26/02/2014 BBC Channel Islands News


26/02/2014

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BBC News Channel, but now on BBC One, it's time for the news where

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you are. Good evening.

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Guernsey will have a new Chief Minister in two weeks. Official

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nominations open tomorrow for the job made vacant yesterday by Deputy

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Peter Harwood. He stood down amid media coverage of his previous roles

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at both the Channel Islands Stock Exchange and the body that regulates

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it. Penny Elderfield joined me from Guernsey earlier with the details.

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As you'd expect, although the States were meeting today to discuss other

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matters, the situation with the Chief Minister was what got them

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chatting in the corridors. And arriving at the States this morning,

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and speaking publicly for the first time, Deputy Peter Harwood didn t

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have much to add. The reason is as I stated.

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Where does this leave you with the next six weeks? You remain Chief

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Minister, will that be rather difficult?

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It is not ideal but I thought the States will move quickly to appoint

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my successor. What are your thoughts on who that

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should be? That is a matter for the States

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And asking the same questions to other deputies, not many would

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commit to who they'd like to see as the next Chief Minister, or whether

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indeed they'd stand themselves. So, are there likely candidates

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Nominations open tomorrow, so we'll start to get confirmation then. But

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there are a few names doing the rounds. The Social Security Minister

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Allister Langlois is one of the first to confirm. And longest

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standing politician Mary Lowe isn't ruling it out. Along with current

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Deputy Chief Minister Jonathan Le Tocq, and former Chief Minister

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Lyndon Trott. So a few potentials. But there are still those who think

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it was a mistake for Deputy Harwood to go.

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I am very disappointed. I don't think he should have gone. I just

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wonder whether there was political pressure on him. That worries me.

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As I said, nominations open tomorrow at 9am, and by this time in a

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fortnight, we should know who's getting the top job.

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Jersey's General Hospital is increasing the number of nurses who

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can prescribe drugs and medication to patients. The hospital introduced

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nurse prescribing for the first time last year. Health bosses says

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patients are seen faster and can even be discharged sooner. But is

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patient safety at risk? At Jersey General Hospital, Chris

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Sparkes has his appoitnment with Sister Angela Moss. Chris suffers

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from a heart condition and sees Angela to get his medication. Angela

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is one of the island's recently qualified nurse practitioners

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meaning she can prescribe patients like Chris with his drugs without

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having to wait for a doctor to do it.

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Before, we would have to interrupt the consultation and I would have to

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find a doctor to provide his presecription. That might take time

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in order to get the history and provide the prescription.

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Time`saving is one of the biggest factors.

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Angela qualified last summer and over in the classroom this is the

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next group of qualified nurses put forward to become nurse prescribers.

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They undergo a strict six month training programme as well as exams

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before they go back on the hospital ward and these trainees will be

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qualified later in the year. The fact that I am able to prescribe

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and undertake a consultation with the patient will make inroads

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towards my autonomous practice. It needs to be demanding because we

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are talking about patient safety. Nurse prescribing first was launched

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in the UK in 2006. It's claimed it cuts waiting times for patients but

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should it really be nurses that prescribe us medication rather than

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doctors? Hospital bosses here insist there isn't a risk to patient

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safety. We are looking at some of our most

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experienced nurses, who have an enhanced knowledge of the medical

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condition and the medication that is right for the patient. So it is the

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right person in the right place at the right time.

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Back in the clinic Chris' consultation continues. He's given

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his prescription before he goes to collect his drugs from the pharmacy.

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I felt she was competent and it gave me confidence in the treatment I was

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given. Nurse practitioners can also

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prescribe and discharge patients on wards like A too. Health bosses

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say having done this also helps save the health service money but insist

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patients, like Chris, are the ones that that see the most benefit.

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This year marks 100 years since the beginning of the First World War,

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and here on the BBC we're looking at how this global conflict impacted on

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the Channel islands. Mike Wilkins reports on Guernsey's secret

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sea`base. Into the depths allied ships

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continued to plunge. Late in 19 6 German submarines began to sink a

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large number of merchant vessels taking supplies to the front lines.

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So in order to protect the shipping, the British and French governments

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decided to set up a secret seaplane base on Guernsey.

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This photograph shows the model yacht pond then with the frame of

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the hangar. In the summer of 19 7, despite the mission being

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classified, more than 100 French servicemen came to the island along

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with 12 sea planes, although the number of both of these was soon to

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grow. The biplanes could carry two or three crew with two bombs on four

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hour patrols. And within a year the aviators had proved to be very

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successful in hunting and destroying U`boats prowling around our shores.

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Within 18 months, they had formed about 25 submarines and discovered

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the minefields. It was very successful. The whole regiment were

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awarded a medal by the French Army. Many people weren't and still aren't

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aware the base ever existed, it was top secret after all. But when many

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think of the slaughter on the West Front, this story shows that there

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were some successes closer to home. That's the late news from BBC

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Channel Islands ` David's here next with our weather and the national

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forecast follows him. Goodnight Good evening. We have had some

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sunshine today. There will be some rain overnight but that will clear

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quickly. A day of scattered showers to come tomorrow. The rain will set

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in tonight and move pretty fast so that by the morning it will have

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gone. What replaces it is some Sunnis bells. `` Sani spells. 1

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degrees will be the top temperature. We will see some blustery westerly

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winds. Saturday could also be quite wet with dry weather on Sunday.

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Good night. day on Friday, wet snow around and a

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breeze blowing as well. Tricky into the weekend. And now we have the

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national forecast. Good evening. We know it has been a

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wet winter

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