08/03/2016 BBC Wales Today

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We don't choose when we get ill, which means, unlike other

workplaces, the NHS never stops.

But is the care it provides as good as it should be all of the time?

Not always, says this man.

There are 3 million people in Wales, and for the vast majority

their treatment is excellent.

But I think we have to look at those common themes but due arise,

where it's not just an isolated case.

There is a theme there in terms of out-of-hours care.

In a new report, he highlights a dozen examples stretching back

over five years.

He says he found it entirely unacceptable that one patient,

Mr T, an elderly man with motor neurone disease,

had to wait more than 40 hours over a weekend before doctors gave him

a feeding tube.

He later died.

On another occasion, a patient, Mrs K, was discharged from hospital

twice by junior doctors, even though the ombudsman found

on both occasions it had not been medically safe to do so.

She later died of a blood clot.

He also says junior doctors can sometimes be afraid to ask for help

from senior colleagues, and says standards of care can vary

even between wards in the same hospital.

Russell Hopkins has concerns, but not only because of his

experiences as a patient.

He's a former surgeon and hospital manager.

In 2011, he was left with bladder and nerve damage after surgery.

He says it was four days before he was seen by a consultant.

On a particular weekend, you may have three or four separate

junior doctors, not knowing the patient.

Because if they haven't been with the patient and they haven't

seen the early treatment, looking in the notes,

which may be pretty awful anyway, may mean that they don't understand

what's going wrong with the patient.

Opposition parties here at the Senedd argue the ombudsman's

concerns echo their own.

They say it reflects a failing on the part of the Welsh government.

But the Welsh government argues improvements are underway

in delivering better care 24/7.

I've never been attracted to some of the calls for large

ombudsman sort of enquiries.

I'll take advice on this proposition, and if we think that

there's something good to be derived from it,

then, of course, we want to do it.

But concerns about 24/7 care aren't new, and it's also an issue

across the border.

The UK Government wants to impose a new contract on junior doctors

in England, which they argue will mean better 24/7 care.

Doctors there, who go on strike again tomorrow,

say it will mean longer hours and poorer care.

But the Welsh government wants to avoid a similar dispute here.

It argues better care and round-the-clock can only be

delivered by working alongside front line staff.

Campaigners who want overnight children's care returned

to Withybush Hospital in Pembrokeshire have delivered

a 20,000 signature petition to the Senedd.

The Paediatrics Unit is now a daytime-only service.

Children admitted overnight are sent to hospital in Carmarthen.

Withybush Hospital has acknowledeged the petition and says the majority

of healthcare for children is still provided in Pembrokeshire.

Assembly Members have voted to keep a proposed ban on e-cigarettes

in some public places.

The Welsh Government has won support from some Plaid Cymru AMs

for the measure, after ministers watered down the ban to places

where children are likely to be present.

A Liberal Democrat bid to scrap the e-cigarette ban failed

as politicians voted on the issue in the Senedd today.

Nothing which we propose in this bill prevents an e-cigarette

from being used anywhere a conventional cigarette

can be used.

Anywhere you can use a conventional cigarette,

you will be able to use one of these devices as well.

There is no such thing as a ban in this bill,

as I've heard that word several times.

Two men who killed a 15-year-old girl, whose body was found wrapped

in a carpet in Cardiff 27 years ago, have failed in their attempts

to appeal against their convictions.

Karen Price went missing from a children's home in Pontypridd.

Alan Charlton was jailed for life for her murder,

but Idris Ali, from Cardiff, was released in 1994

after his conviction was quashed and he admitted manslaughter.

Jennifer Jones reports.

Karen Price was 15 when she went missing from a children's home

in Pontypridd.

It was the summer of 1981.

Eight years later, builders laying pipes in the back garden of a house

in Riverside found her remains wrapped in an off cut of carpet,

bound with electrical wire.

Her hands were tied behind her back, and a plastic bag had been placed

over her head.

As part of the efforts to identify her, a clay model

was created using ground-breaking techniques.

And it wasn't long before two social workers identified her as

Karen Price.

In 1991, two pimps were jailed for her murder.

Alan Charlton and Idris Ali were sentenced to life in prison.

A subsequent appeal by Charlton failed,

but Ali's conviction was quashed.

He admitted manslaughter and was released from prison in 1994.

Today at a brief hearing at the Court of Appeal,

another attempt to have their convictions quashed was rejected.

Lawyers for the men had argued that evidence from the key witness

in the trial, a girl from the same children's home as Karen,

could not be relied upon.

And Idris Ali claims that he only confessed to manslaughter in order

to get out of prison.

For the reasons given in the judgment handed down today,

the appeals against conviction of Alan Charlton and Idris Ali

are dismissed.

This street which now faces the Principality Stadium has been

completely transformed since the 1980s, when it was at the heart

of Cardiff's red light district.

It's been 27 years since Karen Price's body was found here.

And although one of the two men who killed her remains in prison

tonight, there are still many unanswered questions about how this

young girl's life came to such a tragic end.

Rugby, and there'll be no changes to the Welsh squad facing England

in the Six Nations game on Saturday.

Although there is change to the bench, as Rhys Webb

gets the nod.

Head Coach Warren Gatland says the winner will also probably claim

the Championship title.

On England's side, Manu Tuilagi is due to play after an injury

kept him off the international field for 21 months.

Football, and no luck for the Welsh sides playing this evening.

Cardiff lost at home 2-0 against Leeds.

Fabio DaSilva was sent off in the second half after receiving

two yellow cards.

At Rodney Parade, Newport lost 3-0 against Barnet.

A big change on the weather front.

Derek's got the forecast.

Hello, shwmae.

The weather is about to take a turn for the worse with

two warnings in force from the Met Office.

One for heavy rain in the south, and strong to gale force

winds in the south and west.

So, rain will spread across the whole country tonight.

Heaviest in the south, snow likely on higher ground.

The winds picking up as well, with gales developing

The winds picking up as well, with gales developing

in Pembrokeshire by the end of the night.

The wind and rain all associated with this nasty

area of low pressure over southern England and the English Channel.

So, some rough weather tomorrow morning.

Strong and gusty winds.

Rain, sleet and snow in places as well.

The snow mainly on higher ground, including the hills and mountains.

Across the rest of the UK, England can expect some rain tomorrow.

Sleet and snow in places, too - mainly on the hills.

Strong and gusty winds, gales in places.

Less windy across Scotland and Northern Ireland

with some sunshine there.

In Wales tomorrow afternoon, still windy.

The rain will gradually ease with drier and

brighter weather edging in from the west.

It's going to feel cold tomorrow in the wind.

Temperatures only 5-8 Celsius.

Things calm down tomorrow night.

The wind eases.

One or two showers coming along, otherwise a dry night.

A colder night, too, with a touch of frost inland.

Some good news for Thursday, a much calmer day.

One or two light showers and there, otherwise a lot of dry weather.

A little sunshine, and feeling less cold with light winds.

So, some rough weather on the way later tonight and tomorrow.

Then the next few days are much, with lighter winds and turning mild

on Friday and into the weekend.

Becoming dry over the weekend with high pressure on the way.

That's all from me.

I wish you a good night, and take care if you are travelling tomorrow.

That's Wales Today.

Thank you for watching and from all of us on the programme, goodnight.