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27/03/2014

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there's a first look at the papers over on the BBC

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Good evening. First tonight two of our police forces are failing to

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adequately protect the victhms of domestic abuse. A report by the

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independent body which inspdcts police forces describes

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Cambridgeshire as being "not good enough" and Bedfordshire as

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"potentially dangerous". Thhs report from our home affairs correspondent

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Sally Chidzoy. For 12 years roof suffered horrific

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physical and psychological `buse at the hands of our husband, bdaten

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with a rolling pin. Her six`year`old daughter saved her. She used to hide

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behind the door and watch and children absorb so much, so you

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should never underestimate them She dialled 999 and said, this hs wrong,

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this should not be happening. Out there are thousands of domestic

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violence abusers like this lan, but many escape arrest. But it hs the

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way the police respond that has led to her Majesty's Inspectorate of

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Constabulary that has led to the report. There were real concerns we

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expressed in this report th`t even victims at the highest level of

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risk, people that really cotld have serious injury or even worsd, were

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not being properly looked after Bedfordshire police accept their

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failings. We did prioritise our resources and dealt well with them,

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but what we lost focus on, `nd I am being frank, is other victils. They

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got a good service when thex were dealt with by officers on the

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street. What we did not focts on was picking up on those issues

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afterwards. There is also criticism of Cambridgeshire Police who

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prioritised burglaries and other offences over domestic violdnce The

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report looks at all 43 police forces in England and Wales, all ddscribed

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as needing to improve. Kay Butcher was not good enough and

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Northamptonshire had the lowest arrest rates and Hertfordshhre had a

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disjointed approach. Control rooms were where victims often returned to

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first. The right place handling can help people reach safety. It is the

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hardest thing to leave, it hs the most scary thing, but it is worth

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it. Ruth Benett talking to our home affairs correspondent Sally Chidzoy.

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Earlier I spoke to the Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire and

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asked him how seriously his force takes domestic abuse. That report

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was written in December and we were very disappointed about what the

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Inspectorate found. It did chime in with some of the things we found

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ourselves in our own review. I have had a look at the report and it

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clearly states that domestic abuse is not taken as seriously as other

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incidents, such as burglary. The report is written as was, as a

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snapshot in time in December. When the Inspectorate came back hn

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February they said they werd astonished at the progress we made.

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You have got a relatively low arrest rate when it comes to these types of

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incidents. There are challenges around arrest rates and whether

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arrest is the right thing to do or not. We are looking at thosd forces

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who are described as the best and see what arrest rates do in the

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delivery of the service. Wh`t is it about, then? It is about working out

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what is the right thing to keep the victim safe in the future. Taking

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them out of their home for ` short time is not often the answer. The

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report said initial contact made to the police by call handlers meant in

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some cases incidents were not properly logged. I was surprised at

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that and went into it in detail and put in place training for c`ll

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takers. When there is an inspection next time are you confident enough

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changes will have been made? Although they have said we have done

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well, there is much to do to get us up to the standard of the bdst in

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the country. Northampton General Hospital needs urgent improvement

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according to the Care Quality Commission. In a report published

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today the CQC calls for improvements to its emergency services and says

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more needs to be done to make sure essential medical equipment is

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properly maintained. Ben Bl`nd is outside the hospital now.

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This is about the safety of patients and the quality of care thex receive

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when they come in for treatlent at one of our region's major hospitals.

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It goes back to last year when Northampton general was picked out

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as one of 19 trusts in the country where there were higher than

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expected death rates. The inspectors came in and they published their

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findings. They found six departments needed improvement. Worst of all was

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end of life care which they said was inadequate. They made specific

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recommendations. They said they needed to review how childrdn are

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treated in accident and emergency. They need to adequately test and

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monitor medical equipment and to improve the services for those

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coming in for emergency tre`tment. As an example they found in A some

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pages were waiting too long, there was a shortage of beds on some days

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and some pages were having non`emergency treatment cancelled.

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What has the hospital said today? The managers insist the hospital can

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turn this around and they s`id there were some positives in the report,

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such as the cleanliness of the hospital, and it recognised work was

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being done to make improvemdnts and the staff were appraised.

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The staff and particularly front line staff, doctors and nurses, were

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exhibiting caring behaviour towards patients and patients were very

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appreciative of the care thdy received. We have improvements to

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make, but they found broadlx our services were safe and effective and

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that is a testament to the hard work of our committed staff. And some

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departments were appraised `s good. Among them intensive and crhtical

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care and general services for children and young people.

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That is all from the late tdam, but it is time for the weather.

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There is still the chance of a heavy downpour across northern parts of

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the region. But for many of us we ended the night drive. Tempdratures

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will not be low enough to bring us a frost tomorrow. Tomorrow thdre is

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quite a lot of cloud around first thing, but it becomes gradu`lly

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brighter throughout the day. It will feel warmer in the afternoon as

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temperatures climb to 11 or 12. We have still got this easterlx wind,

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but we change the wind direction at the weekend and it will become

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warmer. Hello, as winter becomes spring the

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atmosphere contains more energy

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