24/03/2014 BBC Channel Islands News


24/03/2014

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Good evening. Some patients in first look

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Good evening. Some patients in Jersey have faced waiting almost a

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year to be seen by an orthopaedic specialist. More than 1,000 patients

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need to see a specialist about bone and muscle problems in the island.

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The figures fluctuate, but on average it's taken more than 40

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weeks for some patients to see someone in orthopaedics after being

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referred by their GP. That's fallen to 28 weeks since the start of the

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year. In the UK, specialists aim to see patients within 18 weeks. Now

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more than ?1 million has been earmarked by Jersey's health

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department to reduce waiting times ` the target is 12 weeks. Jen Smith

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reports. More than 1000 patients ` that's about 1% of the island's

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population ` are waiting for an appointment here. For some it's been

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10 months after they've been referred by their GP. A time`frame

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the hospital's director of operations admits is not acceptable.

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Although the wait times are reducing, we acknowledge that is

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still far too long to wait to see a specialist. As a result we have got

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a number of initiatives that are in place to introduce through the

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course of the year to actually bring that waiting time down

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significantly. Dr Nigel Minihane represents doctors and nurses in

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Jersey. He says there is a problem. If I speak to you and you say you're

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in pain and we have a diagnosis and the only resource that is necessary

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is the pain clinic, if it is going to be a year before you see someone

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at the clinic, we might denied not to refer you at all. That is in part

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was a because of demand. There is over 10,000 patients with moderate

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to severe impact pain in the community. That is a lot of people

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and a lot get referred to us. You have been telling the BBC about your

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experience. The health department has told the

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BBC most of the money invested in the hospital this year has gone into

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reducing waiting lists. Guernsey's schools could move away from the

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English system of GCSEs and A`levels. From September 2015 the

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qualifications are changing ` with more of an emphasis on exams, and

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less on coursework. Guernsey's Education department's now looking

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at other options, and is asking parents for their views. Penny

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Elderfield reports. Turn over your paper, your time starts now. Or at

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least your consultation paper. Because from today parents can have

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a say on potential changes to GCSEs and A`levels. England's moving away

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from the current system. Most of the focus will be on exams at the end of

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two years of study. Instead of the coursework and other practical

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assessments that happen now. And the usual A star to G grades will go,

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with students grading from 9 to 1 instead, with 9 being the highest.

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And knowing tests aren't for everyone, there are concerns that

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could disadvantage some students. Some of the exams have become just

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at the end of two years and they're already expressing concern that

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they're reliant on their performance on one day. Whereas when you have it

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as modular exams it is spread over a period of time. There are three

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options for Guernsey to consider. Follow England and introduce the new

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system of exams from September 2015, despite the concerns about it. Look

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at the Scottish system, which would still mean big changes. Or go down

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the Northern Ireland and Wales going down ` they're keeping their own

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system of GCSEs, AS and A`levels as an interim measure. And at the

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moment that third option is what Education is favouring. That is the

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least disruptive. The English route is changing the whole thing and

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you're not getting the breadth we can give students today. Having made

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its own assessment of the options, Education now wants to hear from

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parents before deciding which exam system is best for Guernsey moving

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forward. There could be a search and rescue aeroplane back in the skies

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above the Channel Islands in four weeks. The Lion's Pride crash`landed

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in November during a search for two fishermen. All five crew members

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walked away unharmed and the fishermen were later rescued. Now

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the documents to provide an interim aircraft have been signed, and it

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should be here in a month. Money confiscated from criminals is being

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spent keeping drunk people off the streets of Jersey. ?20,000 is to be

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used to improve the drunk and incapable unit in St Helier. About

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150 islanders a year end up in the unit to sober up safely, instead of

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in police cells or hospital. Once they were processed in the criminal

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justice system and that is a common law offence. Now we bring them here

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and the staff look after them until they're fit to go home and that is

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the end of the matter. Sport and Guernsey FC manager Tony Vance says

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he's determined to see his side go up through the play`offs following

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defeat away to the leaders of the Ryman South at the weekend.

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Peacehaven Telscombe won 2`0 to extend their lead at the top and

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look certain to be promoted as Champions, with Guernsey five points

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off and Leatherhead third in the table.

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Peacehaven Telscombe won 2`0 to extend their lead at Just before we

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join David for the weather, take a look at the conditions faced by

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islanders kayaking across Scotland this weekend from the west to east

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coast. The group which was made up of people from Guernsey, Jersey,

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Sark and Herm braved snow, hail, wind and sun to finish the 56 mile

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race in 18 hours and 30 minutes. They were raising money for the

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Channel Island Air Search. Well done to them. That is it for now.

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Newsnight is starting on BBC Two. We are back tomorrow evening at 6. 30.

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Now the weather with David. After the rain we have seen today there is

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a brighter picture tomorrow. It is one of some sunny spells, but risk

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of showers early and late. So that is the summary, mainly dry with some

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showers later. For the most part a lot of dry weather. The rain we have

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seen will move away. Not completely dry tonight. But most of us getting

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away with a dry second half of the night with six degrees the minimum.

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Winds are westerly, veering northerly through the day. Some

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showers early in the day in Guernsey. And some sunshine for a

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time and in the afternoon and evening more showers creeping in

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from the west. The rest of the week dry with some heavy showers on

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Wednesday then dry and colder towards the end of the week.

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