20/03/2014 BBC Wales Today


20/03/2014

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Good evening. Health Boards and services across Wales could be put

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into special measures under new plans to tackle serious failings in

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the NHS. The changes follow a damning report, which blamed

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mismanagement of the Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board in North Wales, for a

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catalogue of errors. The new regime will focus on detecting problems

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earlier and preventing them from getting any worse. James Williams

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reports. Betsi Cadwaladr was a Health Board

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under pressure. Financial problems, failure to plan for big hospital

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changes and an outbreak of the superbug of the C. Difficile.

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Publications relating to the book costs Janice Bosley's husband his

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wife. He had cancer, but after being admitted to hospital died eight days

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later. His widow says the number of cases of C. Difficile across North

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Wales should have raised alarm bells. I don't understand what has

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happened, why this has happened to so many people, just -- not just

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myself. 96 cases reported. Systems were in place but Brian fell through

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the cracks. New guidelines published today by the health minister aims to

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fill them. One of the health bodies under scrutiny, as we imported

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exclusively earlier this week, is the health watchdog. In a report

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tomorrow the Assembly's health committee will say failing to

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clearly define its role has undermined its authority. Today's

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guidelines are all about telling the interested parties what roles they

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should play in identifying and tackling problems in the NHS. The

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Welsh Government has worked closely with the health Inspectorate to work

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how -- to work out how we can work in partnership, to share

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information, to share intelligence and agree what action is necessary.

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So there are three levels of intervention the bodies can use in

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order to nip potential problems in the bud. Enhanced monitoring, so

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giving them a watching brief over any problems. Targeted intervention,

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working on the ground to deal with the problems. And finally in

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exceptional circumstances, special measures. That is sending in a team

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to run a particular health service or body. The first time this power

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has been introduced in the Welsh NHS. It has also been generally

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welcomed by doctors' leaders but the British Medical Association says the

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NHS needs to avoid serious problems in the first place, problems the

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Conservatives say still exist. We have seen mortality rates and death

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rates in hospitals which are higher than they should be. We have seen

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worrying aspects of NHS performance as a result of the crippling NHS

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cuts, which are being imposed by the Welsh Labour government, and we have

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to get to grips with those issues. And it is whether these guidelines,

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introduced in April, can stop these issues turning into big problems

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that will concern patients. A murder investigation has started

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tonight after the death of a 45-year- old man from Cardiff.

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Officers were called to the Grangetown area just before midnight

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and discovered the body of a man, partially submerged in the River

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Taff. A postmortem examination is continuing to find out the cause of

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death. A North Wales Police officer has

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been jailed for 18 months after being found guilty of two counts of

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indecent assault on a 14-year-old girl in 2002. PC Gary Donnelly, who

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joined the force in 2003 and is now suspended, denied the offences

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during a re-trial after a previous jury failed to reach a verdict.

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Donnelly will register as a sex offender for ten years.

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A teacher, jailed after turning his home into a cocaine laboratory, has

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been given a lifetime ban by a disciplinary panel. 49-year-old

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Macphallen Kuwale from Cardiff was jailed for three years last year,

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after being caught with around ?8,000 of the class A drug. He

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worked at Coleg Cymunedol Y Dderwen in Bridgend while running the drugs

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operation. Lung cancer rates for women in Wales

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have risen dramatically over the last four decades - while cases

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among men have fallen. The figures from Cancer Research UK show the

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majority are linked to smoking. Since 1975, the incidence of male

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lung cancer has dropped from 104 cases per 100,000 to 61. But in

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women, the number of cases has more than doubled. Lung cancer is the

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second most common cancer in the UK. Unfortunately it is the biggest

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cancer killer and at the present time we don't have a reliable

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screening test. The incidence of lung cancer is exactly mirrored

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smoking habits in the UK after the last 40 years. Men over the years

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have gradually given up smoking, but the incidence of smoking has

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increased in women. Business rates are likely to be

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devolved by the start of next year, with stamp duty and landfill tax to

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follow in 2018. The UK Government has published the Wales Bill to

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devolve financial powers to the National Assembly, including income

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tax powers, subject to a referendum. Former Olympic cycling champion

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Nicole Cooke has called on the BBC to give women's sport the same

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amount of coverage on TV as men's. It comes as millions of pounds of

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Lottery money is expected, aimed at getting more girls to take up sport.

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Here's our sports news correspondent Gareth Lewis.

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Nicole Cooke is a rare breed, one of only three Welsh women to win an

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Olympic gold medal and her passion for sport remains deep a year after

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retirement. These days she has swapped the bikes for books and a

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business degree at Cardiff University. In the United States,

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the law requires University sport to be funded equally for men and women.

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She thinks the same idea could be applied to TV coverage here. You

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could do the same, as the BBC is paid for and funded partly by the

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public, then maybe the equality could be brought in. In a statement

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the BBC said about 1000 hours of women's sport is broadcast every

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year on TV, around 20% of its coverage. In her old school in

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Bridgend, changes under way. This is the best place to hit, it makes your

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eyes water and nosebleed, I can hit him under way. This is the best

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place to hit, it makes your eyes water and nosebleed, I can fit into

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the throat for the The senior girls have been put in charge of what they

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do in PA, with a grant of ?800, and they are applying for charitable

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status to raise more funds. They have refurbished the gym and

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changing rooms but it is about more than just the money. It is all about

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innovation and thinking differently, about trying things that perhaps

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make us feel uncomfortable before. The old image of school PE is

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starting to change. There is a big drop-off after year nine. What are

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the main reasons? Low self-esteem and confidence and PE is an issue

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with girls. Also they like to have a PE lesson with their friends.

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Trousers are the main thing, when you are made to wear shorts, some

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people don't suit shorts so it is an issue. Will any of this work? TV

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coverage might be a slow burner but this school is hopeful of positive

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results in two years' time. Football - Wrexham have appointed

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Kevin Wilkin as their new manager. The 46-year-old, who's enjoyed three

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promotions in four years with Nuneaton Town, succeeds Andy

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Morrell. He's signed a two-year deal at the Racecourse.

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The Spring Equinox today, at the Racecourse.

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The Spring Equinox but not very springlike. Derek is here with the

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details. Yes, it will feel more like winter

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over the next few days as temperatures dropping. It will feel

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colder than recently, tomorrow and over the weekend. Wintry showers as

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well and watch out for some frost if you are a gardener. Dry and clear

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for many of us tonight. A few showers turning up in the west later

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in the night under colder night than last night. A touch of frost in

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parts of mid Wales and powers. Tomorrow, a case of dodging the

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showers but I can promise you some sunshine as well. The driest and

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brightest start, sunshine in Rhyl and Welshpool, for example. There

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will be a few showers dotted around, the breeze picking up. Across the

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rest of the UK tomorrow, icy patches from Northern Ireland and Scotland,

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together with some wintry showers and significant falls of snow on the

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Scottish mountains. Elsewhere a mixture of sunny spells and showers.

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The showers heavy in places with hail and thunder. Parts of southern

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and eastern England will stay largely dry. It should be dry in

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London and Edinburgh tomorrow. Showers the Cardiff and Belfast.

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Some heavy showers for us in Wales tomorrow afternoon. A chance of hail

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and thunder. Wintry on higher ground as well, with a little slow. A gusty

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south-westerly wind will make it feel chilly. Further wintry showers

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on Sunday. A dusting of snow on some of the hills and mountains. Some dry

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weather and sunshine as well. Fewer showers on Sunday. Chilly,

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north-westerly breeze, in the way of dry weather. On Sunday night, watch

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out for a widespread frost. Temperatures as low as minus three

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Celsius. A cold snap over the next few days.

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We will have the latest for you Win breakfast from 6am -- from 6:25am.

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From all of us here, good night, nos da.

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