:00:21. > :00:25.Good afternoon. Doctors and nurses who deliberately neglect their
:00:26. > :00:30.patients could face criminal charges and up to five years in prison under
:00:31. > :00:33.changes proposed by the Government. The new offence of wilful neglect
:00:34. > :00:37.would apply to heath workers in England. It's among a series of
:00:38. > :00:41.proposals to make staff more accountable following the scandal at
:00:42. > :00:49.Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust. Our Health Correspondent Branwen
:00:50. > :00:51.Jeffreys reports. Hundreds of patients suffered
:00:52. > :01:00.appalling neglect at Stafford Hospital. Some died needlessly. A
:01:01. > :01:06.public enquiry called for public -- fundamental change in the NHS. The
:01:07. > :01:10.Government says that that will now include a criminal offence of wilful
:01:11. > :01:16.neglect, likely only to be used in the most shocking of cases. We can
:01:17. > :01:21.be prosecuted for reckless driving or being cruel to an animal, so it
:01:22. > :01:23.is only right that wilful neglect of some of our most vulnerable
:01:24. > :01:33.patients should attract a criminal offence. Doctors and nurses can
:01:34. > :01:36.already face heavy sanctions. They can be sent to prison for criminal
:01:37. > :01:42.manslaughter by gross negligence, but not for deliberate neglect of
:01:43. > :01:44.care that might harm patients. Doctors say adding another criminal
:01:45. > :01:50.offence could lead to a culture of fear. It is worrying to think that
:01:51. > :01:52.any doctor could go to prison, but there is already legislation in
:01:53. > :01:58.place which can see doctors removed from their practice if there is any
:01:59. > :02:02.neglect of patients. What we have to think about is supporting doctors
:02:03. > :02:05.and nurses to raise concerns where they exist, and that would involve a
:02:06. > :02:11.culture shift within the organisation. Hospitals are already
:02:12. > :02:15.under renewed scrutiny. A new chief inspector of hospitals is working on
:02:16. > :02:20.a system of ratings. But the Government stopped short of some of
:02:21. > :02:23.public enquiry recommendations. Stafford Hospital is moving on from
:02:24. > :02:28.its troubled past, but the impact of the failings here are still being
:02:29. > :02:34.felt across the NHS in England. The public enquiry into patient groups
:02:35. > :02:36.has called for a change in the culture, much harder to bring about
:02:37. > :02:42.the closing gap in the law. Seven people have been arrested on
:02:43. > :02:47.suspicion of murder following the discovery of a body at the bottom of
:02:48. > :02:50.a well in the garden of a house in Surrey. A police operation is under
:02:51. > :02:57.way to recover the body. Our reporter Richard Slee is at the
:02:58. > :03:03.house in Warlingham. Specialist officers from an
:03:04. > :03:07.underwater and confined space search team have been here all day, and
:03:08. > :03:11.they are working inside the white tent which is covering the well at
:03:12. > :03:14.the end of this cul-de-sac. At the moment, the body is still down the
:03:15. > :03:18.well in the garden of a three-bedroom cottage. It is thought
:03:19. > :03:22.it has been there for about two weeks. The officer leading the
:03:23. > :03:27.investigation says that it is proving a difficult task to remove
:03:28. > :03:32.the body. The body is white. We cannot tell what gender it is at the
:03:33. > :03:39.moment, but it appears to be an adult. The well is seven feet deep
:03:40. > :03:44.with about four or five feet of water, so it will take some time to
:03:45. > :03:48.retrieve the body. Residents say that in recent years, a large number
:03:49. > :03:51.of men from Eastern Europe who work at a local car wash have been living
:03:52. > :03:56.inside the cottage. The police say that seven men have been arrested,
:03:57. > :03:58.and they are currently being questioned at a police station in
:03:59. > :04:02.south London. Richard, thank you.
:04:03. > :04:04.An RAF cargo plane carrying heavy duty vehicles and medical supplies
:04:05. > :04:07.has arrived in the Philippines as part of Britain's emergency response
:04:08. > :04:09.to Typhoon Haiyan. The C-17 transport plane delivered two
:04:10. > :04:16.mechanical diggers, two Land Rovers and a forklift truck. Britain has
:04:17. > :04:17.also pledged an extra ?30 million to help people affected by the storm,
:04:18. > :04:25.bringing the total to 50 million. Sri Lanka has rejected David
:04:26. > :04:35.Cameron's calls for an independent investigation into alleged war
:04:36. > :04:39.crimes or face a UN inquiry. Mr Cameron said the United Nations
:04:40. > :04:44.should conduct its own enquiry if Sri Lanka refused to do so. The
:04:45. > :04:47.British Prime Minister was speaking in Colombo, where he's attending the
:04:48. > :04:49.Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. Here is our political
:04:50. > :04:55.editor Nick Robinson. No one of on the planet has taken
:04:56. > :05:03.more wickets than this man, but even Murali doesn't get to bowl every day
:05:04. > :05:06.for the Prime Minister. The two men met, not because he is a world
:05:07. > :05:11.famous cricketer Tom but because he is the world's most famous Tamil, a
:05:12. > :05:15.group who allegedly face human rights abuses. His foundation works
:05:16. > :05:19.for reconciliation in this country for years after the end of a
:05:20. > :05:23.terrible Civil War. Yesterday David Cameron heard of the
:05:24. > :05:29.plight of the so-called disappeared, the thousands are unaccounted for
:05:30. > :05:32.still. Murali welcomed the Prime Minister's interest, but said he had
:05:33. > :05:37.been misled about the state of his country. Last night, Mr Cameron had
:05:38. > :05:46.what he described as a frank and clear meeting with the president of
:05:47. > :05:50.Sri Lanka. I put it to him that his face suggested that he hadn't been
:05:51. > :05:53.listened to. Not everything I said was accepted, but I sensed that they
:05:54. > :05:56.do want to make progress on these issues, and it will help by having
:05:57. > :06:03.international pressure in order to make sure that that happens. David
:06:04. > :06:07.Cameron insists that his visit here has been worthwhile, but he has
:06:08. > :06:12.heard nothing here to suggest that the Sri Lankan president has budged
:06:13. > :06:15.from his hardline position. If this country does not set up its own
:06:16. > :06:20.enquiry into war crimes, the Prime Minister now says that he will push
:06:21. > :06:28.the United Nations to do so at its human rights Council next March.
:06:29. > :06:33.One of the greatest cricketers of all time, Sachin Tendulkar, has left
:06:34. > :06:42.the pitch for the last time after his 200th Test match. He was given a
:06:43. > :06:48.huge ovation after being dismissed for 74 as India beat the West Indies
:06:49. > :06:52.in Mumbai. He made his test debut in 1989, and scored more international
:06:53. > :06:56.runs than anyone in the history of the game.
:06:57. > :07:01.The organisers of BBC's Children in Need have praised what they called
:07:02. > :07:04.the unbelievable generosity of the public after a record amount was
:07:05. > :07:07.raised for charity. More than ?31 million was raised on the night,
:07:08. > :07:14.beating last year's figure by five million.
:07:15. > :07:19.That's all for now. You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC
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