13/02/2017 The Papers

Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be

With me are Claire Cohen, Women's Editor of the Daily

Telegraph and broadcaster David Davies.

Good to have you both. Watford fan, United fan.

The i leads with an exclusive story about sweeping changes

to the NHS that could lead to some hospitals closing.

The Metro focuses on the death of city banker Oliver Dearlove

who was killed with a single punch on a night out.

The Telegraph says doctors are failing to prescribe women

a pill that can cut the risk of breast cancer by a third

because many doctors are unaware that it can be used

People using public transport face much higher pollution levels than

people using a car. They express claims EU bosses have a rosy

economic future despite the Brexit boat.

The new judge to replace Mary Berry on the great British bake-off will

be trollied. Most exciting news of the night. Good choice.

We will move on to the NHS. 19 NHS hospitals face closure splashed

across the front page of the i. 19 hospitals facing closure is a

shocking statistic in a range of data that the i have got here. It is

the sustainability and transformation plans for the NHS,

which we are told six out of ten people have never heard of. It is

the biggest shake-up in a generation of the NHS by March 2021 but due to

be finalised in April. Nobody has heard of it and campaigners are

questioning its legality. So patient groups haven't been consulted and

the public haven't been consulted? We don't even necessarily know what

is going on and it is hard to unpick. But the topline seems to be

19 NHS hospital closures and steering care back into the

community away from the emergency wards. And talk about virtual

doctors. In one case, potentially using libraries to see patients

within communities. Are there even any libraries left, you have to

lass? It might be a brilliant idea. The i says it is covering this on

seven pages. No one has heard of this. On the one hand, credit where

it is due, you as a newspaper person will tell me, this is an

old-fashioned scoop. No doubt about that. That is one side of it. 19

hospitals, including five major acute hospitals are marked for

closure to plug this ?22 billion black hole in funding. It may come

as a shock to people in places like St Helier, Epsom, Croydon and

Kingston, Ealing and that is just in the South before you get to the

Black Country and Bournemouth and Poole. That their hospitals are

under threat tonight. That is what we are talking about. Remodelling

the NHS in England after analysis of 44 regional plans. The heart of the

NHS is to move, if these plans were to be developed, from the hospital

closer to the patients, to the community with some notable

exceptions. More big centres, for example, something close to some

others, stroke units are going to be centralised more than they are. And

that, it is presumed, will be good news for stroke sufferers. Likewise,

we are told for other services, major trauma services. More

specialist units dealing with that one or two crucial issues. You have

all the specialisms in one place, on the face of it, it makes sense but

there has been no consultation according to the i and that is the

bizarre thing. Also the mention there will be a loss of more than

3000 jobs to create a smaller, more agile workforce. You don't have to

be a genius to suggest this will cause a row to end all rows,

politically. We wonder if the NHS can take any more. But this could be

round the corner. The Telegraph. A cancer pill being denied to half a

million women and this is because GPs don't know this pill actually

works for cancer? It is a next-door Rene -- extraordinary story. It

should be prescribed to women who have a medium to high risk of breast

cancer, those who have a family risk, half a million people but

doctors don't seem to be prescribing it. 24% of doctors, University

College London has found in its research, were aware of the guidance

but not doing it. It is a drug that could reduce the chances of breast

cancer. You take it every day for five years protection can last for

two decades. Imagine the benefits to the NHS, as well as plenty of lives.

Why aren't they prescribing it? The medical profession, the defence of

this would surely be, the medical profession, the right tablets and

the right treatment is moving on at such a pace, hang on a minute, I

might be a GP who has been working for 30 years, no wonder they are all

retiring early, or we told lots of them are. The worrying thing, in the

very first paragraph of this story it says, GPs are unaware they be

providing this drug. That is extraordinary. It is bizarre because

the story goes on to say that The Tablet is only licensed for treating

breast cancer. If they are unaware they should be prescribing it for

breast cancer patients, very confused. It is a very odd story.

Staying with the Telegraph, David, the Bank of England behind the

Co-op's sale. Apparently they don't have a deep enough war chest for bad

times and their capital fund is not deep enough. So they will flog the

place? That is the role of the Bank of England to tell us when the

banks, individual banks are in some difficulty, or might be in some

difficulty, in terms of the new capital rules that were introduced

after all the problems of 2008. But the problem with the Co-op bank,

some of us have a lot of time for it and its customers, as far as we can

see, this talk about the excellent service, the customer service they

get, is the brand, the Co-op bank brands, the perception of the Co-op

bank, suffered enormously in 2008 and various other personal events

closer to the former chairman since. And for a bank to recover its image,

it's perception is immensely hard, ask RBS. Sure, but those who are

with the Co-op, they see it as vital to why they bank with it. I

interviewed a guy this evening he was saying, look, there will be

takers out there who have the same ethical responsibilities and the

same ethos as the Co-op. If not, then sell it to the customers

themselves, which has happened before in France. I should think the

Co-op's bank 4 million customers are in fear of it being bought up by

another bank and being consumed. They are very loyal to the brand,

but they must be worried. We got the stage the first half of last year it

had ?177 million of losses. They don't have the full figures but they

are expecting significantly more and hedge fund managers and the owners

are refusing to put more money into it because they don't think it is

liable. Whoever buys it will have two strong club tens of millions

just to deepen those rainy day pockets that are needed by banks

these days. Who is going to buy it? Good question. The Guardian,

President Trump and Prime Minister Trudeau, behind-the-scenes, two

very, very different characters. Pretty much chalk and cheese, it has

to be said. But in front of the cameras, trying to find common

ground on a range of issues. An interesting meeting? Like you say,

different men and trying to be diplomatic, especially in this

picture, which you are probably aware has gone viral online and

there is lots of things appearing. I do want to take your hand, he is

about to shake his hand. He did it with a woman Prime Minister didn't

he, a few weeks ago. He did indeed. I think the New York Times said

Justin Trudeau was mentally going through the pros and cons in his

head. It was a diplomatic meeting, both treading carefully. Justin

Trudeau saying he is not going to lecture Trott, that is not his job

and that is not what the Canadian people would want him to do. --

Trump. But they have shaken hands. Perhaps they did achieve something.

One of the other papers as Ivanka Trump meeting with Justin Trudeau.

We are told the neighbouring countries, the two countries have

launched a new task force called the United States Canada Council for the

advancement of women business leaders female entrepreneurs. I got

that out! Very catchy. I should have put all those letters together.

Ivanka Trump, she is right in the heart of what is going on in that

Administration. Justin Trudeau is sat next to her on the front of the

Telegraph. The continuing problem with the Trump family, she has a

massive business. If she is part of trade initiatives, considering she

has a huge business, is there a conflict of interest? Potentially,

we are told it was her who secured the female executive members of this

new group and is at the centre of it. Potentially she could be

criticised. Huffington Post, I think we can ring this up on our monitors.

Pension rise to be despite people who are retired being better off

than working household, confirms Theresa May, David? I heard about

this story today. As a person, as I seem to rather to regularly on this

slot, on BBC News, of a certain age, successive governments, let's be

fair to the baby boomers generation... Why? Because we should

be. Because you are one of them. Successive governments have, at

last, in the past ten years reverse generations of not looking after the

elderly. Some of us would argue. I am surprised by this story the

Number Ten spokesman is confirming that Theresa May is going to keep

this triple lock. It is a manifesto commitment and it will be kept.

People must be aware, the other thing I always associate, when I

first saw this story, was about savings. You associate older people

with savings. Unless I am mistaken, savings rates for the past few years

have been horrendous. Absolutely dreadful. That is an important

point. The other point is, it is not necessarily pension is getting

richer, it is the rest of us are getting... Your age always comes up.

We are getting poorer. It is stagnant wages and the triple lock

that have affected this. Also, someone else as a certain age, just

a millennial, it is an important story. We are the first generation

who will not be wealthy. Are you angry about this? I am angry. I am

angry for you and my daughters and grandchildren. We thank the baby

boomers for their concern. Nobody is happy about this outcome. Should the

triple lock stay there? I think it will go. Whether it should, I

suspect our successes in ten or 15 years will be having the opposite

conversation. I don't think it is sustainable. On election day, you

get up and go and vote. Claire is watching Watford on telly. I hope

your generation will get out there and vote. That will have to be part

of it. It has been good having you with us looking at the stories. But

it now, don't forget you can see front pages on the BBC News website.

If you have missed the programme, you can watch it later on at your

leisure with a glass of wine on the iPlayer. Thank you to my guests and

to you for watching. Goodbye.