26/02/2017 Look North (Yorkshire)


26/02/2017

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Good evening. news at 10 o'clock.

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Hospitals in Yorkshire are paying out more than ever

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on temporary health care staff, despite the introduction

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of a Government cap on how much they can spend.

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is spending three times the amount it was five years ago.

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Mealtime at Harrogate District Hospital, but is this kind of

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familiarity becoming a thing of the past?

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The trust which runs the hospital is one of many in the

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region to see an increase in spending

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Harrogate and District NHS trusts on increase in spending on

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agency staff of around 42% over five years.

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But even that was one of the smaller increases.

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Freedom of information requests submitted by the BBC

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show that some trusts have seen huge rises in temporary staff

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Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust has seen its spend

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on agency medical staff rise by 212% to more than ?19 million.

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The Mid Yorkshire trust, one of the region's biggest,

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has seen the total rise 235% to ?29 million.

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The NHS introduced caps in late 2015 not only the amount

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hospitals could spend on agency health care staff but also on the

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amount agencies were allowed to charge the NHS for

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A move welcomed by the Harrogate trust.

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We've got a real focus on recruitment of staff to

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make sure we're filling up our establishment and also we have

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less reliance on temporary and agency staff.

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But some think the cap is nothing more than a sticking plaster

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that doesn't address deeper problems within NHS staffing.

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They don't deal with the underlying issue, which is around the retention

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The only reason we have agency staff in the first place

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is because we don't have enough permanent staff.

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The NHS says agency spending has fallen in three quarters

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of hospital trusts and that that's saved ?600 million

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nationally, however as our research has shown, in Yorkshire

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the spending for many of temporary staff is still far too high.

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Police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found

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Officers were called to the property in the Quarmby Road

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The house is sealed off but it's not known at this stage whether

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Today was the deadline to apply to be the new head of York Minster's

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bell tower following a row last year.

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Bosses at the Minster sacked the team of bell ringers

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after a disagreement about how to keep staff safe.

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The row meant the bells were silent over Christmas

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for the first time in 600 years.

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Relatives have launched a campaign to try to stop the closure

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of a council-run care home in Bradford.

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at the specialist Holme View dementia unit because the authority

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But hundreds have signed a petition to keep it open.

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A bitterly cold Bradford day, leaden skies and biting winds.

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Inside Holme View care home, it's warm and comfortable,

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but this specialist dementia unit could be closed down

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It's a frightening prospect for the families of those who use it.

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Here we've got a fine home, everybody's settled,

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If there's any thought of moving,

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which none of them really are aware of, I really don't know

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To even begin to think about what might happen if the

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likes of my cousin and some of the other residents,

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our loved ones, are moved from here, the consequences

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A petition against the closure has so far

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It was set up by relatives of people in the home

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who have also started an action group to fight the plans.

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It's people out there that have also got relatives

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with dementia that would possibly be looking for care.

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22 people currently call this place home with another ten using its

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services and it's been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

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But the issue isn't its performance,

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Bradford Councillor Val Slater told us today

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that when this home was originally constructed, building specification

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standards were quite different and that to

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upgrade it now would cost a lot of money and inconvenience.

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What will actually happen to Holme View care home

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in the future will be decided on in the summer.

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Gavin McDonnell's dream of joining twin brother Jamie as a world

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The Doncaster fighter lost on points to Mexican Rey Vargas

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in his bid to land the vacant WBC super-bantamweight title.

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Victory would have delivered Britain's first simultaneous

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twin world champions, with Jamie already in possession

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Jennifer Bartrum has the weather forecast.

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We keep a fairly brisk wind as we go through

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There will be a few showers around and

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some clear spells as well and under the clear skies, the temperatures

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will be dropping down to around three or 4 degrees to take us

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Quite a few showers in the forecast for Monday.

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Some of these are going to be quite heavy.

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Expect some hail, some thunder, and over higher ground they will be

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But in between the showers, there will be

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some brighter spells where we will see the sunshine coming through

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Temperatures up to around seven or 8 degrees.

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As we go through the rest of the week,

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Some further showers on Tuesday with highs of six Celsius.

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We'll have another update at 10:20pm.

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Good evening. The fifth named storm of the season has been affecting the

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west of the UK, and it was named Ewan by the Irish meteorological

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service because that is where the impact was expected, but it has been

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quite wet for some and the wettest weather is moving northwards across

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the North of Scotland and the stronger winds go with that. Strong

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winds pushing away towards the east with showers and then further

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showers behind overnight, and some of the showers will contain some

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wintry weather. It will be quite cold for the North and west of the

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UK, 2 degrees in

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