24/12/2013 East Midlands Today

struggled with an Australian barrage all tour. Let's hope this guy has a

lot And now the news for the East

Midlands. I'm Geeta Pendse. A great grandmother from Nottingham

had to wait 12 hours for her prescription after being discharged

from hospital because staff lost her file. Her daughter`in`law is calling

for the Queen's Medical Centre to change its system of handling

patient information. Carol Hinds reports.

Joyce Rowbottom was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham

last week with severe abdominal pains. Four days later she was

discharged. She waited in a side room for medication she was due to

take home but it still had not arrived by the time her family

collected her in the evening. Her daughter`in`law was supposed to take

a home but was told she must wait for the prescription. At 6pm I said,

this is ridiculous, she is 83, it is getting late, I am coming to fetch

her whether the tablets are there or not. I got to the hospital at about

6:30pm and they told me they had lost a whole file and she had still

not got a prescription. The medicine was eventually delivered by taxi at

10pm, 12 hours after Joyce had been is charged. Ann says she wants to

see a change in how the hospital deals with files. It should not

happen and they clearly need to change the system. Nottingham

University hospitals trust has apologised for the delay and says it

will call Joyce to discuss their concerns directly.

An elderly man's died from his injuries after his car was in

collision with a police vehicle. It happened a week ago on the A453 at

Clifton in Nottingham. The 95`year`old man died in hospital on

Sunday. Police are appealing for witnesses. The police car had been

responding to an emergency call. The officer was treated for shock.

Meanwhile, a 25`year`old man's died following a crash near Newark. It

happened last night on Beacon Hill Road in Coddington.

A prison inmate who died from a stab wound has been named as a man from

Nottingham. 22`year`old Michael Hennessy died at the weekend. It's

not yet clear how he suffered the injury, at Lindholme Prison near

Doncaster. Two other inmates were arrested on suspicion of murder but

have since been released back into prison custody while an

investigation continues. Firefighters will hold their latest

strike tonight ` between seven o'clock and midnight ` over their

dispute with the Government on pensions. The Fire Brigades' Union

has already walked out five times over the issue. There'll also be a

strike on New Year's Eve and three January. `` the 3rd of January. The

FBU is fighting government plans to increase pension contributions and

the retirement age. If firefighters find they are not

fit 0 If firefighters find they are not

fit enough to maintain their fitness between the ages of 55 and 60, they

will either be sacked and their pension deferred until they are 68

or they will lose half of their pension that they paid in the 35

years. It is completely unfair. `` paid in for 35 years.

The demolition of a 135`year`old bridge in Derby has begun today. The

London Road Railway Bridge will be replaced with a new one designed to

cope with increased traffic demands. It's costing nearly ?7 million to

install. Now let's get the all`important

christmas weather with Charlie. A fairly cold night but largely

dry, nowhere near as stormy as last night. The isobars are nowhere near

as tight as last night so basically it is not going to be anywhere near

as cold. As we head into the early hours there could be a couple of

drizzly showers but in the main it is largely dry, temperatures down to

one, two, three degrees. A bit of frost possible for Christmas Day

itself, largely dry and bright at times. It pretty much stays dry

throughout, apart from the odd shower through Derbyshire and the

North of Nottinghamshire. Relatively dull weather`wise but we don't mind

that on Christmas Day. Boxing Day, and while there may be a bit of

drizzle at times it looks dry and bright and while we do have some

slightly nasty weather coming on Friday we have a lot more to keep

our minds on until that point. Merry Christmas.

Well, we're back again on Boxing Day. From all of us here, hope you

have a wonderful Christmas. it from us - we are back on Boxing

Day at One o'clock. Merry Christmas. Hello. The weather has been a little

kinder today to travellers and last-minute Christmas shoppers

across England