. the women of witchford have spent the long weeks of lockdown showing their appreciation with needle and thread. it definitely makes me feel good to be able to do something. and it's been kind of a family effort. my mum has been doing the ironing and pressing and my dad is helping with the cutting out. it has been a lot of work, i would say that. for people like adriana in the linen department of papworth, the weekly clap for carers has been welcome recognition for the work of those who are often seen as the unsung heroes of the nhs. it makes me feel nice, good. i am somebody, i can help with the stuff i do, it is important. you feel appreciated ? yes. actually, yes. july the 5th is the official birthday of the nhs so this year the hope is for applause to commemorate an extraordinary national effort. the idea is to distil the community spirit that has been flowing throughout this pandemic and strengthen it for the months and years ahead. with backing from nhs leaders, churches and char

the comparison is made with the government response to the nhs when, as we know, they got nhs nightingale wards up and running ina nhs nightingale wards up and running in a fortnight. the question is why then can the government not get the kind of comparison of nightingale classrooms up and running? all sorts of suggestions have been mooted, possibly you could use school gymnasiums for classes, you could use a vacant office space nearby or council space, use a vacant office space nearby or councilspace, libraries, use a vacant office space nearby or council space, libraries, you could erect porta kabins council space, libraries, you could erect portakabins in playgrounds, but none of this seems to be pencilled in by the government. added to which, the question of staffing. if you have more classrooms you need more teachers. a lot of teachers may be ill or self isolating. if that is an issue, why not do as you did for the nhs and encourage former teachers to come back on board, orformer inspectors oi’ back on board, orformer inspectors or trainee teachers? there isjust back on board, orf

he asks about the positive cases that don't go into the nhs test and trace scheme. this is largely because they're inpatients in hospital therefore, testing and tracing in the normal sense doesn't apply, because we know exactly where the person is and who has been in contact with them because they've been in hospital in a controlled environment. test, trace and isolate is obviously key to stopping a second wave, particularly in england, where lockdown has been relaxed at quite a rate. is it not, therefore, a little bit shambolic that the government's flagship app is still only available on the isle of wight? no. the snp's spokesperson asked about supplies of personal protective equipment or ppe. the secretary of state has struggled to provide sufficient ppe to nhs staff in england. he has now awarded £350 million of ppe contracts, but can he explain why 108 million of that was awarded without being advertised to crisp websites limited, which trades as pest fit, a small pest extermination company. why was such a large contract awarded to a company with no expertise

on 7thjune, be confident the nhs can cope. on 7th june, a43 be confident the nhs can cope. on 7thjune, a43 people be confident the nhs can cope. on 7thjune, 443 people were admitted to hospital with coronavirus in england and wales and northern ireland, down from 628 two weeks earlier and down from a peak of 3,431 on 1st april. on 9th earlier and down from a peak of 3,431 on 1st april. on 9 thjune a92 we re 3,431 on 1st april. on 9 thjune a92 were in mechanicalical beds, down from a peek in april. so we are still meeting the first test. next slide, please. oursecond test still meeting the first test. next slide, please. our second test is to see a sustained and consistent fall in the daily death rates from covid—19, so we are confident we have moved beyond the peak. and of those who have tested positive for coronavirus across all settings, i'm sad to say that 41,128 have now died. that is an increase of 245 fatalities since yesterday. as measured by a seven day average, the uk daily death rate now stands at 200, down from 300 two weeks ago and down from a peak of 943 in a

the nhs is thriving for now. there are even two new gleaming floors at the royal london hospital for possible covid—19 patients. but what about cancer screening? 0r heart disease? many who are sick in the community have stayed away, worried they might catch the virus. intensive care consultant nick bunker wants them back. all the people who would normally have presented here with ailments, where are they? i suspect some of them have died. some of them are at home. the cancer, we have not been doing a lot of diagnostics. so if you are not doing the diagnostics you don't pick up an early cancer with the few symptoms that people have early on, and so perhaps are just not detecting. it is still out there. the fervent hope is the lockdown eases is that people will drift back to the nhs for whatever hurts them and the service will be able to help everyone if we help ourselves. they are our friends and our colleagues who we know who are dying or are sick. people i care about have been lost to coronavirus. you can't ov

the nhs is driving for now. there are even two new gleaming floors at the royal london for possible covid patients, but what about cancer screening and heart disease? many who were sick in the community have stayed away, worried they might catch the virus. hello, sir. good morning. intensive-care co nsulta nt sir. good morning. intensive-care consultant nick kate bunker wants them back. all the people who would normally have presented here with ailments, where are they? i suspect some of them have died, some of them are at home. for cancer, we not been doing a lot of diagnostics. if you're doing a lot of diagnostics, you're not picking up the early cancer with the few symptoms people have early on, so perhaps we're not detecting. it's still out there. the fervent hope as the lockdown easesis the fervent hope as the lockdown eases is that people will drift back to the nhs or whatever hurts them, and the service will be able to help eve ryo ne and the service will be able to help everyone if we help ourselves. the

nhs. every election in my lifetime the labour party has run on three weeks to say the nhs, 48 hours to save nhs. the nhs is still there as it has since is created since the second world war. it's striking the idea you could pretend after this the nhs is something that not everybody supports, it would seem preposterous but i think it's undoubtedly something that's going to be a certain weight on the conservatives with the debt that boris johnson himself as pursley said he owes to the nhs, you know, this will either be good years for the health service. >> the names his new baby right after his doctor who gave him the care. >> that's right. very moving. >> for sure. let's talk for just a second about the monarchy because here in the u.s. the american public follows very closely the relationship of the royals. i think there's a whole generation of americans who have forgotten the monarchy has a leadership role to play, and a big role in public unity, and it seems like this is a real moment. m

the nhs is thriving for now. there are even two new gleaming floors at the royal london for possible covert patients but what about cancer screening or heart disease? —— covid. many who were sick in the community have stayed away, worried they might catch the virus. hello, sir, good morning. experienced intensive care co nsulta nt experienced intensive care consultant nick bunker wants them back. all of the people who normally would have presented here with ailments, where are they?” would have presented here with ailments, where are they? i suspect some of them have died. some of them are at home. for cancer we have not been doing a lot of diagnostics, so if you are not doing the diagnostics you don't pick up the early cancer with the few symptoms people have early on, and so perhaps we are just not detecting it. it's still out there. the fervent hope as lockdown eases is people will drift back to the nhs for whatever hurts them and the service will be able to help everyone, if we help ourselves. there are

the nhs confederation, which represents all nhs trusts, is concerned about challenges ahead as hospitals try to restart treatments that have been put on hold. health correspondent catherine burns reports. a birthday party in lockdown is never the best, butjock needs an operation because he is deaf. cochlear implant. what does that mean? it means i hear better. his family were hoping he would have the surgery before he turned five. so his operation was cancelled pretty much the day before surgery, and it wasjust before lockdown. the news for us was really, really devastating. every week, every month that goes by, he is getting older and the outcomes will not be as good. the nhs braced itself for coronavirus, partly by cancelling routine surgery. now, a prediction that four million people on waiting lists in england could turn to 10 million by early next year. assuming there is no serious second wave. the nhs is a big, complicated machine and it quickly changed gears to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. now it's time to get things up and running again, but health bosses are warning it wo

i would take a bit of issue that the nhs was poorly prepared because i think the nhs did an absolutely magnificent job considering this was a virus that we didn't know about untiljanuary. started coming to the uk in february, march and then we saw that huge surge in march and april, and the nhs in my view responded magnificently, rapidly changing the way it worked in order to ensure we have the capacity, both in our general beds but also in our itu beds for the sickest patients to ensure that at no time was that capacity breached and we have always had the capacity in place for the patients who needed it. u nfortu nately patients who needed it. unfortunately in other countries in other settings we saw that wasn't the case, so i think the nhs showed just how flexible it can be in a crisis. it is clear we have learned lessons from that, it is clear that going forward we can take some of the learning from that in case we have a second phase. so for instance, we work very flexibly. staff worked flexibly in ways they may not have done previously. and that will be possible again going forwar

and i want to say this to everyone who works in the nhs and in social care, i value the contribution that you make, everybody, equally. and i want to say it right across society too. i want to thank you and i want you to know our whole country cares about your well—being. i value too those who come to our country to work in the nhs and in social care and i love that this country is one of the most welcoming and tolerant and diverse. that goes for the whole country and it goes especially for the health and care system. as i said in the house of commons earlier, the phd investigation found age is the biggest risk factor for coronavirus. next, gender. living in a city is a risk, and being black or being from a minority ethnic background is also a significant risk factor. there is much more walk to do to understand what is driving these disparities and how the different risk factors interact and we are absolutely determined to get to the bottom of this and find ways to close that gap. —— much more work to do. i am delighted the minister for equalities will take this work forward wo

nhs england told us that covid—i9 has put a spotlight on health inequalities. scotland, wales and northern ireland also say they are prioritising risk assessments for ethnic minority staff. hi, doctor. you 0k? very good. as the lockdown eases, doctors like mo feel it's even more important they have the right protections in place so that their risk from the virus is minimised as much as possible. amara sophia elahi, bbc news. the bbc has obtained a copy of a leaked draft report into the impact of coronavirus on ethnic minority communities. the report includes recommendations on how to protect them. our community affairs correspondent rianna croxford explained more earlier. this leaked draft is a second report from public health england, including recommendations and contributions from 4000 organisations about how to reduce the impact of coronavirus on ethnic minority communities. the report is dated from the end of may and says that racism, stigma, occupational risk and social inequality may increase the risk of covid—i9 for these groups, and says people from

the nhs is thriving for now. there are even two new gleaming floors at the royal london for possible covid patients but what about cancer screening or heart disease? many who were sick in the community have stayed away, worried they might catch the virus. hello, sir, good morning. experienced intensive care consultant nick bunker wants them back. all of the people who normally would have presented here with ailments, where are they? i suspect some of them have died. some of them are at home. for cancer we have not been doing a lot of diagnostics, so if you are not doing the diagnostics you don't pick up the early cancer with the few symptoms people have early on, and so perhaps we are just not detecting it. it's still out there. the fervent hope as lockdown eases is people will drift back to the nhs for whatever hurts them and the service will be able to help everyone, if we help ourselves. there are friends and there are colleagues who we know who are dying and are sick, people i care about been lost to coronavi

the nhs is thriving for now. there are even two new gleaming floors at the royal london for possible covid patients, but what about cancer screening or heart disease? many who are sick in the community have stayed away, worried they might catch the virus. hello, sir. good morning. intensive—care consultant nick bunker wants them back. all the people who would normally have presented here with ailments, where are they? i suspect some of them have died, some of them are at home. for cancer, we've not been doing a lot of diagnostics. so if you're not doing the diagnostics, you're not picking up the early cancer with the few symptoms people have early on, so perhaps we're just not detecting it. it's still out there. the fervent hope as the lockdown eases is that people will drift back to the nhs or whatever hurts them, and the service will be able to help everyone if we help ourselves. there are friends and there are colleagues who we know who are dying, who are sick. people i care about have been lost to coronavir

so we had guidance from nhs england to all nhs providers for the staff to be risk assessed and yet about 40% of doctors have told us they're not even aware of the ability to be risk assessed and of those that have been risk assessed, more bame doctors are telling us they're not satisfied. this is a time where we must protect our workforce and those who are most at risk. and i want to make sure that no one feels that doctors are not going to be on the front line. this means that doctors can be redeployed to do work that is safe for them and patients and there is plenty of work, with the lack log, to do work thatis work, with the lack log, to do work that is not covid—facing. we should redeploy staff in a way that is right for them and patients. are some staff taking matters into their own hands and risk assessing themselves if they have underlying conditions and they know that because of their ethnicity they're at greater risk, can they say i'm stepping back, whether you're going to risk assessment me or not, i've done my own? one of the worrying statistics is that bame doctors are less

the nhs is thriving for now. there are even two new gleaming floors at the royal london for possible covid patients, but what about cancer screening or heart disease? many who were sick in the community have stayed away, worried they might catch the virus. hello, sir, good morning. experienced intensive care consultant nick bunker wants them back. all of the people who normally would have presented here with ailments, where are they? i suspect some of them have died. some of them are at home. for cancer, we have not been doing a lot of diagnostics, so if you are not doing the diagnostics you don't pick up the early cancer with the few symptoms people have early on, and so perhaps we are just not detecting it. it's still out there. the fervent hope as lockdown eases is people will drift back to the nhs for whatever hurts them and the service will be able to help everyone, if we help ourselves. there are friends and there are colleagues who we know who are dying and are sick, people i care about been lost to corona

we have been hearing from the past month from the nhs bosses that the nhs is still open for business, that even though they are trying to battle its a pandemic, if you have other serious conditions you should be getting help. there has been a big push, as i say. earlier this month cancer research uk estimated 2.4 million people could be on waiting lists. as we heard just yesterday, nhs bosses we re we heard just yesterday, nhs bosses were also concerned that by the end of the year we could see waiting lists reaching around 10 million. thank you for that. anna collinson. with me is the oncologist and chief medial 0fficer at rutherford cancer centre, professor karole sikora. also, i'm joined by carole pollard, a cancer patient who has been recieving treatment during the coronaviurs pandemic. thank you both very much forjoining us on bbc news. professor, first of all, if i could get your reaction to those headlines on the cancer treatment figures? so that key when i guess, more than 60%, a massive drop in the number of people being treated or getting that first appointment after an urgen

the nhs confederation, which represents all nhs trusts, is concerned about challenges ahead as hospitals try to restart treatments that have been put on hold. health correspondent catherine burns reports. a birthday party in lockdown is never the best, butjock needs an operation because he is deaf. cochlear implant. what does that mean? it means i hear better. his family were hoping he would have the surgery before he turned five. so his operation was cancelled pretty much the day before surgery, and it wasjust before lockdown. the news for us was really, really devastating. every week, every month that goes by, he is getting older and the outcomes will not be as good. the nhs braced itself for coronavirus, partly by cancelling routine surgery. now, a prediction that four million people on waiting lists in england could turn to 10 million by early next year — assuming there's no serious second wave. the nhs is a big, complicated machine and it quickly changed gears to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. now it's time to get things up and running again, but health bosses are warning it'

the whole ca re released by nhs england. the whole care home issue has been raging over the last few weeks. yes, this has been the issue the government hasn't been able to get away from our questions about exactly why so many people have died in care homes and who exactly is to blame for that happening, because they care homes in many ways to be isolated environments, they are seems to have happened, and the stray goes into some detail about how is people are discharged from hospitals without necessary precautions being taken over whether or not they have coronavirus and that caused her to spread within ca re that caused her to spread within care homes. this is going to be a big issue in the inquiry in the coming weeks and months. laura? yeah, this issue is not going away for the government, and i think when there is a big public inquiry, there is going to be one of the first questions that the government has asked. why were so many elderly vulnerable people discharge from hospital into care homes, and also massive questions

you said it is just not acceptable for the nhs to continue as a covid-19 for the nhs to continue as a covid—19 only service. how much is coronavirus holding back the nhs now in terms of other treatments, surgeries, that would normally be offered? of course things are improving, but we still have the virus in our community, as we can see from the weekly statistics. so it is absolutely critical that we create hospital facilities that are as free from covid—19 as we can make it, so that we can restore plans and surgical services in this country with minimal risk to the patients who need reassurance at the moment that coming to hospital to have a major operation is a safe thing to do. this means that we have to have a group of patients who we can test appropriately and be sure that they are free and equally the staff who are free and equally the staff who are going to look after them have to be tested. i think that demands some degree of regular testing. pragmatically it seems to me that twice a week might be where we could start with this. just explain a little bit more you're thinki

also this lunchtime — the first data from the new nhs test and trace programme in england shows two thirds of people who tested positive provided details of who they had been close to. pressure on the government to relax the two—metre distancing rule — some conservative mps say it's causing too much damage to the economy. calls increase in the us to take down confederate statues because of their connnections to slavery. jk rowling reveals she has experienced domestic abuse and sexual assault, in an essay explaining her views about gender. and even her majesty now uses zoom — the queen thanks carers for their work during the coronavirus pandemic to mark carers week. it's been interesting listen to all your tales and stories, and i'm very impressed by what you have achieved already. i'm very glad to have been able to join you today. and in the sport later in the hour on bbc news, as premier league clubs meet to rubber—stamp the return to action next week, losses of £1 billion are revealed across the division. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the dramatic impact of

the world health organization now says face masks should be worn in public — as nhs trusts in england say they weren't consulted on a decision to make all hospital staff wear them there are fears that thousands of uk small businesses could miss out on coronavirus grants because of rising demand. and prince william reveals he's become a volunteer counsellor for a mental health charity. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. people are being urged to stay away from mass—protests against racism this weekend, over fears they could increase the spread of coronavirus. there have already been large demonstrations in australia and japan over the death of george floyd in the united states — and rallies are planned across the uk later. in a tweet, the uk home secretary, priti patel urged people to stay away "for the safety of all of us". the warning to avoid large gatherings comes as the world health organization changes its advice on face coverings, saying they should now be wo

helping people lose weight is something a local nhs trust is trying to do. it was so concerned about obesity it appointed a specialist consultant in public health. obesity is complex, so so many factors go into it, notjust the clinical aspects but the social and environmentalfactors the clinical aspects but the social and environmental factors which the clinical aspects but the social and environmentalfactors which mean the nhs, the hospital on its own, can't address this problem and it really needs everybody going in the same direction, so that is central government but also the nhs, the local authority, the communities themselves all working together towards it. hi, caroline, how are you? but campaigners say the government hasn't done enough. two years on and nothing has done and these policies have been left to languish and are no closer to becoming reality and in the meantime, the number of children and adults living with obesity has increased. and they should really be a catalyst now for the government to finally step up, take some action and create an

the nhs. every election in my lifetime the labour party has run on three weeks to save the nhs, 48 hours to save the nhs. the nhs is still there as it's been since the second world war but it's striking that the idea that you could pretend after this that the nhs is something the conservative party does not support , it would seem preposterous but i think it's undoubtedly something that's claimed to be a certain weight on the conservatives with the boris johnson himself has said he owes the nhs, these are going to be good years for the health service. >> he named his new baby after his doctor. >> it was very moving. >> for sure. well, let's talk for just a second about the monarchy because you're here in the us , the american public follows closely the relationship of the royals and i think though there's a whole generation of americans who have forgotten the monarchy as a leadership role to play in a big role in public unity and it seems like this is a real moment most people i know watched t

it was an astonishing achievement of the nhs, an astonishing thing this country came together to drive down to social distancing rules in spite of the doubt that was cast on the advice to follow those rules to get the number of deaths down, to get the epidemic under control, the way we have and this government has announced a plan on may 11th to get our country back onto its feet and that is what we are going to do, we have a plan, we are following it and we will stick to it. >> we can't compare these figures to other countries, everybody can see those figures and the disparity but we need to learn from those countries. what do they do differently to us? we could learn those things and ensure that numbers come down and families lost someone to simply be told this is too early to compare and learn from other countries and consequences as a result. i want to turn to school reopenings. we all want as many children back into school as soon as possible and as soon as it is safe. that required for that to happen was a robust national plan, consensus among stakeholders and strong leadership f

of thing that the lockdown rules for everyone and that everyone should follow them. —— there is an nhs source. she was dropped from the briefing, whether that is true or not the government is denying it. despite whatjoe has just said, this is not just about the government getting the clear message, this is just about dominic cummings. if this is true, they are dropping scientific advisers and we haven't seen scientific advisers and we haven't seen professor van tan since he made a very pointed decoration about the coming situation, dropping scientists from national briefings with massive viewing figures because they do not think that the prime minister's special adviser, a political appointee, not a civil servant, not a scientist, did the right thing. that is disgraceful, thatis right thing. that is disgraceful, that is just undemocratic. right thing. that is disgraceful, that isjust undemocratic. that has dropped out of the headlines, he is securing is positioned with info so i think they would argue otherwise. let's move to the japan times was up this is about zoom, very few heard of

we are investing record sums into the nhs, the biggest ever cash boost for the nhs. we are going to do a0 new hospitals. that remains undimmed ambition. if anything we are going to double down on our ambitions for the nhs. she should watch this space, particularly as regards scunthorpe hospital. to greater manchester with debbie abrahams. thank you, mr speaker. mr speaker, published evidence indicates indoor environments pick up more than 90% of the virus around the world. the close of the contact and the greater the length of contact for greater the length of contact for greater the risk. sage has said the evidence, it is inappropriate to reduce social distancing at this stage of the infection, typically over a thousand new covid cases a day. rather than the prime minister making decisions behind closed doors on unpublished evidence, why won't he publish his exit strategy and wait until the test and isolate system is fully operational? i'm grateful to the honourable lady but i mustjust grateful to the honourable lady but i must just repeat grateful to the honourable

if the nhs asks you to isolate, you must do so. and to everybody, please, stay alert, control virus, and save lives. we will now go straight to questions. the first question is from a member of the public, nick from london on video. nick? with the coronavirus sending us into a deep recession that is likely to hurt the prospects of many school leavers and young people, what is the government planning to do to address this? thanks, nick, that is a very important question. as well as the health response, we take very seriously the economic response, especially towards those who are starting out in their careers, as you have mentioned, school leavers and young people, but actually, right across—the—boa rd. the amount of economic support we have put into the economy is unprecedented with the furlough scheme one of the most generous in the world, and the direct support for businesses, because ourjudgment is that it is best to keep businesses up and running as much as is possible. we can't save everyone but keep them up and running as

well, the nhs coped fa ntastically across the uk. well, the nhs coped fantastically under the extraordinary pressure of this pandemic. on the 20th ofjune, 283 people were admitted to hospital with coronavirus in england, wales and northern ireland are down from 438 two weeks earlier and down from a peak of 3432 on the 1st of april. and on the 22nd ofjune, 340 patients with coronavirus were in mechanical ventilation beds in the uk, down from 513 two weeks earlier and down from a peak of 3301 on the 12th of april. these numbers provide confidence that we are still meeting the first test. so, the next slide, please. our second test is to see a sustained and consistent fall in the daily death rates from covid—19, so that where confident that we've moved beyond the peak. of those who've tested positive for coronavirus across all settings, it saddens me to report that 42,000 927 have now died. 171 fatalities were reported in the 24 hours till 5pm yesterday. a further 109 deaths which occurred in april, may and june have been identified a