:00:00. > 3:59:59their European ones are now over. That is all from us. Don't forget
:00:00. > :00:14.Good evening. Thousands of states there's
:00:15. > :00:17.Good evening. Thousands of states workers in Jersey could be getting
:00:18. > :00:20.lower pensions payments than they expected, under plans unveiled
:00:21. > :00:23.today. The Chief Minister w`nts to change the way pensions are
:00:24. > :00:30.calculated ` and he wants workers to pay in more. Emma Chambers reports.
:00:31. > :00:33.Paying for our retirement ydars could get more expensive for people
:00:34. > :00:36.working in Jersey's public sector. With life expectancy growing, there
:00:37. > :00:40.won't be enough money in thd pension, pot so changes havd to be
:00:41. > :00:44.made to the pension scheme. The biggest move could be a movd from a
:00:45. > :00:53.final pension scheme to a c`reer average scheme. Under the proposed
:00:54. > :00:56.plan, it will be calculated over the average of the entire working life
:00:57. > :01:01.of a scheme member and that is not the only difference. Contributions
:01:02. > :01:08.each month will increase from 5 to 8% for employees. For uniformed
:01:09. > :01:20.services, it will increase to 1 .1%, as they can retire earlier. The
:01:21. > :01:23.States have increased their contributions from 13.5% to 16, and
:01:24. > :01:29.20.2%. The Chief Minister s`ys the changes are necessary as thd current
:01:30. > :01:33.scheme is outdated. If we kdpt with the current scheme, we can't afford
:01:34. > :01:36.it. The way people work is changing. There is unfairness in the current
:01:37. > :01:43.scheme. People on lower wagds are subsidising people on higher wages.
:01:44. > :01:58.It is no longer right to have this kind of option. Experts say most
:01:59. > :02:01.companies in the UK and Guernsey have already made this change. It
:02:02. > :02:05.has probably been unsustain`ble because of the amount of funds going
:02:06. > :02:09.in versus what you are getthng back. If we don't make this changd, the
:02:10. > :02:13.people in it will reach rethrement age and there will be a defhcit The
:02:14. > :02:18.change has to happen. It has got to be embraced. The unions agrde and
:02:19. > :02:21.they have worked on the plans for the past two years and will ask
:02:22. > :02:26.their members to vote on wh`t they believe is a good offer. I `m
:02:27. > :02:37.hopeful people will see the need for change. There will be some who are
:02:38. > :02:42.not keen and we still have hssues that we have to sort out within the
:02:43. > :02:45.final offer. I am hopeful pdople realise that this is quite ` good
:02:46. > :02:49.deal and the best that we c`n achieve through negotiation and I am
:02:50. > :02:51.hopeful they will vote to accept. If they accept this, this changes will
:02:52. > :03:01.come in next year. More than half of patients who went
:03:02. > :03:08.to A last year in Jersey had not had an accident and were not an
:03:09. > :03:11.emergency. In 2013, the Emergency Department at Jersey's General
:03:12. > :03:14.Hospital treated 37,554 casds, covering patients of all agds. A
:03:15. > :03:17.snapshot review found that `lmost 50% of people who attended hn one
:03:18. > :03:24.week could have been treated by a GP. Edward Sault reports. Btsy
:03:25. > :03:28.around the clock andbusy evdry day, but not everyone who turns tp here
:03:29. > :03:32.is seriously ill. Health bosses believe it is because the doctors
:03:33. > :03:36.here at the emergency department are free to see, whereas GP services
:03:37. > :03:40.have to be paid for by the patient. A third to a half can be de`lt with
:03:41. > :03:46.a general practitioner. There is an incentive for them to come here but
:03:47. > :03:49.we are trying to resolve thhs issue. The Health Minister says shd is
:03:50. > :03:56.aware of the problem and is working with GPs to find a solution. It does
:03:57. > :04:05.impact but we have to be ge`red up to take whatever comes throtgh those
:04:06. > :04:10.doors. We can't turn anybodx away. Isn't the simple answer to cut the
:04:11. > :04:23.cost of going to the GP? It is one of the things that we are looking
:04:24. > :04:26.at. The body that I represent on behalf of GPs is in discusshon with
:04:27. > :04:30.the Jersey Consumer Council and we are concerned about access. We need
:04:31. > :04:34.to make sure that if we don't see people at the right time and with
:04:35. > :04:38.the cost of the island as a whole will escalate and that would be a
:04:39. > :04:46.calamitous affair. It is not just here. In England, where seehng your
:04:47. > :04:49.doctor is free, a fifth of people there admit heading to the @
:04:50. > :04:56.department instead of seeing their own GP. In London, the NHS have
:04:57. > :04:59.launched this campaign. Each one of these yellow men is part of a
:05:00. > :05:13.message. Minor health probldms can be dealt with at the GP or `t a
:05:14. > :05:17.pharmacy. Some of the probldms that staff here say they have sedn range
:05:18. > :05:20.from islanders turning up after suffering from earache for ` day,
:05:21. > :05:23.having verrucas, , having a hangover, to simply wanting a sick
:05:24. > :05:26.note. Health bosses say even though people know it is for acciddnt and
:05:27. > :05:29.emergency, there is still a number of people turning up with
:05:30. > :05:32.non`emergency problems. Dirdctors of the former Channel Islands Stock
:05:33. > :05:36.Exchange have spoken out for the first time about allegations in a
:05:37. > :05:40.recent national magazine. Ddputy Peter Harwood had to step down as
:05:41. > :05:43.Guernsey's Chief Minister when his previous role at the companx was
:05:44. > :05:46.called into question, as he was also working for the Guernsey Financial
:05:47. > :05:48.Services Commission which w`s investigating it. In a statdment,
:05:49. > :06:05.CISX directors, including Ddputy Harwood, said:
:06:06. > :06:08.Meanwhile, Guernsey States will elect its new Chief Minister
:06:09. > :06:12.tomorrow. Deputies Allister Langlois and Jonathan Le Tocq are st`nding in
:06:13. > :06:15.the election to replace Deptty Peter Harwood in the island's most senior
:06:16. > :06:18.political role. The specially convened States meeting beghns at
:06:19. > :06:24.9:30. You can listen live on BBC Radio Guernsey ` and we'll be
:06:25. > :06:32.Join me then. But for now, here s David Braine with the weathdr.
:06:33. > :06:38.Goodnight. Good evening. Thd cloud amounts have been tricky with some
:06:39. > :06:44.of it keeping a school, and the other with temperatures rishng quite
:06:45. > :06:50.smartly. We will have a misty start tomorrow, then some sunshind, but
:06:51. > :06:53.not everywhere. Overnight tonight, we will keep a lot of cloud, and it
:06:54. > :07:00.will eventually become mistx and even for the, with seven Celsius the
:07:01. > :07:06.minimum temperature. Then it should brighten up after a great start and
:07:07. > :07:09.close to Guernsey and Alderney, we have a line of cloud that whll keep
:07:10. > :07:16.things relatively cool at 10 o'clock. Temperatures reachhng 4
:07:17. > :07:20.Celsius For St Helier. For the rest of this week it is tried, btt the
:07:21. > :07:26.cloud amounts again, tricky. Cooler on Thursday, with more cloud around
:07:27. > :07:29.on both Friday and Saturday. In a second, the full UK forecast.
:07:30. > :07:35.Thomas, good night. `` Thursday. It will brighten up as the
:07:36. > :07:41.day goes on. Here is the UK forecast.
:07:42. > :07:45.Plenty of dry weather over the next few days, especially across southern
:07:46. > :07:52.areas. That is courtesy of high-pressure, keeping the weather
:07:53. > :07:58.fronts at bay to the north-west It was cold and grey across southern
:07:59. > :08:08.areas today. Further north, lots of bustling sunshine after a cold
:08:09. > :08:13.start. The same glens of Scotland are already in Frost, you can see by
:08:14. > :08:16.the tinge of blue across Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of
:08:17. > :08:26.northern England. In towns and cities, not for of freezing. In
:08:27. > :08:27.Google areas, -5 in the glens. Low cloud developing, areas of