23/02/2018 Victoria Derbyshire

Hello it's Friday, it's

9am, I'm Tina Daheley,

welcome to the programme.

When you get a prescription

and you pick up the treatment

you expect it's the right drug,

but too often it isn't

and it's costing lives.

New research suggests mistakes

could be linked to up

to 22,000 deaths in England.

We are seeing four to five deaths

every single day because of errors

in prescription or dispensing or the

monitoring of medications.

And I'll be talking to the Health

Secretary Jeremy Hunt at 9.15am.

From fighting fit, to fighting

for his life,

a mystery virus left former England

footballer Andy Cole

in need of a kidney transplant.

His nephew Alexander stepped

in and saved his life

by donating one of his.

We'll hear their story here

on the programme in the next hour.

The number of people being attacked

by acid is three times higher than

in 2013, we will hear from two

survivors who tell us what impact

the attacks have had on them. And a

care home for the elderly has been

holding pole dancing displays for

its residents. And despite criticism

from some, it has said it will

consider holding more. And so we

shall be speaking with a couple of

pole dancers.

Hello, welcome to the programme,

we're live until 11am this morning.

In a few minutes' time,

we're going to be talking

about organ donation with the former

England footballer Andy Cole.

Andy's life was saved

when his nephew gave him his kidney.

Today, MPs are debating a new Bill

which would introduce an opt-out

organ donor system in England,

where people are registered

as a potential donor

unless they state otherwise.

So what do you think?

We'd like to hear from you if you've

benefited from an organ donation,

or maybe you're a donor or on the

organ transplant waiting list.

Do get in touch on this

all the stories we're talking

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Our top story today,

mistakes in giving medicine out,

the wrong pills or the wrong dose,

are costing lives in England.

GPs, pharmacists, hospitals and care

homes may be making millions

of errors a year according

to a new study

and could be a factor

in more than 22,000 deaths.

The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt

says this level of harm is appalling

and he's going to act.

The report covers mistakes

made in the prescribing,

dispensing and administering

of medication in England.

These could involve

GPs, pharmacists, care

homes and hospitals.

The research is one of the first

exercises of its kind.

It found that medication errors

could cause around 1,700 deaths

per year and perhaps contribute

to up to 22,000 deaths.

The cost to the NHS could be around

£1.6 billion a year.

It does note that the vast majority

of prescriptions dispensed

on the NHS are safe and mistakes do

occur in all health care systems.

The Health and Social Care Secretary

Jeremy Hunt said it was a far bigger

problem globally than has so far

been recognised, causing appalling

levels of harm and death.

Plans to tackle the problem include

introducing electronic prescribing

systems in hospitals designed

to cut mistakes.

The National Pharmacy Association

said it welcomed the focus

on reducing medication errors,

but that a culture of learning,

rather than blame, was needed.

Hugh Pym, BBC News.

A short while ago we spoke with

Jeremy Hunt, near is what he has had

to say.

Twin four and five people

die every single day because of

these errors, so what are we doing?

We know that if we move to

electronic prescribing systems

rather than paper-based systems that

we still have, then you can

eliminate around half of errors.

My full interview with him

is after the news headlines.

Get in touch, have you or somebody

in your family been wrongly

prescribed medication, what impact

has it had?

Unarmed officer who was at a Florida

school when 17 people were killed

has failed to intervene in the

incident and has resigned

subsequently. He remained outside of

the building and did not confront

the gunmen, it is not yet known if

criminal charges will be brought. --

An armed officer who was at the

Florida school, where 17 people were

killed, has resigned after it

emerged he failed to intervene. .

Scot Peterson was facing suspension

after an investigation revealed he

remained outside the building and

did not confront the gunman. It's

not yet known whether criminal

charges will be brought.

I saw a

deputy arrived at the west side of

building 12 and take up a position

and he never went in.

Was he there

when the shooter was still inside

the building?

Yes he was, he did not

go in, what he should have done was

going, address the killer, kill the

killer.

Detectives investigating two murders

in Camden earlier this week have

arrested an 18-year-old man.

He was arrested in Camden

on suspicion of two counts

of murder and one count

of grievous bodily harm.

The police say both murders

are being treated as linked,

and are appealing for information

Two people are still being

questioned after a suspected

hit-and-run in Coventry, which

killed two young brothers. A man in

his 50s, and a woman in her 40s,

were arrested on suspicion of

causing death by dangerous driving

and drink-driving. A two-year-old

boy was pronounced dead shortly

after the incident - the death of

his six-year-old brother was

confirmed a couple of hours later.

A fourth British tourist has died

of injuries he suffered

in a helicopter crash

in the Grand Canyon

nearly a fortnight ago.

Jonathan Udall, who was in his

30s and from Brighton,

was on honeymoon with his wife,

Ellie Milward when

the accident happened.

His family has been

told of his death.

Adina Campbell reports.

Jon Udall and Ellie Milward

were on their honeymoon.

She has now been left

with critical injuries,

while her friends' online post,

announcing Mr Udall's death,

described him as strong and brave.

The Eurocopter EC130 crashed as it

came into land in Arizona's remote

Quartermaster Canyon.

Witnesses say it spun around twice

before hitting the ground and then

bursting into flames.

Police say bad weather meant

it was more than eight hours before

the survivors could be

flown to hospital.

Stuart Hill, on the left,

is pictured here along

with his brother Jason,

who also died at the scene.

Their parents say the brothers

shared an incredible bond

and would be deeply missed.

Jennifer Barham remains

in a critical condition

in hospital in Las Vegas,

as does the pilot, Scott Booth.

Experts say possible causes

of the crash include a faulty tail

rotor and gusty winds.

But it may take many

months to determine why

the helicopter came down

with such terrible consequences.

Adina Campbell, BBC News.

Theresa May is understood to have

agreed with senior ministers,

a position on Britain's future

relationship with the EU

during talks at Chequers yesterday.

Downing Street has given few details

but some of those present have

suggested that everyone was happy

with the outcome.

One told the BBC that "there has

been an outbreak of unity for now".

Number Ten says the Prime Minister

will set out "the way forward" next

week after a discussion by the full

Cabinet.

EU leaders are meeting today to

discuss life after Brexit, reporter

Adam Fleming is in Brussels. What

can you tell us about the away day

and what is happening?

So this is a

meeting of the 27 remaining EU

leaders here in Brussels, Brexit is

not the theme chin but it is the

background music, they will be

talking about life after Brexit, as

you said, lots of technical things,

what do you do with the seats that

members of the European Parliament

have that they will no longer need,

some will be spread around other

countries, some left in reserve,

what do you do about hiring a

replacement for the president of the

European Commission, Jean-Claude

Juncker, whose term of office ends

just after Brexit happens next year,

coincidentally. The real big one,

how do you fill the Brexit sized

hole that will appear in the

multi-annual budget of the EU from

2021 onwards, they reckon it is £13

billion and there will be months and

months of arguments about that, do

you raise new money? Find new ways?

Ask countries that pay into the

budget to pay more? They are not

happy about that. Ask countries who

receive money from the budget to

receive less, they are not happy

about that. There will be a brief

update from the president of the

European Council, Donald Tusk, who

chairs these meetings, about the

next thinking about the next phase,

which will be about trade and the

future relationship, which will not

really get started until the next

time these guys meet, which will be

the end of next month.

MPs will debate a bill later

which would introduce a national

"opt-out" system for organ

donation in England.

A private member's bill presented

by Labour MP Geoffrey Robinson

would mean people who did not

want to donate their organs

would have to opt out.

The Bill would need cross

party support to have any

chance of progressing.

The way we eat and drink is almost

as much of a factor in tooth

erosion as what we consume,

according to new research.

Scientists at King's College London

found acidic food and drink

can wear teeth down,

especially if people

snack continually.

Our health correspondent,

Catherine Burns reports.

Sipping, swilling, and nibbling,

researchers think one in six of us

have habits like this,

and they are bad

news for your teeth.

When it comes to dentist visits,

the main worries tend to be

fillings or gum disease,

but this report says

we should also be thinking

about erosive tooth wear.

It is when acid eats away

at the teeth, making them

chip or get shorter.

If you tend to play with things

in your mouth, or you if you tend

to chop pieces of fruit up slowly

and nibble on them over a few

minutes as opposed to just eating

them as a whole fruit,

if you're doing these behaviours

on a daily basis for years

and years and years,

you can cause serious

damage to your teeth,

and that serious damage can mean

that your whole mouth

needs to be rebuilt.

Treatment takes an average

of more than 20 months

at a cost of £4500 on the NHS

and almost £14,000 privately.

Prevention is key.

One part of that is cutting back

on acidic food and drinks.

Some of the healthy choices we make

might be good for us overall,

but they can erode your teeth.

This report mentions adding a slice

of lemon or lime to your water,

sugar-free soft drinks,

drinking fruit teas,

and snacking on fruit.

Take these grapes, for example.

If you were to eat ten or 20

of them in one sitting,

that would be one acid attack

on your teeth.

If you were to eat the same amount

over a longer period of time,

that would be a sustained attack.

The advice is to be aware of overall

eating patterns and to consider

snacks that are less acidic

and higher in calcium.

Catherine Burns, BBC News.

More and 9:30am. Do get in touch

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Big day for men's curling, will you

be watching?

Hopefully everyone will

be watching on BBC Two, Big Mac

shone horizon for the women's

curlers, that is after the men went

out, British Vogue is carried into

the business end of the competition,

taking on Sweden in a couple of

hours' time, in the semifinals,

victory would guarantee themselves

or gold. Eve Muirhead and her team

should be confident after knocking

out the defending champions, Canada,

in the last match. Things will not

be easy against the Swedish, they

have already beaten Great Britain

earlier in the around robin phase.

If the British do win, that will be

one better than the bronze medal

they won in the Sochi games four

years ago. Fingers crossed.

I will try to catch it, 11, that is

just when I finish. How significant

is this first gold medal for an

athlete from Russia?

Extremist

significant, piece of history.

Yesterday we were talking about one

of their athletes handing back a

medal after being found guilty of

doping and today, it's the complete

opposite, a stunning gold in the

women's singles figure skating for

the 15-year-old Alina Zagitova, who

had a world record score in her

short programme before an impeccable

routine in the free dance here. Her

training partner, the Two-time

reigning world champion Yevgenia

Medvedeva clearly upset with her

silver medal, she was the favourite

going into it, but a fantastic

moment for the 15-year-old, and

as I say, slice of Olympic history

for her. And so you'd expect her to

lead out the Olympic Athletes from

Russia in the closing ceremony at

the weekend but what flag would she

be carrying? Well there is

speculation that a meeting between

the International Olympic Committee

president Thomas Bach and an aide of

the Russian President Vladimir

Putin, involved discussions over

lifting the Olympic ban on the

country in time for the ceremony. T

may also, be of no coincidence that

the Russians have now paid a fine of

nearly 11 million pounds, as part of

their punishment. That would upset

many of the sporting bodies at the

games though with the question being

why not wait until Monday? -- £11

million.

Celtic are out of Europe, what went

wrong?

Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers

claimed his team needed

to have more courage.

But his young side will learn

from the experience.

They crashed out of the Europa

League after a 3-1 aggregate defeat

against Zenit St Petersburg.

Celtic had led 1-0

from the first leg,

but conceded three goals

in a disappointing performance.

They had 67% of possession

but clearly lacked a cutting edge,

with Rodgers saying his team needed

to show more bravery to play more

positively going forward.

The Arsenal survived a scare in the

last 32 tie, it is now six years in

a row they have lost the home leg of

their European tie, they went 2-0

down to their Swedish opponents,

Ostersunds, banks to a 3-0 first leg

lead and this goal from Sayed

Kolasinac, they went through, 4-2,

and Arsene Wenger hoping to avoid a

difficult draw for the last 16, that

will be taking place at midday.

Too many mistakes and too many lives

lost, and it's got to stop.

That's what the Health

Secretary, Jeremy Hunt,

has told this programme.

He's concerned about the findings

of new research showing that GPs,

pharmacists, hospitals and care

homes in England may be making

millions of errors a year,

and could be a factor in more

than 22,000 deaths.

Mr Hunt told me this level

of harm is appalling,

and he's going to act.

We are doing a lot of things but it

is

We are doing a lot of things but it

is important to reassure your view

is that this report shows that error

rates are not higher in the UK then

the US and other countries...

One in

five when it comes to prescriptions

is too high?

Far too high and

between four and five people die

every day because of these errors.

So what are we doing to sort this

out? We know that if you move to

electronic prescribing systems

rather than paper-based systems that

we still have in many hospitals, you

can eliminate around half of errors.

How far are you with that?

Today we

are announcing around an extra £75

million to help hospitals, but they

create projects, so for example if

you try to give a drug to a pregnant

woman that could damage the foetus,

then you will get a contraindication

when you try to do that.

That means

75% of hospitals at the moment do

not have an electronic process in

place?

That is right and that is

what we want to put in place and

over the next five years we want all

hospitals to move to

that. He Bube talk to doctors,

pharmacists, nurses on the front

line, they have another wobbly, and

that is that the culture is wrong,

that if they make a mistake when

prescribing medicine, if they forget

to bring down someone's dosage and

they admitted, they could get fired

all suffer criminal prosecution or

something like that so the other

thing we need to do is get the

culture right to recognise that

there are going to be ordinary human

errors and we need to support

people...

But they are just words,

in a way, in a sense, having this

conversation today, the focus being

on how many mistakes are being made

by GPs, in care homes, in hospitals,

could only serve to increase blame

culture?

Not at all, what we are

doing today is not just words, we

are decriminalising dispensing

errors by pharmacists, which I think

is something pharmacists have long

thought creates the wrong culture.

So you are changing the law so if a

pharmacist says, I made a mistake,

they will not be prosecuted?

Provided it is a sensible mistake,

no room for gross negligence, but

the kinds of human errors we

typically see in the situation so we

are changing the law and we want to

look at more generally how we move

in the NHS from a blame culture to a

learning culture.

Let me bring it

one of our viewers' questions, this

is from Louise, my Nan was overdosed

on heard usual medication when

admitted into hospital last week due

to an ever by a pharmacist, what can

you do to ensure this does not

happen in future and hold people

accountable for these very serious

actions?

Two things come first...

Not prosecute them?

We need to make

sure we learn from those mistakes

because they happen far too often

and at the moment very often we are

not because people are worried about

the consequences if they are open

about them so that is the first

thing we are doing. The second thing

is we are employing 2000 pharmacists

to work in GP surgeries because I

don't know if it was the case in

that particular story but very often

these problems happen with older

people with dementia who are on a

cocktail of drugs which sometimes

don't work well together, and what

you need to do is get an experienced

pharmacist to look at these

combinations of drugs and say, we

need to take you off those two drugs

because we think they could conflict

with some of the others you are

taking.

What would you say in

Louise's Ks?

You are right, it is a

terrible problem, much more

widespread than we thought, but the

World Health Organization said today

that the NHS is taking the lead in

trying to tackle these problems, and

we certainly want to halve the

number of medication errors over the

next five years and hopefully avoid

a repeat of the stories.

Changing

the culture is one thing, that is

progressive, but isn't the real

issue fundamentally about the NHS

being understaffed and under

resourced?

There are

real staffing pressures in the NHS,

for sure, because of the pressure of

an ageing population, but today's

report is clear that levels of

medication are no higher in the NHS

and other European countries, so it

is about...

Saying, it is not just

us, this is other countries as well,

it is not reassuring to people in

this country.

But it answers the

question of whether it is about NHS

staffing levels. I don't for a

second suggest there are not

staffing issues and we are

increasing the number of doctors and

nurses and training places and so

on, but I think it is also having

systems in place that when people

are busy you have got checks and

balances that can stop those

mistakes being made.

This programme

has been exposing the problem with

joiner or mesh implant over the last

year, you announced a review into

them, would you like to see them

banned completely?

No, I have taken

independent advice from the Chief

Medical Officer who has looked at

all of the evidence and no European

country has banned mesh because

there are women for whom it is a

lifeline, incredibly important...

But there are also women crippled by

its use, unable to walk and to have

sex?

That is why we have to have

processes in place to use it

inappropriate situations and that is

what this review is going to look

at, but we don't want to ban it

altogether because we know there are

other women who benefited hugely

from mesh and not just women but

also something that men can benefit

from in certain situations as well.

And a quick word on Brexit, were you

at the away day and how did it go?

I

was not there but the findings will

be brought back to the Cabinet on

Tuesday when we will have a

discussion.

What was your sense of

it, didn't go well?

My senses would

it -- my sense is it was a good

discussion and there are industries

and supply chain across continents

but it must always be on a voluntary

basis and we must have control of

our own laws.

After ten o'clock this

morning we will speak to the

grandmother I mentioned to Jeremy

Hunt, Health Secretary, who say she

was overdosed on her usual

medication when she was admitted

into hospital last week.

Former England footballer Andy Cole

had an illustrious career

playing for top teams such

as Manchester United

and Newcastle United and he remains

the Premier League's third

all-time top scorer.

But in 2015, at the age of 43,

Andy fell ill with a mystery virus

that attacked his kidneys

and left him needing a transplant.

His 29-year-old nephew

Alexander Palmer stepped

in and saved Andy's life

by donating his kidney.

The two have now recovered

but are raising awareness

of the importance of organ donation.

A private members bill today

will consider whether England should

adopt the opt-out organ donation

system that's already

in place in Wales.

I'm pleased to say Andy and his

nephew Alexander are with me now.

Good to see you both, thank you for

coming in. My first question is, how

are you?

A lot better than I was a

year ago, two years ago.

Take me

back to that time, ex-footballer,

fit, healthy, on holiday in Vietnam

in 2015, what happened?

I was having

a very nice time, got back to

Manchester, didn't feel particularly

well. Over three or four days, I

finally decided to go into hospital

with quite a bit of persuasion.

What

were your symptoms?

I was getting a

lot of water retention, a bit of

weight, growing and growing every

single day, so with a bit of

persuasion in the end I went into

the hospital and my consultant at

the time, still my consultant now,

basically explained to me what the

situation was and how bad it was at

the time.

What was the situation? As

they explained it to you at that

time? Because this is a pretty rare

condition?

He asked me quite a few

questions, I just remember saying to

him, I've not really got time, I

need to get home, and he was saying,

well, you won't be going home. Took

a sample of my kidney, a biopsy, and

started to explain what he thought

it was and if I had had other

symptoms which could be a kidney

problem and as soon as he said that,

every single symptom there was, and

he explained, that is one of the

reasons you will not be going home

for a little bit.

You have already

mentioned the bloating, putting on

weight, what with the other

symptoms?

Uncontrollable pick-ups,

things like that, itching, I was

itching like I had fleas, that was

basically the toxins in my body --

uncontrollable hiccups. When you're

kidney does not work, the toxins

cannot be flushed out.

You say you

had to be persuaded to see somebody,

why? They sound like a pretty bad

symptoms to me!

I am a man, and I

think as a man we feel like we don't

need to go to hospital, doctors,

whatever. When you become ill, if

you believe you become vulnerable,

and you don't want to...

Admit there

is anything wrong?

People say, man

of, get wrong with it, that is

exactly what I did. Would I do it

differently now? Yes. But at that

time it was like, no, I'm not going

to do it, I will take a couple of

paracetamol and in the morning I

will be good to go.

And, Alex, your

nephew, it is fair to say he is the

reason you are sitting here now?

Yes, he is. I am forever indebted to

him, he knows that. I appreciate

everything he has done for me and

what he has gone through, the pain

he has gone through, to see me

recover than Alex did at the time

because I remember when I left

hospital I left him in the hospital.

I remember saying, if I could change

it, I would do, because I did not

want to see him in that pain, first

and foremost. Fortunately he came

round and that is why we are sitting

in front of you now.

Alex, can you

tell me about the journey, Andy's

journey from the moment he was

diagnosed to the point where you

decided to donate your own kidney?

For me it was a straightaway thing,

as soon as they told be about the

situation I said, help, I am more

than happy to help stop a no-brainer

for me.

And what was the process

like, how do you go about donating

your kidney, would you have decided

you wanted to help, what happens

next?

A lot of blood tests, I had

the test and once the test came in

and it is positive, then it is the

next stage, not a simple process but

a process that is worthwhile.

Was it

an instant decision, did you think

about it and discuss it with

anybody?

For me it was an instant

decision, I knew within my heart of

hearts that if I could help then I

would come straightaway.

How did the

conversation go when you told Andy,

your uncle, that you wanted to do

this?

He was like, no, I don't want

it, I will be OK! But after

persuasion he came round to the

idea.

What was the operation like,

for both of you?

It was hard.

For

me, it was one of those ones, you

know, even the day I went down for

the transplant, I was still trying

to convince myself I didn't need it.

I sat down with the surgeons the day

before and said, are you sure that I

could not have a couple more weeks?

They said, you have gone as far as

you can go now. Acceptance in the

whole situation has been very, very

tough. It is coming up to a year

from the transplant, I have finally

accepted that it is what it is and I

need to try and move on with things

as quick as possible.

Before that,

you were having dialysis? You sound

like you have a strong support

network around you, your nephew, you

have said that your wife was

overboard in what you were going to,

getting a donor in the first place

was down to your wife? I have got to

be honest, if she did not nag me so

much I would not have gone into

hospital, a couple of paracetamol is

and I am good to go, I was doing

that every day, so the constant

nagging finally got me to say, OK,

my old club doctor came to see me,

sent before a scam, ended up going

into the hospital to find out what

the situation was. Before you fell

ill and donated your kidney, were

you on the organ donor list, was it

something you cared about?

I will be

brutally honest, I knew nothing

about it. When you talk about

organs, it is not something I

actually thought about until me

going through what I went through,

going into the hospital and seeing

different people having whatever

problems they have, it started to

change my perspective as well.

Knowing that you can change

someone's life if you do pass away

and leave your organs to someone

else to continue their life, that

has been a big thing for me,

definitely.

This is being debated

today in Parliament, what do you

think about the opt out scheme? It

is already in place in Wales.

It is

an option, life is all about

options. Would I do it? Of course I

would do it, 100%. When my time

comes and I pass away, I would love

to do it, for sure.

Alex, what do

you think?

I would, for sure,

because it is something you don't

think about until someone falls ill

and then you do your research and

think about the big changes you can

make when you donate your organs.

A comment from Twitter, I know

people looking for receiving

transplants, I moved over to Wales

from England for university web I

have the opt-out law and I signed up

to be a donor, should someone needs

my help on bed then I am more than

happy to give life.

What would you say to people who

don't support changing the system we

have two and opt-out where consent

is given unless you opt out of it?

Naturally it is entirely up to them

that if you look at the grand scheme

of things, why not? I am not trying

to be morbid but once you pass away,

if you can help someone else

continue with their life, it could

be a young person, middle-aged

person, old person, why not? Life is

about enjoying it, if you can give

someone that opportunity,

definitely, for me.

And, Alex, a

message to people watching at home?

I would say considerate, think about

it, because you are doing a good

thing in giving somebody the

opportunity to live longer, just

give it a good thought.

Alex, Andy,

thank you so much for coming in and

sharing your experiences with us.

Still to come.

The number of people being attacked

by acid is three times

higher than in 2013.

We'll hear from two survivors

who tell us what impact

the attacks have had on them.

Our poll dancing displays in a care

home an appropriate way to entertain

elderly residents? -- are pole

dancing.

mistakes in giving medicine out,

the wrong pills or the wrong dose,

are costing lives in England.

GPs, pharmacists, hospitals and care

homes may be making millions

of errors a year according

to a new study

and could be a factor

in more than 22,000 deaths.

Jeremy Hunt says that the government

is investing in police systems which

could help event mistakes. -- A

study has found that mistakes made

in the medication given to patients

in England could be the cause of

seventeen-hundred deaths a year, and

could contribute to thousands more.

-- 1700 deaths a year. The report,

commissioned by the government said

the number of drug errors totals 237

million cases a year. The Health and

Social Care Secretary, Jeremy Hunt,

said the government is investing in

computer systems that would help

prevent mistakes. An armed officer

who was at the Florida school, where

17 people were killed, has resigned

after it emerged he failed to

intervene. Scot Peterson was facing

suspension after an investigation

revealed he remained outside the

building and did not confront the

gunman. It's not yet known whether

criminal charges will be brought.

A fourth British tourist has died of

injuries he suffered in a helicopter

crash in the Grand Canyon nearly a

fortnight ago. Jonathan Udall, who

was in his 30s and from Brighton,

was on honeymoon with his wife,

Ellie Milward. She and another

British woman, as well as the

helicopter's pilot, remain in a

critical condition in hospital.

Detectives investigating two murders

in Camden earlier this week have

arrested an 18-year-old man. He was

arrested in Camden on suspicion of

two counts of murder and one count

of grievous bodily harm. The police

say both murders are being treated

as linked, and are appealing for

information. Theresa May is

understood to have agreed with

senior ministers, a position on

Britain's future relationship with

the EU during talks at Chequers

yesterday. Downing Street has given

few details but some of those

present have suggested that everyone

was happy with the outcome. The

Environment Secretary, Michael Gove,

said there was a "very, very good

atmosphere". Number Ten says the

Prime Minister will set out "the way

forward" next week after a

discussion by the full Cabinet.

Sipping acidic drinks such as fruit

teas and flavoured water can wear

away teeth and damage the enamel. A

team at King's College London found

that drinking them between meals and

savouring them for too long

increased the risk of tooth erosion

from acid. The research found the

problem was increasing as people

snacked more.

Team GB's women face Sweden in the

semifinals of the curling at the

Olympics, after beating the

defending champions Canada, in their

last match, Britain will be

confident, but face a team that has

beaten them once already in

Pyeongchang. The winner will take

home at least a silver medal. There

was an historic moment in the

Women's singles figure skating as

15-year-old Alina Zagitova won the

first gold for the Olympic Athlete

from Russia. Celtic went out of

Europe after losing 3-1 on aggregate

to Zenit St Petersburg. But Arsenal

are in the draw later today despite

losing at home to Ostersund FC of

Sweden - a 2-1 defeat but a 4-2

aggregate win.

A growing number of people

are being attacked by acid.

New figures - obtained by 5 live

investigates show there were 646

acid attacks in England and Wales

last year, over three times

higher than in 2013.

The majority of these attacks

were in London, followed

by Greater Manchester and Essex.

Along with 5 live Investigates,

we brought together two

acid attack survivors -

with very different stories -

to talk about the impact

the attacks have had -

and are still having -

on their lives...

In 2014, my ex paid someone to chuck

acid over me.

I was a victim of acid

attack last year. Someone threw acid

at my face on the street while I was

riding my mopeds.

I was attacked

three and a half years ago, almost

four, August, 2014, my ex-partner

paid someone to chuck acid on me

while I was on the way to work,

8:30am. This guy came towards me,

shaking a bottle. He looked me in

the eyes and gave me this look and

that is when he threw the acid. Half

a head of hair, my right ear, all my

right side. My first thing was, my

God, he has chuck water over me, and

seconds later, it was burning, and

it felt like I was melting.

I was delivering food, I was a food

delivery man, I was finishing my

work, trying to go home, I stopped

at the traffic light. I felt water

on the helmet, I saw two boys with

masks on. I left my bike on the

street. I felt burning on my face.

One of the ladies passing by, she

asked me what happened. When she saw

me lying down on the pavement. I was

crying like a baby. I have never

cried like that. The police arrived

and put water on me.

Where is it

hurting? Are you all right? Where is

it hurting, mate? Keep your eyes

open.

Yeah, I kept crying for water

as well, that was the initial thing,

feeling burning. Someone running out

of the house with a bucket of water,

and I remember smoking, and for me,

that started the reaction again, it

was all over me. Looked down... It

was all burned, it was everywhere, I

can still smell that smell now, it

is a smell that I cannot describe.

If I did not have that water over

me, I would have been blind, that

water was a blessing.

It was burning

on my chest. There was a pain all

over my body. I had to sleep all day

as well.

I was in hospital for six

weeks. I had skin grafts, they took

it from my thigh, all the

operations. My right hand, my right

arm, right side of my head, this

hair is fake. I lost my ear and

minor. And then my chest. -- I lost

my ear and my neck. I realised it

was my ex, the key person that

planned it, I vowed that he would

never win, and that was the fight

that I wanted to fight back at full

I remember the first time I ever

cried... Everyone was crying around

me, but I thought, this is how

Anthony wants me, so from that

point, why was like, I'm not going

to do what he wants. He wanted me

not to go out so I went out, I am a

tacky how I was before, I did not

want what he had done to affect my

life. He had affected it enough

already.

Your one is different

issues, my scarring is, I'm not

able... I am not able to go

anywhere, I am scared, it is

psychological. Weekends, I would

spend time with my friends, chill

out. I don't know why I cannot meet

them now, but I do not feel safe. If

anyone comes to my house, I am

happy, but I do not feel like it is

safe for me to go back to work.

For

me, it is the effects of my family,

my dad is a broken man, he is the

person I can see has changed the

most, I am his little girl, he was

away at the time, it was so hard

because my family were struggling.

And I did not know how to deal with

that, for me, it was like, why are

you crying, are you... What have you

got to cry about. Took me a while to

think about how they must be

feeling.

I did not go back to work until last

April, it has had three years, it

took me that long to feel that I was

ready to go back into society. I

needed to get back to work, it made

me feel so much better getting

bacteria allergy. My ex-partner got

life, minimum 13 years, he had seven

convictions. -- it made me feel so

much better getting back to life. My

attacker got seven years, he was out

last May, I don't think that is

justice, he is the one who scarred

me for life, I think he should have

got a lot longer than two years. I

am still here, no ear, half a head

of hair, whereas he is starting his

new life.

Exactly. My attacker is

15. I have a sympathy for his age,

but I think he is responsible for

what he done. I want him to be in

jail... He should get a long

sentence for that. A tougher

sentence.

He is probably oblivious

to the effects and how severe acid

is. There is no education... Robbie

was not educated enough to know the

severity of it.

Why do they have to

do acid, they have got a lot of

options, why do they have to do

this?

I think it is so easy, rather

than with a knife, with a gun, with

any weapon, you have got to hide it.

Liquid in a bottle... A bit of acid

goes on your face, you are scarred,

that second. It is severe. I have my

scars, I have lost my ear, the side

of my head, but I feel like it could

have been worse, I could have been

blind. You cannot live your life

based on what they have done. I

could spend all my time hating the

fact that he got for but where would

it get me, that sentence will be

what he done anyway. For yourself,

obviously, when you have the

sentence coming up, if it is not

something you are not happy with,

don't let it affect you more than it

should, it has already affected you

enough.

Obviously, we can go to the

camera, we can speak out, but there

is a lot of victims that cannot show

their face now. As a community, as a

society, we will have the

responsibility. We should speak out

about it.

And you can hear much more on that

story on the BBC Radio 5 live

Investigates programme

at 11 on Sunday

We will also be discussing further

what should be done to tackle acid

attacks after 10am this morning. A

couple of your comments before we

move on, on prescriptions, this

e-mail, two weeks ago we had a

letter from the local GP surgery

advising they were no longer issuing

electronic prescription, now we have

to take a trip every two weeks to

the surgery because prescriptions

now take seven days with a GP and

four days with a chemist. Call this

progress? And John has said, even

correct or electronic prescribing

will not sort out basic errors in

actually giving medication to

patients, my wife was recently in

hospital and my daughter and I, both

medically trained, had to check drug

charts every day, to make sure

medication had been administered.

One important medication was omitted

for an entire day because they had

run out and needed to order more.

Keep your messages coming in.

It's a crisis that began six months

ago and is now regarded

as the fastest growing humanitarian

disaster in the world.

Hundreds of thousands

of Rohingya Muslims -

most of them children -

have been forced from their homes

fleeing violence at the hands

of the Myanmar military.

According to aid organisation

Unicef, there are now an estimated

720,000 children in the camps

of southern Bangladesh

and Myanmar's Rakhine state.

With the cyclone season approaching,

the potential for yet more suffering

is great and Unicef are warning

the fragile camps on which the

children depend could be swept away.

In a moment we'll hear from two

people working with refugees

on the ground in those camps,

but first here's a look at the story

of Mohammed Faisal -

a Bangladeshi boy who fled his home

when his village was

burned to the ground.

This video was filmed

and given to us by Unicef,

and just a warning you might find

some of the details upsetting.

Let's talk now to Tun Khin,

who fled Myanmar when he was 17

and now campaigns on behalf

of his fellow Rohingyas.

Thank you for coming in. Why did you

have to leave?

I left when my age

was 17 and I have suffered these

things, even though my grandfather

was a member of Parliament, I was

not recognised as a citizen of

Burma. For me, I have faced

restriction of movement and I have

seen my friends who are not allowed

to go to university myself in Burma,

and Rohingyas, if we want to get

married we need to get a pass and

many of my friends...

This is

because you are Muslim?

It is

ethnic, religious and political

prosecution, quite a big issue, they

do not want to see Rangers in Burma.

They are systematically destroying

the Rohingya community as a

genocide, it has been a long-time

planned, so we have seen only six

months ago mass exodus and mass

killings, but going on since 1978,

so 40 years right now, this is going

on a long-term, we have seen

refugees 1991, 1992, 1978 we have

seen the 2016...

So why do you

think, you are telling me that you

have experienced what people are

going through now, the same sort of

persecution. What do you think about

what is happening now, the fact that

the world is talking about what is

happening, things have escalated in

the last six months and we have

hundreds of thousands of children in

these camps?

This is long-time

planned but first they strip our

ethnic breads, then our citizenship

rights, they impose restriction of

movement and then when the

government came to power there was

more anti-Rohingya campaign in cited

in Burma and military getting an

opportunity to eliminate and wipe

out the population. They are trying

to get mass killings and finally we

had only one thing, they were taking

away our land, they burned our

villages, massive atrocities taking

place there and military committed

in the Rohingya community but...

We

can speak to somebody who is there.

Benjamin Steinlechner

from Unicef, who's joining us

from his hotel half-an-hour

from a huge refugee camp.

Thank you for joining us this

morning. Can you give us a sense of

what it is like there at the moment?

It somewhat feels like the calm

before the storm in the camp now.

Lots of our response efforts work

very well, we have installed

latrines, we are able to help the

refugees with medical supplies,

medical services, and nutrition

services for the babies, basic

education and child protection

services. However, there is the

cyclone monsoon season looming and

the camp, which is terribly fast, is

built on the grounds of a former

Forest which is now absolutely

deprived of the forest and without

any routes because people have used

them for firewood. With the rain

coming in there are huge risks of

floods and people getting flooded,

and of diseases spreading in the

camps.

Can you mitigate for any of

those things, knowing that cyclone

season is approaching, what can you

do?

So, we have already started

implementing the wells, finding out

where we could move some people who

are at very high risk of getting

flooded and we make sure some of the

major facilities that are important

life-saving facilities are moved to

higher places that people have easy

access to them.

Can you tell me

about some of the children you are

helping and working with? What is

the sense in the camp, do people

feel like things are getting worse,

that things are improving?

Things

have definitely improved for the

children. When they first came

during the biggest influx in August,

you could see them draw images of

horrific scenes, soldiers shooting

people, men hanging from trees,

blood everywhere. Now you see

children are drawing peaceful scenes

of flowers and peaceful landscapes,

so you can definitely see a change

there.

What are the diseases that

you are dealing with, what are

people most vulnerable to? Teams

from the UK were sent out before

Christmas to deal with an outbreak

of diphtheria in the camps.

That is

very true and luckily that has been

pretty much contained because of the

effort of the combined effort of aid

agencies there. We are still

fighting malnutrition in the camps,

many children are still malnourished

but we are helping them through our

malnutrition centres giving them

highly nutritious peanut paste to

get them back to a healthy state.

You have been there for three months

working on the ground with people

trying to help them. In terms of the

international effort, what more

could the global community be doing

to help?

Our efforts need to be

stepped up. As I mentioned, with the

monsoon coming in, it does feel like

the calm before the storm and this

is an underfunded crisis and we need

more help from around the world to

respond to the imminent needs of the

Rohingya people here.

OK, then, for

now, thank you. Tun, I want to come

back to you, do you have family

living there at the moment, do you

speak to people?

I have some

relatives in Northern Rakhine state

facing starvation, threatened by

military and security forces and

even yesterday some houses burned

down, some of my friends messaged

me. The military and Burmese

government is trying to get all

Rohingya out from Burma, that is

their plan, another 500 to 600,000

left only so every day they cannot

access the race though, cannot

access the fishing, they have no

right to move through markets, and

the situation is getting much, much

worse. Six months, no government has

taken any action to stop this

genocide. It is very disappointing.

What do you think the government

should be doing here, you are from

Myanmar but live in the UK, what

should the Government be doing?

The

Government must bring this

responsible who committed genocide,

military and other murderers, must

be brought to the International

criminal Court, those who are

complicit in this genocide. Also it

is important that we need to look

for a prominent solution, we also

need to call for a global arms

embargo for Burma and also the UN, a

lot of people talking about

repatriations, I was there a few

days ago in Bangladesh, I have met

recently people who fled from Burma.

The situation is still the same, so

how can you return back these

refugees when people are still

fleeing? So in Burma, Rohingyas

cannot go back without any

protection of international level,

that is UN protection, which is much

needed to save the lives of

Rohingya.

Tun, thank you for coming

in to talk to us, I am sure we will

revisit this subject again in the

future.

Let's return out into the inquiry

into lasting's Florida school

shooting, which ranks as the second

deadliest ever

at a US public school.

Now it's emerged that an armed guard

was on duty at the school

in Parkland where 17 people

were shot dead,

and did not intervene.

Scot Peterson, who has now resigned,

remained outside the building

and failed to confront the gunman.

Scot Petersen was absolutely

on-campus through this entire event.

He was armed, he was in uniform. But

what I saw was a deputy arrive at

the west side of building 12, take

up a position, and he never went in.

A care home in Dorset is facing

critism after it emerged staff hired

pole dancers as entertainment

for its elderly residents.

Pictures from the performance

show elderly residents -

both male and female,

and their families -

watching the dancers acrobatically

spin around a metal pole

in sports bras and knickers.

It's been branded 'inappropriate'

by local councillors,

who said they were 'staggered'

by the choice of entertainment.

But bosses at the home in

Christchurch defended its decision.

Let's speak now to Eleanor Spry,

who owns Pole Crazy -

some of her students took part.

With me in the studio is Sam Cane

from Pole Fit London, he's one of

the UK's top poll instructors.

Eleanor, first of all, how did this

come about?

It was a bit of fun.

Someone from the care home said to

one of my instructors, the residents

are looking for something a bit more

interesting and diverse, would you

like to come and do a performance,

and that was it, that is what we

did. It was a Sunday afternoon, just

some light-hearted entertainment.

Were you surprised they had come to

you with this request? Have you had

anything like it before?

We have

done public performances, so we have

done community fates in the area,

not specifically a care home. So I

wasn't overly surprised, sometimes

it is difficult with the logistics

of getting the poll there but there

was no, oh my goodness, what are we

doing.

What was the response from

the residents?

Loved it, four rounds

of applause. The girls love

performing and I think the residents

saw that, they saw how much they

enjoyed putting on a show for them

and they have asked us to go back,

so I can only assume that they

enjoyed it that much.

Did you get

any negativity? I know this was an

optional activity for the residents

to attend, they did not will have to

watch it, they could come along if

they wanted to.

Negativity from the

residents? From the care home beyond

that?

We will come to the outside

criticism, but no one from there?

But what do you make of criticism

from local councillors? Dorset

County Council told the Bournemouth

Echo, it is not really the sort of

entertainment would have thought

that the residents wanted all would

have encouraged.

That is more a

critic of the residents, isn't it,

that is trying to think for them.

They requested it, we performed,

that is the end of the story for me.

They have covered it with this

notion of what pole dancing is, we

have proved time and time again that

pole dancing is far more diverse and

here we are, with people who you

would assume would maybe frown upon

it or have connotations of it and

they are not, they are so

open-minded and we can learn from

those burdens.

Some, there has been

criticism of it being too sexual, do

you take that on board?

When it

comes down to it, it is very much a

fitness thing, you can do it in

different styles but this kind of

performance was fitness -based, very

acrobatic spaced, so in that respect

it is not so much sexualised, it is

more of a sport, a performance. What

do you make of the creditors and? I

can always understand where the

criticism comes from but I think it

is now reminded. People don't take

into account the progression of

where we have come with the sport

and the different level that is

taken.

We can show our viewers some

pictures of you. Do you think part

of the criticism is down to the fact

that this is an elderly audience and

that is where people, some people

are saying it is inappropriate? Do

you think they would have responded

the same if it was a group of

younger people?

They probably would

not have responded the same way, no,

but in the same way elderly people

are people as well and they can have

their own fun.

You look like you are

having fun, very agile! How common

are male pole dancers?

Very common,

lots of competitions around the

world have male categories. In my

school, Pole Fit London, male

students take up 30 to 40% of the

overall student so it is quite

common to have men.

Do you get a

range of ages?

Absolutely, a range

of ages and body types, we get

everyone coming through our doors,

so we have kids classes, classes for

people that are as old as want to

take part, there is no limit in that

respect.

Eleanor, if we can get you

back again, is Alan is still there?

Yes, I near!

Are you planning to put

on any more events like this? Could

this be a new line of work for you,

performing at care homes across the

country?!

Absolutely! Why not?!

Let's liven them up!

Moving art and

craft and gardening to one side,

pole dancing seems to be the way

forward!

Thank you both for coming to talk to

us. If the Nichols, operations

manager from the care home, told us

in a statement, our residents

requested through regular meetings

with them that we include more

modern entertainment and activities.

Dementia residents and non-dementia

residents are really enjoyed the

artistic display of musicality and

gymnastic ability, and the Showcase

received overwhelming positive

feedback from relatives. Time to get

the latest weather.

As temperatures take a significant

dip through the weekend, any

physical activity would be a good

idea!

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You may have heard about the beast

from the east, it means very cold

weather is on the way next week, in

fact, bitterly cold, when you factor

in the wind, daytime temperatures

for a time next week barely above

freezing, may feel like it is minus

and double figures with the wind

chill, and snow in the forecast for

eastern areas. That is next week.

This weekend, it is all quiet

compared with that, and lots of

sunshine this weekend, but protect

yourself against the cold wind, very

much part of the weather. Is breezy

out there, southern and western

parts in particular, some areas of

cloud particularly through the

eastern side of England, one or two

light showers. Rather cloudy. Many

places will have good breaks, cloud

allowing some of the sunshine to

come through, temperatures around

three to six Celsius, factoring in

the breeze, and feeling colder than

that. Coming through tonight, large

holes in the cloud will allow the

temperature to get away for a

widespread frost, this morning

starting at -7, rural Oxfordshire.

Tomorrow morning, some spots will be

as low as that, Northern Ireland may

stay above that, cloud and breeze

here. For many of us, cold, frosty

start to the weekend. Saturday,

sunshine to come, some cloud around,

maybe Northern Ireland, far

south-west of England, for most

places, there will be a lot of

sunshine to come, not doing anything

for the temperature, getting cold on

Sunday and into next week.

Hello it's Friday, it's 10

o'clock, I'm Tina Daheley.

Mistakes made in the medication

given to patients in England

could be the cause of 17-hundred

deaths a year.

The Health Secretary says

the government is investing

in online e-prescriptions

to prevent mistakes.

We'll be speaking to a patient

who ended up overdosing

after being given the wrong amount

of her medication.

Today we are investing money to help

hospitals progress, around only one

quarter have those systems in place

at the moment.

We'll be speaking to a patient

who ended up overdosing

after being given the wrong amount

of her medication.

From fighting fit,

to fighting for his life,

a mystery virus left former England

footballer Andy Cole in need

of a kidney transplant.

His nephew Alexander stepped

in and saved his life

by donating one of his.

Going into the hospital and seeing

all the different people having

whatever problems they had, that's

changed my perspective. Knowing you

can change someone's life, if you do

pass away, and leave organs to

someone else, I think that has been

a big thing for me, definitely.

Today, MPs will debate changing the

law so that presumed consent on

organ transplant can be made legal.

650 acid attacks last year, we will

be finding out why this crime is on

the rise. Snapchat loses £1 billion

from stock market value as one of

its most influential users, Kylie

Jenner, tweets that she no longer

uses the social media site.

A study has found that mistakes made

in the medication for patients in

England could be the cause of 1700

deaths every year and contribute to

thousands more, the report

commissioned by the government says

the number of drugs errors totalled

237 million cases every year, the

health and social care secretary

Jeremy Hunt says the government is

investing in computer system that

would help to prevent mistakes.

An armed officer who

was at a Florida school

when 17 people were killed

has failed to intervene

in the incident and has

resigned subsequently.

Scot Peterson was facing suspension

after an investigation revealed

he remained outside the building

and did not confront the gunman.

It's not yet known whether criminal

charges will be brought.

A fourth British tourist has died

of injuries he suffered

in a helicopter crash

in the Grand Canyon

nearly a fortnight ago.

Jonathan Udall, who was in his

30s and from Brighton,

was on honeymoon with his wife,

Ellie Milward when

the accident happened.

His family has been

told of his death.

Detectives investigating two murders

in Camden earlier this week have

arrested an 18-year-old man.

He was arrested in Camden

on suspicion of two counts

of murder and one count

of grievous bodily harm.

The police say both murders

are being treated as linked,

and are appealing for information

Theresa May is understood to have

agreed with senior ministers,

a position on Britain's future

relationship with the EU

during talks at Chequers yesterday.

Downing Street has given few

details but some of those

present have suggested that everyone

was happy with the outcome.

The Environment Secretary,

Michael Gove, said there

was a "very, very good atmosphere".

Number Ten says the Prime Minister

will set out "the way forward" next

week after a discussion by the full

Cabinet.

MPs will debate a bill which will

introduce a national opt out system

for organ donation in England, a

private members bill presented by

Labour MP Geoffrey Robinson will

mean that those who do not want to

donate organs will have do opt out,

the bill will need cross-party

support to have any chance of

progressing.

Sipping acidic drinks such as fruit

teas and flavoured water can wear

away teeth and damage the enamel.

A team at King's College London

found that drinking them

between meals and savouring them

for too long increased the risk

of tooth erosion from acid.

The research found the problem was

increasing as people snacked more.

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Less than one hour away from the

crucial match for Team GB's women's

curlers at the Winter Olympics. BBC

One or online, we will see Great

Britain taking on Sweden for a place

in the gold-medal match. Skipper Eve

Muirhead and the team should be

confident, knocking out the

defending champions Canada in the

last match. Things will not be easy

for them, beaten by the Swedish ones

already during the round robin

phase. If the British win, it will

be one better than the bronze they

won in the Saatchi games four years

ago. And Switzerland have already

beaten Canada to take the bronze in

the men's medal match. Canada were

the defending champions and like

their women's team miss out on any

medal at all. Another athlete

representing the Olympic Athletes

from Russia has tested positive for

a banned substance at Pyeongchang.

The Russian Bobsleigh Federation has

confirmed Nadezhda Sergeeva, who

finished 12th in the two-woman bob,

is under investigation.

But, an extremely significant

gold medal overnight,

a first for an Olympic Athlete

from Russia, a stunning gold

in the Women's singles figure

skating for the 15-year-old

Alina Zagitova, who had a world

record score in her short programme

before an impeccable routine

in the free dance here.

Her training partner,

the Two-time reigning world champion

YEvgenia Medvedeva though,

clearly upset with her silver medal

as she was the favourite

going into it but a fanstic moment

for young Zagitova

and of course a slice

of Olymnpic history for her.

In the women's ski cross overnight,

Britain's Emily Sarsfield got

through her first heat on final's

day. That was thanks in part to a

big crash for one of her opponents.

But sadly, she was knocked out in

the next race. Still, a great

achievement from Emily given she's

had no funding and worked three jobs

just to compete at an Olympics.

To

eventually get here after upsets of

multiple knee surgeries and whatever

else it might be, and working three

jobs in the summer and staff, it is

huge to be stood on the line and the

big thing is to have fun. Ski cross

is such a good sport, I hope I have

put it on the map, that is what I

wanted to do.

Emily did not make it

but there was a brilliant final, in

the ski cross as Canada continued

their dominance of the event. First

and second place for them - Kelsey

Serwa and Brittany Phelan with gold

and silver.

Away from South Korea, Celtic boss

Brendan Rodgers claimed his team

needed to have more courage but they

will learn from the experience as

they crashed out of the Europa

League after a 3-1 aggregate defeat

against Zenit St Petersburg. Celtic

had led 1-0 from the first leg, but

conceded three goals in a

disappointing performance. Despite

67% of possession on the night, they

lacked a cutting edge. With Rodgers

saying his team needed to show more

bravery to play more positively

going forward. Arsenal survived a

scare in their last 32 type, now six

years in a row they have lost the

home leg of their European tie,

going 2-0 down at home against

Swedish opposition Ostersunds.

Thanks to their 3-0 first leg lead

and that goal from Cor Kolasinac,

they went through, 4-2, on

aggregate. -- Sead

Kolasinac.

Bravo to the pole dancer

that was just on, says one viewer,

if I was in a care home I would much

rather see that then listened to an

inept musician or boring speaker who

would think that because we are old,

we must be prepared to put up with

mediocrity chosen for us.

Descriptions as well, Jeremy Hunt

has been in charge of the NHS for

almost eight years, all failings are

as a direct result of his inaction

or action, says one viewer. It fits

in with his agenda of privatisation

through the back door, suddenly the

idea will come an outside private

company to come in and address these

issues. Keep your messages come in.

Too many mistakes and

too many lives lost.

And it's got to stop.

That's what the Health

Secretary, Jeremy Hunt,

has told this programme.

He's concerned about the findings

of new research showing that GPs,

pharmacists, hospitals and care

homes in England may be making

millions of errors a year

and could be a factor in more

than 22,000 deaths.

Mr Hunt told me this level of harm

is appalling and he's going to act.

Louise Fenner-Jiggins

got in touch with us

because she says her,

Nan Shirley Wardell, was overdosed

by mistake when in hospital.

We are doing a lot of things but it

is important to reassure our

viewers, that this report is clear

that the NHS error rates are not

higher than elsewhere, than in the

US or other EU countries.

One in

five when it comes to prescriptions

is high.

Far too high, between four

and five people die every single day

because of these errors. So what are