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Good evening. Some patients in first look | :00:00. | :00:10. | |
Good evening. Some patients in Jersey have faced waiting almost a | :00:11. | :00:13. | |
year to be seen by an orthopaedic specialist. More than 1,000 patients | :00:14. | :00:17. | |
need to see a specialist about bone and muscle problems in the island. | :00:18. | :00:21. | |
The figures fluctuate, but on average it's taken more than 40 | :00:22. | :00:24. | |
weeks for some patients to see someone in orthopaedics after being | :00:25. | :00:29. | |
referred by their GP. That's fallen to 28 weeks since the start of the | :00:30. | :00:34. | |
year. In the UK, specialists aim to see patients within 18 weeks. Now | :00:35. | :00:38. | |
more than ?1 million has been earmarked by Jersey's health | :00:39. | :00:41. | |
department to reduce waiting times ` the target is 12 weeks. Jen Smith | :00:42. | :00:50. | |
reports. More than 1000 patients ` that's about 1% of the island's | :00:51. | :00:53. | |
population ` are waiting for an appointment here. For some it's been | :00:54. | :00:57. | |
10 months after they've been referred by their GP. A time`frame | :00:58. | :01:00. | |
the hospital's director of operations admits is not acceptable. | :01:01. | :01:06. | |
Although the wait times are reducing, we acknowledge that is | :01:07. | :01:11. | |
still far too long to wait to see a specialist. As a result we have got | :01:12. | :01:15. | |
a number of initiatives that are in place to introduce through the | :01:16. | :01:19. | |
course of the year to actually bring that waiting time down | :01:20. | :01:24. | |
significantly. Dr Nigel Minihane represents doctors and nurses in | :01:25. | :01:30. | |
Jersey. He says there is a problem. If I speak to you and you say you're | :01:31. | :01:34. | |
in pain and we have a diagnosis and the only resource that is necessary | :01:35. | :01:37. | |
is the pain clinic, if it is going to be a year before you see someone | :01:38. | :01:44. | |
at the clinic, we might denied not to refer you at all. That is in part | :01:45. | :01:55. | |
was a because of demand. There is over 10,000 patients with moderate | :01:56. | :01:59. | |
to severe impact pain in the community. That is a lot of people | :02:00. | :02:04. | |
and a lot get referred to us. You have been telling the BBC about your | :02:05. | :02:08. | |
experience. The health department has told the | :02:09. | :02:33. | |
BBC most of the money invested in the hospital this year has gone into | :02:34. | :02:39. | |
reducing waiting lists. Guernsey's schools could move away from the | :02:40. | :02:42. | |
English system of GCSEs and A`levels. From September 2015 the | :02:43. | :02:45. | |
qualifications are changing ` with more of an emphasis on exams, and | :02:46. | :02:49. | |
less on coursework. Guernsey's Education department's now looking | :02:50. | :02:52. | |
at other options, and is asking parents for their views. Penny | :02:53. | :02:57. | |
Elderfield reports. Turn over your paper, your time starts now. Or at | :02:58. | :03:02. | |
least your consultation paper. Because from today parents can have | :03:03. | :03:05. | |
a say on potential changes to GCSEs and A`levels. England's moving away | :03:06. | :03:12. | |
from the current system. Most of the focus will be on exams at the end of | :03:13. | :03:16. | |
two years of study. Instead of the coursework and other practical | :03:17. | :03:19. | |
assessments that happen now. And the usual A star to G grades will go, | :03:20. | :03:23. | |
with students grading from 9 to 1 instead, with 9 being the highest. | :03:24. | :03:28. | |
And knowing tests aren't for everyone, there are concerns that | :03:29. | :03:33. | |
could disadvantage some students. Some of the exams have become just | :03:34. | :03:40. | |
at the end of two years and they're already expressing concern that | :03:41. | :03:43. | |
they're reliant on their performance on one day. Whereas when you have it | :03:44. | :03:49. | |
as modular exams it is spread over a period of time. There are three | :03:50. | :04:00. | |
options for Guernsey to consider. Follow England and introduce the new | :04:01. | :04:04. | |
system of exams from September 2015, despite the concerns about it. Look | :04:05. | :04:07. | |
at the Scottish system, which would still mean big changes. Or go down | :04:08. | :04:10. | |
the Northern Ireland and Wales going down ` they're keeping their own | :04:11. | :04:14. | |
system of GCSEs, AS and A`levels as an interim measure. And at the | :04:15. | :04:17. | |
moment that third option is what Education is favouring. That is the | :04:18. | :04:20. | |
least disruptive. The English route is changing the whole thing and | :04:21. | :04:24. | |
you're not getting the breadth we can give students today. Having made | :04:25. | :04:30. | |
its own assessment of the options, Education now wants to hear from | :04:31. | :04:33. | |
parents before deciding which exam system is best for Guernsey moving | :04:34. | :04:39. | |
forward. There could be a search and rescue aeroplane back in the skies | :04:40. | :04:42. | |
above the Channel Islands in four weeks. The Lion's Pride crash`landed | :04:43. | :04:45. | |
in November during a search for two fishermen. All five crew members | :04:46. | :04:48. | |
walked away unharmed and the fishermen were later rescued. Now | :04:49. | :04:51. | |
the documents to provide an interim aircraft have been signed, and it | :04:52. | :04:56. | |
should be here in a month. Money confiscated from criminals is being | :04:57. | :04:59. | |
spent keeping drunk people off the streets of Jersey. ?20,000 is to be | :05:00. | :05:03. | |
used to improve the drunk and incapable unit in St Helier. About | :05:04. | :05:09. | |
150 islanders a year end up in the unit to sober up safely, instead of | :05:10. | :05:16. | |
in police cells or hospital. Once they were processed in the criminal | :05:17. | :05:20. | |
justice system and that is a common law offence. Now we bring them here | :05:21. | :05:26. | |
and the staff look after them until they're fit to go home and that is | :05:27. | :05:33. | |
the end of the matter. Sport and Guernsey FC manager Tony Vance says | :05:34. | :05:37. | |
he's determined to see his side go up through the play`offs following | :05:38. | :05:40. | |
defeat away to the leaders of the Ryman South at the weekend. | :05:41. | :05:43. | |
Peacehaven Telscombe won 2`0 to extend their lead at the top and | :05:44. | :05:46. | |
look certain to be promoted as Champions, with Guernsey five points | :05:47. | :05:48. | |
off and Leatherhead third in the table. | :05:49. | :05:49. | |
Peacehaven Telscombe won 2`0 to extend their lead at Just before we | :05:50. | :05:52. | |
join David for the weather, take a look at the conditions faced by | :05:53. | :05:54. | |
islanders kayaking across Scotland this weekend from the west to east | :05:55. | :05:58. | |
coast. The group which was made up of people from Guernsey, Jersey, | :05:59. | :06:01. | |
Sark and Herm braved snow, hail, wind and sun to finish the 56 mile | :06:02. | :06:05. | |
race in 18 hours and 30 minutes. They were raising money for the | :06:06. | :06:15. | |
Channel Island Air Search. Well done to them. That is it for now. | :06:16. | :06:20. | |
Newsnight is starting on BBC Two. We are back tomorrow evening at 6. 30. | :06:21. | :06:28. | |
Now the weather with David. After the rain we have seen today there is | :06:29. | :06:31. | |
a brighter picture tomorrow. It is one of some sunny spells, but risk | :06:32. | :06:38. | |
of showers early and late. So that is the summary, mainly dry with some | :06:39. | :06:43. | |
showers later. For the most part a lot of dry weather. The rain we have | :06:44. | :06:52. | |
seen will move away. Not completely dry tonight. But most of us getting | :06:53. | :06:56. | |
away with a dry second half of the night with six degrees the minimum. | :06:57. | :07:01. | |
Winds are westerly, veering northerly through the day. Some | :07:02. | :07:06. | |
showers early in the day in Guernsey. And some sunshine for a | :07:07. | :07:11. | |
time and in the afternoon and evening more showers creeping in | :07:12. | :07:18. | |
from the west. The rest of the week dry with some heavy showers on | :07:19. | :07:23. | |
Wednesday then dry and colder towards the end of the week. | :07:24. | :07:25. |