necessarily have a significant cost forthe nhs in necessarily have a significant cost for the nhs in the future. time for one more question from john. he asks, have the nhs waiting time targets been abandoned by the government over the past few years? they are still very real and the nhs report so it is doing against performance standards. we look at that are monthly and quarterly basis. they have not been abandoned. it is true to say the nhs is going to find it harder and harder to meet those standards. there is a standard that says 90% of people should be treated or admitted to hospital within four hours when they come to a&e. we haven't met that target since 2015. everybody needs an operation should be seen and treated within 18 weeks. 50% have been waiting longer than that. it is getting harderfor the waiting longer than that. it is getting harder for the nhs waiting longer than that. it is getting harderfor the nhs to meet those standards and that is because we have got more people, more sick people, or more people who need health care. the amount of staff of the nhs and the hos

there will be special nhs visas. 50,000 nurses ready to take up their position. special nhs visas. 50,000 nurses ready to take up their positionlj think ready to take up their position.” think there is a special prize. let us think there is a special prize. let us turn to the guardian, we mentioned, we hibberted we will look at spending and the guardian has —— hinted. this story. the comparison is 2.9 billion versus 83 billion. that is a ratio of 1—28. is 2.9 billion versus 83 billion. that is a ratio of 1-28. for every pound the conservatives are promising to spend labour is promising to spend labour is promising to spend £28. labour has, you know, broken the bank and gone for it. the figures arest form mick and the conservative spending plans as pauljohnson says had it been presented in a budget would have been considered a very modest budget, not extravagant. in that sense the conservatives given they are planning to spend but certainly nothing like labour's spending plans. the other thing of course, and there is a brill cand chart on the front of guardian, there it is, yes, w

the nhs on the table. in government, the tories have made it clear, they are prepared to wrap up the devolution settle m e nt prepared to wrap up the devolution settlement if it gets a new way of brexit. we should be in no doubt that they would do the same if devolution got in the way of a trump trade deal. now, of course, snp mps will do everything they can to stop this from happening. the snp will introduce an nhs protection bill, to explicitly protect the health service in all four countries of the uk from being a bargaining chip in trade deals. scotland's future should not be dependent on the whims of westminster. so, a vote for the snp isa of westminster. so, a vote for the snp is a boat to deprive boris johnson of the majority that would enable him to do all of this. but more fundamentally a boat for the snp isa more fundamentally a boat for the snp is a vote to escape brexit and the threat it poses to our economy and public services. it is a vote to secure the right to choose our own future. if the

donald trump and the nhs." so there we were in the room, jeremy corbyn comes in after a very, very torrid day yesterday. after the andrew neil interview, as well? yes, yes. and it is worth noting that until quite late yesterday, jeremy corbyn was meant to be going to cornwall this morning. he walked in, brandishing pages and pages and pages of documents which are about the talks between the us and the uk — a potential trade deal after brexit. and these were talks done by british officials who went to washington, spoke to trump administration officials between summer 2017... betweenjune 2017 and july 2019. so it is the documentation from something that we knew about, which is called the uk—us trade working group — i think i have that right — which was set up by donald trump and theresa may to talk about how the us and the uk might be able to do a trade deal, which in itself is a politically—charged affair, after brexit. so technically, there would be an exploratory or preliminary talks. nowjeremy corby

look, jeremy corbyn says, "we invented the nhs back in the 19405. whenever we've been in government, it's been fantastic. when the tories are in power, it's dreadful." he completely forgets the period of time when he himself was a labour member of parliament, when things like the disastrous pfi contracts came in. all i'm saying is, mr corbyn, stop accusing everybody else of having the wrong view on the nhs. your party did, and i repeat the point i made earlier, if ever there was an issue to work together on, you know, i really can't think of a better one than this. on the gp crisis, on the two tier system. you could argue there's a two tier system already. there is already private medical facility in this country. actually, it's something that brings in a lot of foreign money. a lot of people from overseas come to london and use private medical facilities. all i'm saying, is when i talk to gps like yourself, they all say the same thing. "we're under greater and greater pressure. our patients are getting angrier and angrier that we can't provide the

our nhs will never be up for negotiation. jeremy corbyn is trying to conceal the void at the heart of his brexit policy and refusing to a nswer his brexit policy and refusing to answer the question of which side he would take. the conservatives continued the argument on twitter, posting this on their official account: but that tweet and many other have caused controversey. that's because the conservatives changed their twitter handle to "factcheck uk" for the duration of the debate. here's a screenshot. now that has angered the uk's actual independent fact checking agency — full fact. they tweeted quite a move for the conservatives who have already gotten in trouble during the selection for pulling out —— putting out things that were not true. you will make it was a boldm was interesting that borisjohnson wa nted was interesting that borisjohnson wanted to move off of that territory because perhaps a lack of trust at the moment in politics is because parliament would not deliver brexit, it wanted to move back to territo

so, how feasible is this idea of fast track visas for the nhs? with me now is our reality check correspondent chris morris. we know there are acute staff shortages in the nhs, 43,000 nurses need to be recruited, a number set to rise quite dramatically over the next few years. there are far fewer nurses coming in and out from the eu since the brexit referendum. you need something to encourage people coming from elsewhere and one of the things that will happen is the cost ofa things that will happen is the cost of a feasible behalf, so it will now be just £464. —— cost of a visa will be just £464. —— cost of a visa will be half. people will be able to pay for health care costs as they get their salary. you could argue that if we need these people are so badly, tens of thousands of vacancies, why isn't the visa free? there are two other important caveats. people in the system as it is not about cost but also bureaucracy because it can take months for a visa to come through and you're talking about a vacancy that's only six months long, it'

generally i think the nhs does a greatjob. the staff's fault. generally i think the nhs does a great job. what you think about the political debate?” think about the political debate?” think it's all political, it's for their own gains. they saved my son's life last year so i've got nothing but good things to say about the nhs. the westminster election nhs debate is mainly about england, the devolved administrations run their own health systems, but there no doubting the passion for the nhs right across the uk. in the day's other election news. nigel farage has unveiled the brexit party's list of election candidates, with an accusation that the conservatives are trying to "shut down" debate over brexit. mr farage has been accused of potentially splitting the pro—leave vote, by fielding candidates against tories. yesterday, mr farage confirmed he wouldn't himself be standing for parliament. the liberal democrats are taking legal advice over itv‘s decision to exclude them from its forthcoming tv debate between boris johnson and jeremy corb

and privatisation within the nhs... issues... and privatisation within the nhs. .. applause what could be worse for the nhs then a crackpot plan for a four day week... jeremy corbyn was laughed at on brexit... we week... jeremy corbyn was laughed at on brexit. .. we will abide week... jeremy corbyn was laughed at on brexit... we will abide by week... jeremy corbyn was laughed at on brexit. .. we will abide by that result... and boris johnson was laughed at on trust. does the truth matter in this election?” laughed at on trust. does the truth matter in this election? i think it does, and... laughter. i think it very important...” does, and... laughter. i think it very important... i have been very clear! if trust is an issue, was last night's twitter adjustment ok? issue, was last night's twitter adjustment 0k? no one gives a toss about the social media cut and thrust, what they care about is the substantive issues and of course there is a huge amount of scepticism about claims of politicians, what we are not going to do is have nonsense put around by labour. acc

it is this one nation tory party that has already embarked on the biggest cash boost for the nhs in a generation and today, in this manifesto, we pledge 50,000 more nurses and their bursaries, and 50 million more gp surgery appointments, and today, we make this guarantee to the british people, that we will tackle crime with 20,000 more police officers and tougher sentencing, and we will sort out our immigration system with a points—based australian style system, that we will invest millions more every week in science, in schools, in apprenticeships, and in infrastructure, and control our debt at the same time. and that we can reach, and we will reach, net zero by 2050 with clean energy solutions. and we can do all these things, we can do all these things, here's the kicker, we can do all these things without raising our income tax, vat, or national insurance contributions. that is a guarantee. a couple of interesting things in the manifesto, or things that were not there, no long—term policy for social care beyond an aspiration to get cross—party talks going again, and the hope

we know that the nhs is obviously one of the key concerns in the election. let's move onto the guardian, judge bands anti— lg bt protesters onto the guardian, judge bands anti— lgbt protesters near onto the guardian, judge bands anti— lg bt protesters near school. onto the guardian, judge bands anti— lgbt protesters near school. they we re lgbt protesters near school. they were mostly of muslim faith, some of whom did not want these inequality lessons. and we have had a decisive ruling now. we have had a decisive ruling. i think it is about time. it has been going on for quite a long time, disrupting kids going to school, teachers going about their work, and i think it is the right ruling. it is 2019. we live in a modern, liberal, touristic society where we should be celebrating diversity and not hearing some of the things said that were being quoted in the guardian today. yes, absolutely. i think this is the right decision. the objection to children being taught about equality and respect for people regardless of difference, i don't think that is so

the nhs better and they will believe and trust the conservatives that they're going to find the nhs better there's been some polling evidence since he became prime minister to support them. so clearly the labour party are trying to remind voters that you trust us more of the nhs, we are the party of the hs because of the conservative start to make serious inroads into peoples trusts on how conservatives manages the health service than that is pretty bad news for labour. 26 billion for labour and 28 and a half billion for conservatives, i think an extra two and a half billion for waiting figures. let's go back to the independent and we're still waiting with the figures. that's going to twitter as well, essentially. you'll make this a story about the tories taking on the economic spending targets and they have and how much is going to cost the country, £i.2 trillion spending spree and over five years, 26 billion was enough on the public services, and it led to them basically challenging sajid javid to a tv debate any split out of onejohn mcdonald is not demanding that they have a rem

they say that tories act to prevent an nhs crisis. this is partly because we have this unusual december election, the first for almost a century and traditionally the nhs has real trouble in the middle of winterfull the nhs has real trouble in the middle of winter full stop absolutely, in this story, leaders of the british medical association are saying that the nhs is hurtling towards a crisis this winter and the story is about the fact that the conservatives have been holding meetings because there has been lengthening delays because of shortages of doctors and nurses. they have also done some polling and they found that more voters were concerned with nhs over brexit. with those kind of headlines in the papers and the television, there was one where borisjohnson went to a hospital and was confronted in the corridor by a distraught father who had been waiting with a sick baby overnight he still hadn't been seen and that is really bad publicity for the tories and they are trying to avoid it. boris johnson has done lots of appearances

the nhs and its future is of enormous importance to the british electorate. according to a recent survey, 77% of people want to see it maintained and 90% support the founding principles of care being free and available according to need regardless of ability to pay. a party which loses the public's trust on the nhs will struggle to win the december 12 election. >> a big weekend coming up in sri lanka. people are preparing to vote in a presidential election. the brother of the former president is a front runner. he has campaigned on national security after the easter sunday suicide bombings that killed 200 623 people. people. mahinda rajapaksa is not running for president, yet he is the man these people have waited in the rain to see. .t is his brother politics is a family business for the rajapaksas. he announced his candidacy after the easter sunday suicide bombings but targeted churches killingls, telling -- 263 people. >> we want to make it a safe place. >> we are hoping he can save the country for our children. ands defense minister japaksa arethe ra cred

going after the tories hard on the nhs and i think borisjohnson was quite nice to try and make the nhs a centrepiece of his campaign because the tories know is a weak point for them. actually i think the story is that negative, they point out all people who do operations and private hospitals but not on the nhs. they did not have to pay. so the idea that it did not have to pay. so the idea thatitis did not have to pay. so the idea that it is being sold off and privatise a people think of those words in the think it means having to pay for health care, he does not. it is still free at point of view. obviously a crisis in the nhs but also assign that on this battle greco labour and the s&p today are going very hard on the identity tories are trying to sell off the national institution. it is not true. i thinkjimmy corbett is living a disastrous campaign in many ways but the one thing where he really struck a chord of the people started chanting not for sale and there is an element and i don't make any comparisons with president trump but will use a chant lock her up about hillary clinton

the westminster election nhs debate is mainly about england. the devolved administrations run their own health systems. though there is no doubting the passion for the nhs right across the uk. hugh pym, bbc news. in the day's other election news... nigel farage has unveiled the brexit party's 600 election candidates, though he isn't one of the them, saying he believes the party is more of a danger tojeremy corbyn than to boris johnson because he says 5 million labour supporters voted to leave the eu in the 2016 referendum. the liberal democrats are taking legal advice over itv‘s decision to exclude them from its forthcoming tv debate between borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn. the lib dem leader, jo swinson, claimed hers is the true party of remain and she is the only female leader with a shot at becoming prime minister. the leader of plaid cymru, adam price, launched the party's general election campaign in ynys mon, anglesey. he accused both labour and the conservatives of having failed wales and said the country's future should be as an indepe

. 0bviously local clinical commissioning group, the nhs. obviously you disagree with that assessment. tell us why you say you are now being thrown back and forth between the nhs and social care? jaxon qualified a year ago and they have an annual review. you go through this every year. every year you have that anxiety of whether they will suddenly become ineligible and this yearjaxon was deemed ineligible and didn't meet the criteria of continuing health care. when they said that to me in my kitchen, he is ineligible, i sat there and then i will have to appeal this. it is putting our lives at risk. i called social care out of desperation for some help and i was told that his needs are predominantly have, then health care should be meeting those needs. i got a letter a few days later saying they had heard my concern is that they had heard my concern is that they were not taking the case at this time. i then called continuing health care again to say that social ca re have health care again to say that social care have said this so what is the

he is not offering to defend the nhs in those places. she has four main supporting privatisation of our nhs. he has not offering housing, socialjustice, reducing inequality in this country are meeting the needs of people who depend on food banks to survive. he doesn‘t actually offer anything to any of those communities. our message, our manifesto, is about investing all parts of this country. a national investment bank that will cover every region of britain as well as the nations that make up the uk. that will invest in the infrastructure we need as well as the investment in housing, health and education. a labour government will improve your community, improve your living standards, will be totally intolerant of the wealth inequality that exists in britain. and we will bring about their pets a fairer society where there is real hope for everybody particularly for the next generation. about a hung parliament, all i can say is we are campaigning to when a selection —— win this election, not to form a coalition with anybody. we are

the nhs protection bill would block any uk government from using the nhs as a bargaining chip in trade talks. if passed, it would also give devolved parliaments in scotland, wales and northern ireland a veto on any deal. a world war two d—day veteran who has been raising money for a memorial on the normandy beaches has been given a glimpse of the work going on to buid it. harry billinge, who's 93, was shown work going on to build the monument on gold beach in normandy on the bbc this morning. he was just 18—years—old in 191m and serving with the royal engineers when he was part of the first wave on gold beach. and if the cold never bothered you anyway, you'll be as excited as these frozen fanatics about the hollywood premiere of the hotly—awaited sequel to one of the biggest animations of all time. thousands of fans gathered in los angeles for the premiere of the highly—anticipated frozen 2. the movie, featuring elsa, anna and 0laf the snowman is released here later this month. that is eight for the new summary, back to you now, joanna. severe weather warnings meaning there i

under boris johnson, the nhs is on the table. the nhs is in no way on the table, in all aspect whatever. a new report says president trump knew about the whistle—blower complaint that revealed his pressure campaign against ukraine, well before he released aid to kyiv.

or come back to the nhs. i'm sorry, people are going to be absolutely baffled by your maths. please, let me just set this out as it appears. it appears you are saying that you are going to have 50,000 more nurses, but 18,500 are already nurses. is that the case? we‘re going to increase the number nurses in the nhs by 50,000. we‘re going to increase the number nurses in the nhs by 50,000] really, can you try and answer that one question? so so in the 15,000 figure, their 18,500 who are already, now, nurses —— 50,000 figure. how can they be 50,000 more? how can that number be part of the more? because if you want to increase workforce, you it by training, by recruitment, and by... the 18,500 are already in the system. i am so sorry, you have really got to let me answer the question, because it is crystal clear, and i have answered it several times already, if you just let me answer. we are going to increase training, we are going to have more recruitment, including from abroad, and we are going to have

what about the nhs? everyone here very keen to talk about the nhs, especially mental health which sometimes go under the radar. a trust which provides mental health is the only one rated as adequate so it is constantly being talked about in norwich and across norfolk and people are looking for answers from the political party. you are a mind of information at this morning. we will be talking to lots of people around norfolk and norwich as well. on friday the 29th of november, nick robinson will host the bbc election debate — featuring leading politicians from seven parties live on bbc one. if you have a question you'd like to ask, visit the website bbc.co.uk/electiondebate for your chance to join the audience. we'll be back in a few minutes, after the news, travel and weather where you are this morning. good morning from bbc london. i'm victoria hollands. ten men found inside a lorry container on the m25 have been arrested on suspicion of immigration offences. the driver was also arrested when the vehi

well, people trust labour on the nhs, we know they do. do people trustjeremy corbyn to be prime minister? that's an entirely different question. the right message, the ronchi planting it. let's move onto the times, of course, they are focusing on this new poll. johnson heading for big majority. this is a pole lots of people in westminster have been keenly awaiting, but we to caveat all the poles. we do. we have been deeply scarred by polls over the last few elections and referenda. so obviously with that in mind, this predicts a 68 seat majority for borisjohnson. that's quite staggering, you know, point at this election so far. what we do know, if that was to be true, brexit would be done by 31 january. so it is quite... they go through seat by seat, and of course, there's lots of people poring over this now and wondering over what the margins are and the margin of error in each seat. well, there's only one pole that matters. we know that this is really exciting, it is kind of kool—aid for us journalists, politicians, it means brexit me

exposed — the stark failures at shrewsbury and telford nhs trust. dozens of deaths are being investigated. a leaked report describes a toxic culture that left babies stillborn, others brain damaged, some disabled, and parents searching for answers. my feelings are one of huge sorrow. huge sorrow for all the families that have had their lives ripped apart by this trust, by the avoidable death of their child, by the avoidable death of a mother, or the harm to their child. we'll be asking if this could be the nhs‘s worst maternity scandal. also tonight: the siege at hong kong's university — dozens of students are still inside the campus, protestors face up to ten years in jail. the first clash between boris johnson and

more than 2 million adults in england are unable to see an nhs dentist. bbc analysis suggests the cost or length of the waiting list are among the reasons. dominic hughes reports. desperately needed emergency dentistry being carried out in the van outside dewsbury town hall. the dentate charitably —— charity normally works in developing countries but today it's helping a man who's had to live with excruciating tooth pain for months. i was excruciating tooth pain for months. iwas in excruciating tooth pain for months. i was in pain, nobody could help me, none of these nhs services, nobody would help me at all. he is far from alone. during this visit, dentate staff saw 50 patients and extract 50 teeth. all day, this charity that has been busy seeking people who are in real pain because of tooth decay but for all those patients, this is the only way they can access emergency nhs dental care here in dewsbury. the bbc has drawn up this map showing whether most people are missing out on nhs dental care. the blue areas are better than average. yellow, averag

more money into the nhs, be putting more money into the nhs, be putting more money into the nhs, so after years of cutbacks under the tories, we will be putting more money into recruiting more doctors, more nurses, rebuilding our crumbling hospitals, investing in state—of—the—art equipment so we get better cancer care and bringing the waiting list down. that is what labour will do for the nhs. and finally on that plan for a four—day week because it just finally on that plan for a four—day week because itjust seems confusing to be talking about... i mean, that is part of the thing you are looking at but then you look at it but also ruling out large parts of the economy for example. what do you mean? so you are rolling it out being part of the nhs? john mcdonnell is setting up a commission for which in ten years‘ time we can look at which —— look at ways in which people ‘s average working week, we can change their working hours but the idea that the nhs is going to go to a four—day week on friday december the 13th is just nonsense. labour government will be put in

exposed — the stark failures at shrewsbury and telford nhs trust. dozens of deaths are being investigated. a leaked report describes a toxic culture that left babies stillborn, others brain damaged, some disabled, and parents searching for answers. my feelings are one of huge sorrow. huge sorrow for all the families that have had their lives ripped apart by this trust, by the avoidable death of their child, by the avoidable death of a mother, or the harm to their child. we'll be asking if this could be the nhs's worst maternity scandal. also tonight: the siege at hong kong's university — dozens of students are still inside the campus, protestors face up to ten years in jail. the first clash between boris johnson and jeremy corbyn of the election is on the way. we are alive tonight in salford, whether two will meet ina tonight in salford, whether two will meet in a couple of hours. the plastic waste crisis highlighted by david attenborough‘s blue planet 2 programme — now he says there are signs of improvement. it's a bit of a litmus test to see

more nhs staff from abroad. clinical and medical staff. yes, we know, we have discussed this many times, they are cute staff shortages in the nhs. there are 43,000 nursing vacancies at the moment. the number of nurses coming from elsewhere in the eu has fallen quite sharply since the brexit referendum. we need to recruit people from elsewhere in the world. one of the things that is going to be done is the cost of the visa will be cut in half. currently, it‘s nearly £1000. under this proposal it will be £464. the way that newly recruited staff have to pay for their own health care, they have to pay an amount up front under this new tory proposal. it would be taken out of their salary as they earned. vacancies are so high, tens of thousands, people are saying why don‘t you just cut the cost of the bees altogether? there are a couple of other issues which you need to bearin of other issues which you need to bear in mind. —— cost of the visa. 0ne bear in mind. —— cost of the visa. one is bureaucracy. p

life in the nhs. he had time for patients, wasn't under the constant pressure of the market. there are strains on the nhs but they are exacerbated by the market. the only way to do it without getting a two tier system where health is only available for the richest is to have it publicly owned. thank you very much indeed, richard. matthew in sheffield. 0ver to you. my question is, how do you persuade other countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions? that isa their greenhouse gas emissions? that is a great question. we have to show leadership and we have to show it works. secondly, working in the european union, our meps, we doubled the number of meps at the last election and they are pushing for green deals across the continent. we know there is a new green deal in america as well. but we need to recognise the things we do in this country are not in isolation. if we expand our airports, then other countries have to expand their airports. then we get a race to the bottom in airport expansion. if

the nhs is this country's prime asset. there isn't anything that compares to the nhs as far as the usa is concerned. nothing. if people think the nhs is not going to be on the table, they are crazy, it will be, in some form or another. boris... i mean, the health secretary matt hancock tweeted me and said, "of course, bonnie, of course it's not going to be on the table, not on our watch!" well, i will have to love. we are going to find that tweet. turning to the telegraph, staying with politics, and jewish people believe if corbyn wins. says james cleverly. to be fair, the telegraph like these quotes are so much, they have used them twice in the same story but there we go, a number of these people, says james cleverly, who are considering even, a number of these people, says james cleverly, who we re people, says james cleverly, who were considering leaving, ijewish friends of his who have said that if corbyn got anywhere on the net —— may only the lives of power, they would never have thought he was here that in his l

the nhs is not a bottomless pit. demand and health services growing because we have a growing population. ageing with more complex conditions like diabetes, cancer. we are struggling to keep up with increases in demand, it is good to look at investment in the longer—term picture. 0ver look at investment in the longer—term picture. over the last decade have seen they have been below the historic average of around 496. below the historic average of around 4%. so we face challenges in funding but also notjust in nhs but we have seen underinvestment in adult social ca re seen underinvestment in adult social care which is closely related. how much will be enough? nhs is growing at around 4% on average historically. we think from our estimates 4% is needed, 4.1% for the department of health and social care's budget. to be going to ban for services, and changing population needs and to improve quality in the health system. how have we gone to the point where show sort —— so short of the code was half we need? we hav

in the metro, worst a and e wait times ever, figures thrusting the nhs into the centre of the election debate. in the guardian, councils calling for a massive increase in funding to help them deal with major disasters after eighteen hundred homes and businesse were flooded. in the mail, corbyn condemned by his own party — accusing him of subjecting the party to electoral annhialation. let us begin with the a&e that is been discussion a lot, and the worst figure since 200a. been discussion a lot, and the worst figure since 2004. it was introduced under new labour and patience and not being treated within four hours, a very unwelcome headline for the conservatives because it is being defined by brexit and getting brexit done and shifting the focus to the nhs and the conservatives are dealing with the legacy of settle m e nt dealing with the legacy of settlement and the nhs had in its history, so it is been his spending squeezes 2010 and it has been a deteriorating service. and their been promising to spend more year on year and protect the nhs from privatisation at the hands of america

basically, the nhs won't prescribe us the product that we need. the fact that i have to, like you say, go back into my own country feeling like a criminal for doing the job of what i thought english doctors should be doing as a paediatrician paid for by the nhs, but yet i'm having to do theirjob for them. if you could see the improvement in her as opposed to being a zombie on pharmaceuticals and then going to hospital worrying about her dying in front of us, to giving her a tiny bit of thc with her cbd and watching her enjoy life and not be in hospital, i'm willing to take that risk. a spokesperson for the department of health told this programme, "we sympathise with those families dealing so courageously the dutch government has a dedicated department of medicinal cannabis. they advise dutch doctors to experiment with the drug, but they can't influence the insurance companies' policy. in the netherlands, it is available in the pharmacy, so it's up to the physician to prescribe it. the insurance companies do not reimburse it in general because the

nhs england says steps are being taken to tackle the problem. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports on how some people are now relying on a charity. desperately needed emergency dentistry... ..being carried out in a van outside dewsbury town hall. the dentaid charity normally works in developing countries. but today, it's helping people like basir afsal, who's had to live with excruciating tooth pain for months. i was in too much pain, nobody could help me. nobody could help me. none of these nhs services, nobody would help me at all. basir is far from alone. during this visit, dentaid staff saw 50 patients and extracted 20 teeth. any pain there? no. all day, this charity van has been busy seeing people who are in real pain because of tooth decay. but for all those patients, this is the only way they can access emergency nhs dental care here in dewsbury. people like lindsay, in toothache, can't find someone to deal with. the 111 service is who they phone, they're usually kept on the phone for hours and usually offered an appointment a

relative to the volume of work that we do for the nhs. we see about 90% of patient contacts, but with less than 10% of the funding over the last decade. that's translated into more gp leaving the profession than we have had entering. so we've got real funding constraints and real workforce pressures. the difficulty, i suppose, in terms of kind of the practical alternatives to gp visits is if we don't have the capacity of enough gps and the government talking about training more and there's an acceptance that the numbers have dropped considerably, not least because older gp have been retiring as well. that combination shortage one end and shortage at the other. how would how would it be possible to create do you think, a new additional service similar to the one that exists for out of ours? it's a real challenge, isn't it? because you have to ask who is going to start that additional service? i think there's no doubt that allied health professionals can play a part and are playing an increasing role. for example, where i worked as a gp in

it's put the nhs at the centre of today's election campaigning. this is basically caused by the huge demand that there is on the nhs, and that's why, now, in the last three months, we have done the biggest investment in the nhs in modern times. it is disgraceful and it is a problem of the lack of staff and the lack of funding for it, so a labour government will increase nhs funding by '23/24 by 26 billion a year. we'll be assessing the impact of today's figures on the election and talking to a senior consultant in emergency medicine. the other main stories on bbc news at 5... several people are injured after a shooting at a high school in california, near los angeles — police say a suspect is still at large. a man who crushed a toddler to death with a car seat is jailed for seven and a half years. victims of the floods across england brace themselves for more rain, with more than 90 flood warnings in place. and devastating floods in venice — the italian government is set to declares a state of emergency there. it's five o'clock — our top sto

the british medical association will lobby nhs england to stop gp home visits being a contractual obligation, as doctors say they "no longer have the capacity" to offer them. as hong kong prepares to go to the polls, pro—democracy campaigners have their chance to vote. and at 10:30, the travel show visits an eco—friendly ski—slope in copenhagen — a city aiming to become the world's first carbon neutral capital. jeremy corbyn says he would remain ‘neutral‘ in the event of another brexit referendum, which he promised a labour government would deliver. he was speaking as the leaders of the four main westminster parties faced tough questions from the public in a special episode of the bbc‘s question time. borisjohnson, jo swinson and nicola sturgeon were also challenged on a range of topics including the nhs, the economy and a second scottish independence referendum. our political correspondent helen catt was watching. four leaders, two hours, and a lot of seriously tough questions. forjeremy corbyn there were concerns about business, about his personal handling of anti—jewish ra

borisjohnson was challenged on the decline in performance of the nhs. this is basically caused by the huge demand that there is on the nhs and that's why now in the last three months we have done the biggest investment in the nhs in modern times. but other parties attacked the government's record. the worst performance ever in oura&e record. the worst performance ever in our a&e departments. 50 many patients will be languishing on trolleys waiting longer and longer and longer for treatment and care in out and longer for treatment and care in our overcrowded hospitals. this comes after a decade of cuts in our health services. i am appalled by these figures today, they are the worst figures on record. it is devastating for patients that need help and support and treatment. it is devastating for those people that work in our health service. in england, 83.6 patients were treated or assessed in a&e within four hours in october. for the rest of the uk, the latest figures are for september. in scotland the level was 89.3% in that month. in wales, the number w

what it does is personifies the training so that when nhs staff and social ca re so that when nhs staff and social care staff receive this training, they will see oliver's face and remember that he is the absolute reason we have this training, because oliver lost its life in a way that he should never have done. it is oliver's legacy and we are very proud, it is a way of oliver giving back, but we must also remember exactly what it is about, it is about getting this training to try to prevent some of these horrendous debts that are happening in this country. thank you very much for your time on breakfast, paula mcgowan and also dan scorer from mencap. let us know what you think about that. social media, all morning, or you can e—mail us, the e—mail address is always busy. i understand it will be a little bit cold. i have been watching matt's temperatures? it will get colder through the next 36 hours. the sun is obscured by fog. others. patches of fog across parts of east anglia and south—east, clearing in the next few hours, but for others it is notjust cloudy, it is grey and damp

they have been talking about the nhs. labour feel like they are on good territory talking about the nhs, and they have been vocal against what they say is the privatisation of the nhs under this government. the shadow chancellor this morning seemed to suggest they would try and take private contracts back in—house. let‘s listen to what he was saying. these contracts should be brought in—house because we believe in a democratic nhs, and we believe we shouldn't be allowing people to profit from the nhs. at the end of a labour government, no commercial involvement? we will see how those contracts run out. we will protect the patients and get a better service. the general public feels we shouldn't be pouring money into the pockets of profiteers. let‘s talk about the lib dems, because they are pretty angry that they haven‘t been invited to this tv debate. what isjo swinson saying? the they have lodged a formal complaint and they are not happy that this head—to—head is happening withoutjo swinson. the lib dems wan

we will continue to fund the nhs. with £434 billion, records come into the nhs, we are upgrading 20 hospitals, massively increasing the number of gps and nurses we are hiring across the whole nhs. we will invest in the long term and we can because we understand what it takes to have a strong economy. that is why we can make those long—term investments and we will. there is a clear reason why jeremy corbyn of the labour party produce this nonsense about free trade deals with the nhs, which is a myth and that is because they want to conceal the gap at the heart of their own policy on brexit. they will not level with the public about what they want to do with brexit next year. we've got a deal, we're ready to go, we can come out january. jeremy corbyn wants a second referendum but he hasn't told you what position he will take. i asked him nine times, i didn't get an answer. i don't see how you can leave this country if it cannot a nswer leave this country if it cannot answer a simple question, what side are you going

borisjohnson was challenged on the declining performance of the nhs. this is basically caused by the huge demand that there is on the nhs and that's why now in the last three months we have done the biggest investment in the nhs in modern times. nothing happens the last labour government increased spending on health in some years more than the conservatives now plan. today, labour and the lib dems attacked the government's record. the worst performance ever in our a&e departments. so many patients will be languishing on trolleys waiting longer and longer and longer for treatment and care in our overcrowded hospitals. this comes after a decade of cuts in our health services. i'm appalled by these figures today. they are the worst figures on record. it's devastating for patients that need help and support and treatment. it's devastating for those people that work in our health service. in england, 83.6% of patients were treated or assessed in a&e within four hours in october. for the rest of the uk, the latest figures are for september. in scotland the l

and insisting that there would be no question of the nhs. i gather you can hear us now. one of the things i was saying to us than that struck to me was boris johnson slapping down a suggestion that the nhs might feature in a trade deal with the united states. a deal he would like to achieve after britain leaves the eu. one of the tag lines which labour has and he was determined to try to kill that often early in this debate and as you may have seen there, jeremy corbyn had a document suggesting that the nhs would not be off the table and it is a heavily redacted document it all jeremy corbyn has to do is create an element of doubt around that issue thatis element of doubt around that issue that is why i think borisjohnson was so that is why i think borisjohnson was so keen on trying to kill that off. survived well, he said he would get brexit done but he was pushing jeremy corbyn on this idea of not being able to say definitively whether he would leave or remain if labour had its promised referendum. that did not seem to sit at home initiall

to profit from the nhs. at the end of a labour government, no commercial involvement? we will see how those contracts run out. we will protect the patient and get a better service. the general public feels we shouldn't be pouring money into the pockets of profiteers. lets talk about the lib dems, because they are pretty angry that they haven't been invited to this tb debate —— tv debate. what is jo invited to this tb debate —— tv debate. what isjo swinson saying? the they have lodged a formal complaint and they are not happy that this head—to—head is happening withoutjo swinson. that this head—to—head is happening without jo swinson. the that this head—to—head is happening withoutjo swinson. the lib dems wa nt to withoutjo swinson. the lib dems want to be involved and that is not particularly surprising. the snp have said they think this kind of debate could be misleading, so we will see how that one shapes up. as you know, around elections, there is a lwa ys you know, around elections, t

the nhs is failing. what are you going to do to stop this and make sure it isn't sold to the highest bidder? the nhs is not for sale, never has been and never will be. documents were released... let me finish, it is only polite to let me finish. documents were released this week that showed very clearly the government had been involved in numerous discussions with us trade officials. it is a desperate conspiracy theory. we are absolutely crystal clear, the nhs won't be on the table. the price the nhs pays... the nhs pays for drugs will not be on the table. when borisjohnson says the nhs is not on the table in a future trade deal, i simply do not trust him and i do not believe him. last, how would they greet the controversial visitor, donald trump? if you had 30 seconds with him, what would you say? happy thanksgiving. i'm a good catholic so i won't say probably what i would say to him. let's get a quick trade deal done. and here is our nhs, is what he would say! it's pathetic! just lying to the british p

the nhs is failing. what are you going to do to stop this and make sure it isn't sold to the highest bidder? the nhs is not for sale, never has been and never will be. documents were released... let me finish, it is only polite to let me finish. documents were released this week that showed very clearly the government had been involved in numerous discussions with us trade officials. it is a desperate conspiracy theory. we are absolutely crystal clear, the nhs won't be on the table. the price the nhs pays... the nhs pays for drugs will not be on the table. when boris johnson says the nhs is not on the table in a future trade deal, i simply do not trust him and i do not believe him. last, how would they greet the controversial visitor, donald trump? if you had 30 seconds with him, what would you say? happy thanksgiving. i'm a good catholic so i won't say probably what i would say to him. let's get a quick trade deal done. and here is our nhs, is what he would say! stop this scaremongering, it's pathetic!

they are doing an awful lot to focus the extra money on the nhs. 0ther, focus the extra money on the nhs. other, smaller promises such as for some patients, no car parking charges, and i think there is an element here which we talked about before, which is there is huge amounts of money being put into the nhs. at the moment there's no plans for social care. there's an extra e1 billion which isjust for social care. there's an extra e1 billion which is just to help for social care. there's an extra e1 billion which isjust to help it pick over, but it is probably not enough. but one must be careful. some of these claims that have been made don't actually bear up to scrutiny. 50,000 more nurses doesn't mean 50,000 new nurses. it includes 18,000 nurses who will be encouraged to stay on, and a0 new hospitals don't mean a0 new hospitals. so we should be careful about some of these promises, and borisjohnson was questioned about it at question time, and you know, some of these claims really don't bear scrutiny. and if the viewers want to check this out, we have had a reality check on this, o

let's talk about the nhs, about you. let's talk about the nhs, a much loved institution. you have mentioned it already. it's important toa mentioned it already. it's important to a lot of people. when was the last time you or a member of your family needed to use nhs services? i... iam family needed to use nhs services? i... i am fortunate enough to say i have a wonderful hospital in hillingdon in uxbridge where i represent. foolishly i was making a barbecue and there was a bit of broken glass on the ground. and for some reason or other, a cafetiere. someone had dropped it. i was jumping up and down, music was playing, and a piece of glass went into the bottom of my foot. it was absolute agony. it went away for a while. so you went to the hospital? hillingdon were incredible. this was last year. my family use it all the time. when you went there and spoke to staff, who would have recognised you, did anyone say, we are fine. shall i tell you what they said? yes. thank you for asking the question. they said what they needed was more investment, which is what we are providin

a rescue plan for our nhs. labour's plans are costly and unworkable, say the conservatives, especially with jeremy corbyn's long term aim for a four—day working week. but the tories have had a rebuke of their own. 0n the right, a young david gauke. he has been a party member for nearly 30 years, and served in theresa may's cabinet. now he is saying this. traditional conservative voters like me should lend their support to the liberal democrats. he lost the party whip in september, and now... you are going to stand as an independent — why? yes, lam. the reason being, and this pains me to say it, but a conservative majority after the next general election will take us in the direction of a very hard brexit. this intervention from a man, who was until recently a serving member of a conservative cabinet, surely remarkable in the midst of a general election campaign. except it doesn't quite feel that way. it's the latest example of how politics recently, particularly brexit, has pushed party loyalties to and bey