0:00:11 > 0:00:14Good evening.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17over a 19 month period from March 2015.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20That's according to figures released to Scottish Labour,
0:00:20 > 0:00:23under Freedom of Information.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25The Scottish Government says it's allocated more than ?30 million
0:00:25 > 0:00:28to help tackle the problem.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31Our social affairs correspondent, Reevel Alderson reports.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34Doctors agree when a patient is well enough they should leave hospital.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37But sometimes it's not possible, because there is nowhere suitable
0:00:37 > 0:00:39to meet the patient's needs.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43This is bed blocking.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Very many of the people that are blocking beds in hospital,
0:00:45 > 0:00:49if you use that expression, are people affected by dementia.
0:00:49 > 0:00:56If they are very poorly, they have to go into a care home.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59If there is not a bed for them there, they have to stay
0:00:59 > 0:01:00in hospital until they die.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02The reason for there not being a care home
0:01:02 > 0:01:04bed can be financial, or it can be that the
0:01:04 > 0:01:05care homes are full.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08In the majority of cases, it is a question of organising
0:01:08 > 0:01:10finance, that is something we should do earlier.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13The Scottish Government pledged two years ago to eradicate bed blocking,
0:01:13 > 0:01:15but it is still happening, with what Scottish Labour
0:01:15 > 0:01:16calls shocking results.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20In a 19 month period, almost 700 died in hospital,
0:01:20 > 0:01:30though judged fit enough to be discharged.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41Almost a quarter of cases, were in NHS Grampian, with Lothian
0:01:41 > 0:01:41and Lanarkshire close behind.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Overall, bed blocking is reducing by 9% last year.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Labour says that is no consolation to those whose relatives died.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49This is 700 people who have lost their lives in hospital
0:01:49 > 0:01:50while waiting for a care package.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52It could be your mother, father, grandfather,
0:01:52 > 0:01:53tragic cases and tragic stories.
0:01:53 > 0:02:02I think the Scottish Government needs to wake up to the reality,
0:02:02 > 0:02:04the impact it's having on patients and families, that cuts
0:02:04 > 0:02:07are having on patients and family.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10The Scottish Government insists that patients continue to receive care
0:02:10 > 0:02:11in hospital and says that while being discharged
0:02:11 > 0:02:14is preferable, there is no evidence to link the deaths with patience
0:02:14 > 0:02:15with delays in leaving.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18We don't ignore them, they are well looked
0:02:18 > 0:02:18after in the hospital.
0:02:18 > 0:02:27The delay means that we cannot get them home or to a nursing home,
0:02:27 > 0:02:28or with a social care package.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Sometimes, that might be a more appropriate place for them to die,
0:02:31 > 0:02:34at home or in a nursing home, with family around them.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Ministers say they have given ?33 million to the NHS to tackle
0:02:37 > 0:02:41the wider problem of bed blocking.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Air accident investigators are being sent to Aberdeen,
0:02:44 > 0:02:47after the wheel of a helicopter caused damage to a helideck
0:02:47 > 0:02:48in the North Sea.
0:02:48 > 0:02:49It happened last week.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53The helicopter has since been brought ashore by boat.
0:02:53 > 0:02:58Our energy correspondent Kevin Keane explained what happened.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01Well, as you say, the incident happened on Wednesday of last week,
0:03:01 > 0:03:06on the West Franklin platform in the North Sea.
0:03:06 > 0:03:11It was in the final stages of landing, the Cessna helicopter,
0:03:11 > 0:03:14when it failed to respond to some of the inputs being issued
0:03:14 > 0:03:16to it from the pilots.
0:03:16 > 0:03:21It landed heavily on the deck itself.
0:03:21 > 0:03:27The wheels caused a few points of significant damage,
0:03:27 > 0:03:30although CHC described it as minor.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Photographs on social media taken by somebody on board the platform
0:03:33 > 0:03:41clearly show some degree of gouging in the metalwork.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44The nine people, the passengers and crew on board, none of them
0:03:44 > 0:03:47suffered any kind of injury and they were taken
0:03:47 > 0:03:49off the platform.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52The helicopter itself has been brought back here to Aberdeen
0:03:52 > 0:03:56by boat and investigators are examining it.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Neither the company nor any of the unions involved in offshore
0:03:58 > 0:04:01work have been willing to be interviewed about this today,
0:04:01 > 0:04:05but they have jointly issued a statement saying
0:04:05 > 0:04:10that the investigation is focusing on part of the tail rotor.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14That tail rotor has been the subject of some concern in other parts
0:04:14 > 0:04:16of the world in recent months.
0:04:16 > 0:04:21The group responsible for helicopter safety in Aberdeen says it has been
0:04:21 > 0:04:29assured that previous incidents bear no connection to what happened here.
0:04:29 > 0:04:39The investigations editor for the Scottish Sun newspaper has
0:04:40 > 0:04:42told a jury how acid was thrown at his face during
0:04:42 > 0:04:44an attack at his home in Glasgow.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Russell Findlay was giving evidence at the trial of William Burns
0:04:47 > 0:04:49and Alexander Porter - who deny targeting him
0:04:49 > 0:04:50in December 2015.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52From the High Court in Glasgow, John McManus reports.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54On the first day of the trial, the court heard evidence
0:04:54 > 0:04:56from Russell Findlay, the investigations editor
0:04:56 > 0:04:58for the Scottish Sun newspaper.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00He told the court he had been at home on the morning
0:05:00 > 0:05:03of the 23rd of December, 2015, when he answered his doorbell.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05The caller said they were a postman and wanted him
0:05:05 > 0:05:07to sign for a package.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10He said that when he answered the door, he felt a liquid
0:05:10 > 0:05:17on his face and then saw a bottle fly past his head.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Then he came through the door and attempted to fight me,
0:05:19 > 0:05:23I pushed back and we both exited the front door and fell
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Mr Findlay said his ten-year-old daughter, Daisy, appeared,
0:05:25 > 0:05:27and he sent her to get help from neighbours.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29He continued to grapple with the attacker.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32He told the court he said to the man, why did they send
0:05:32 > 0:05:33a fat clown like you?
0:05:33 > 0:05:43Is that all I am worth?
0:05:44 > 0:05:47He said that the assailant spat at him and said wee
0:05:47 > 0:05:48Jamie sends his regards.
0:05:48 > 0:05:57He said he had contact with one of the accused in 2006,
0:05:57 > 0:06:00but he denied a suggestion that he had asked him to come
0:06:00 > 0:06:02round to his house the night before the incident.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05I would find it beyond laughable that he would come up
0:06:05 > 0:06:06with that, he told the court.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07The trial continues.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10An all party parliamentary group on social integration is suggesting
0:06:10 > 0:06:12the UK Government should consider devolving more power over
0:06:12 > 0:06:15immigration to Scotland and other parts of the UK.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18MPs and peers in the group think a Canadian model,
0:06:18 > 0:06:22which means provincial governments are able to issue region-specific
0:06:22 > 0:06:24visas, could work here, and want ministers in London
0:06:24 > 0:06:30to consider giving Holyrood more control over immigration.
0:06:30 > 0:06:40Scots athlete Laura Muir smashed the British indoor record over 5,000
0:06:46 > 0:06:48metres in Glasgow last night.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Now Laura and her coach have their sights set on major
0:06:51 > 0:06:52championship success.
0:06:52 > 0:06:53Alasdair Lamont reports.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55No TV cameras to record the occasion, but this piece
0:06:55 > 0:06:57of history was recorded by one alert spectator.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Laura Muir, wiping 14 seconds off the British
0:06:59 > 0:07:01indoor 5,000 metre record.
0:07:01 > 0:07:02That beat Liz McColgan's time, set in 1992.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05As she reflected today, it adds to the British 1,500 metre
0:07:05 > 0:07:06record she set last year.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Being in the record books is always very special,
0:07:08 > 0:07:11especially the names I am getting them off, Dame Kelly Holmes
0:07:11 > 0:07:15and Liz McColgan, big names.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18I'm really honoured to be alongside where they were.
0:07:18 > 0:07:26I just hope I can get a few more.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28An element of doubt had emerged about whether the time she ran
0:07:28 > 0:07:29would qualify as an official record.
0:07:29 > 0:07:34Liz McColgan congratulated her fellow Scot, but did query
0:07:34 > 0:07:36whether the official criteria had been met by the race,
0:07:36 > 0:07:40in terms of the doping controls at the event and also the fact
0:07:40 > 0:07:43the other athletes in the race only ran 3,000 metres.
0:07:43 > 0:07:50British Athletics told BBC Scotland today that,
0:07:50 > 0:07:52subject to normal checks, they expected the time
0:07:52 > 0:07:53to be confirmed.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56With that in the bag, the focus is very much on turning
0:07:56 > 0:07:57record times into major medals.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59It takes time to learn to race in championships,
0:07:59 > 0:08:01to get that experience.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04So, that is why I tried putting more realistic times on.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08She was running remarkably fast times in 2013-14,
0:08:08 > 0:08:10but I recognised there was still some sort of athletic
0:08:10 > 0:08:12development, some learning to go on before you are probably
0:08:12 > 0:08:15in a position that you should be challenging for those models.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18I think that is where we have got to now.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Definitely, I think I had been unlucky in previous championships.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24The World Championships, I was placed fifth.
0:08:24 > 0:08:30That was a really big achievement for me.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Getting back into the medals.
0:08:32 > 0:08:38Diamond League success shows she can beat the best.
0:08:38 > 0:08:48Now she is ready to do that on the biggest stages.
0:08:53 > 0:08:54The distance of last year's
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Great Scottish Run is to be checked, after concerns that the
0:08:57 > 0:08:58route was too short.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00The official who measured the course says he believes
0:09:00 > 0:09:04competitors may have run a route that was shorter than
0:09:04 > 0:09:04the one he'd certified.
0:09:04 > 0:09:05Huw Williams reports.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07It is a highlight of the year for thousands of people,
0:09:07 > 0:09:10elite runners, club competitors and sweaty enthusiasts.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13They fill the city centre, their supporters line the streets,
0:09:13 > 0:09:15and good causes across Scotland benefit from all that
0:09:15 > 0:09:17sponsorship money raised.
0:09:17 > 0:09:18Last year, the added excitement of a new Scottish
0:09:18 > 0:09:21half marathon record.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25He's a record-breaker here in Glasgow today!
0:09:25 > 0:09:27An absolutely staggering run from Callum Hawkins -
0:09:27 > 0:09:31a new star is born!
0:09:31 > 0:09:38I was not expecting anything near as quick as that.
0:09:38 > 0:09:43I am just pleased I went out to win, and that's what I did.
0:09:43 > 0:09:50But now, the record could be in doubt, after the man
0:09:50 > 0:09:52who certified the distance watched BBC Scotland's coverage
0:09:52 > 0:09:54and felt that the runners were not following the route
0:09:54 > 0:09:55that he had measured.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57The questions were also raised by competitors,
0:09:57 > 0:10:00like these runners we met today training on the banks of the Clyde.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Hundreds of their GPS recorders told them that they had run less
0:10:03 > 0:10:07than the official distance of 13.1 miles.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10It is still a personal best for me regardless.
0:10:10 > 0:10:17I think that will still be true for 95% of the people who ran.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20It does not make a difference for your average runner, I don't think.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Some people are just in it to compete and have fun.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25For them it probably does not matter.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28But if you are more of a top runner, looking for a personal best,
0:10:28 > 0:10:33it will have more of an impact.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37I would be pretty annoyed, actually.
0:10:37 > 0:10:43If it is not an accurate time, I wou
0:10:43 > 0:10:46It is good you want to run your half marathon, but for me,
0:10:46 > 0:10:50it was just about finishing.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Organisers say an independent re-measuring of the course will be
0:10:52 > 0:10:55completed by the end of January.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57They say they're confident that it will be confirmed
0:10:57 > 0:10:58that it was the correct distance.
0:10:58 > 0:11:05COMMENTATOR: He deserves this!
0:11:05 > 0:11:08An official measurer is due to cycle the route later in the month.
0:11:08 > 0:11:16And then we will know if that new record can stand.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18And then we will know if that new record can stand.