:00:00. > :00:08.risen, over 200 dead and 120 are still trapped.
:00:09. > :00:12.Tonight, the fallout from a damning report into elderly patient care
:00:13. > :00:16.Those responsible for carrying out spot checks say
:00:17. > :00:27.I think we all have to take responsibility for looking back and
:00:28. > :00:29.thinking about how we may possibly have been able to identify and make
:00:30. > :00:40.a difference earlier in the process. This car crashed into children and
:00:41. > :00:46.a lollipop lady outside a school. A court hears
:00:47. > :00:48.the driver's flip-flops may have got Colin Jackson - the latest famous
:00:49. > :00:53.face to have invested in a company Warren's family say they should be
:00:54. > :01:00.exempt from the so-called bedroom tax due to his disability - they
:01:01. > :01:13.take their battle to the high court. It affects the lives of not only
:01:14. > :01:16.ourselves that there is a lot of other people around the country who
:01:17. > :01:17.have disabled children and people don't realise looking after a
:01:18. > :01:21.disabled child is very hard work. And celebrations
:01:22. > :01:23.in Pembroke Dock to mark 200 years A day on from the publication
:01:24. > :01:35.of a damning report into elderly care failings
:01:36. > :01:38.at the Princess of Wales and Neath Port Talbot hospitals, questions
:01:39. > :01:41.are being asked about the Welsh Government's response to it and the
:01:42. > :01:47.system of inspecting the Welsh NHS. Plaid Cymru claim Wales-wide
:01:48. > :01:49.spot-checks announced yesterday are simply a rehash of
:01:50. > :01:57.a plan introduced three years ago. And the Older People's Commissioner
:01:58. > :02:00.has called into question the effectiveness of Health Inspectorate
:02:01. > :02:02.Wales after it raised no serious concerns during an inspection of the
:02:03. > :02:10.Princess of Wales Hospital in 2012. Here's our Health Correspondent,
:02:11. > :02:20.Owain Clarke. Yesterday we joined the families who
:02:21. > :02:25.claimed their loved ones had been victim of a health system that
:02:26. > :02:31.didn't care enough. It talks about a further independent
:02:32. > :02:35.investigation in a year's time and yet it shows problems over several
:02:36. > :02:40.years. It is not going to address the real concerns. It seems to
:02:41. > :02:44.pinpoint elderly care alone but if somebody has lost a loved one that
:02:45. > :02:49.should never have died that day, they should be included in this
:02:50. > :02:51.report. The Welsh government and health
:02:52. > :02:58.board issued an unreserved apology to those effective and the
:02:59. > :03:01.hospitals. The health minister went further.
:03:02. > :03:08.Each hospital in Wales will be visited by a small group of
:03:09. > :03:13.independent experts, overseen from outside Wales by Sir Ian Carruthers
:03:14. > :03:18.and Professor Andrews. They will carry out spot checks.
:03:19. > :03:21.There are claims tonight the announcement was similar to the
:03:22. > :03:27.Welsh government's response to another damning assessment three
:03:28. > :03:33.years ago. In 2011, the then older people 's Commissioner claimed some
:03:34. > :03:40.elderly patients had been created -- degraded.
:03:41. > :03:43.They introduced spot checks. A spot check system was announced in 2011
:03:44. > :03:52.to deal with concerns around care of the elderly in hospital. The 12
:03:53. > :03:56.checks occurred by Health Inspectorate Wales following that.
:03:57. > :04:04.Seven had concerning results and no spot checks were undertaken in 2013
:04:05. > :04:10.at all so yesterday we had a rehashed, re-announced spot check
:04:11. > :04:15.policy that really, if it had been properly in place since 2011 as was
:04:16. > :04:19.announced at the time, some of the issues that we have been hearing of
:04:20. > :04:23.in this report may not have ever happened in hospitals in Wales.
:04:24. > :04:27.The difference this time according to the Welsh government is the new
:04:28. > :04:35.spot checks will be targeted at four specific areas- and this time they
:04:36. > :04:41.won't be led by Health Inspectorate Wales but instead a team hand-picked
:04:42. > :04:46.by the Welsh government. Health Inspectorate Wales will restart its
:04:47. > :04:51.own spot checks six months later. The question is has the inspector
:04:52. > :04:54.had been sidelined? It was certainly criticised in the review yesterday
:04:55. > :04:58.which claims concerns must be raised about the effectiveness of Health
:04:59. > :05:03.Inspectorate Wales, who seem to have last visited two years ago and not
:05:04. > :05:08.seen or reported on what would have been at the time highly visible
:05:09. > :05:12.issues of poor practice. At a time when standards of care are under the
:05:13. > :05:16.spotlight like never before, the question is is the body responsible
:05:17. > :05:26.for upholding itself up to the job? Earlier I spoke to Kate Chamberlain,
:05:27. > :05:29.the chief executive of Health Inspectorate Wales, and I
:05:30. > :05:39.asked her if the organisation should I think at any point where failures
:05:40. > :05:42.of the magnitude that have been highlighted in this report have been
:05:43. > :05:47.missed, we all have to take responsibility for looking back and
:05:48. > :05:57.thinking about how we may have been able to identify and make a
:05:58. > :06:02.difference earlier. Let's talk about identifying problems. The report
:06:03. > :06:06.said that at the time of the 2012 inspection, there would have been
:06:07. > :06:11.highly visible issues of poor practice. How were they missed?
:06:12. > :06:15.Looking back at the report that we did in 2012 on the issues found at
:06:16. > :06:21.the Princess of Wales Hospital, it is clear the report flags up some of
:06:22. > :06:25.the issues but not all that were highlighted by the report. There
:06:26. > :06:32.were issues about retrospective depletion of documentation and there
:06:33. > :06:38.are issues about some of the ward environment. But the overall tone of
:06:39. > :06:43.your report was generally positive, wasn't it? The report said that care
:06:44. > :06:50.was being provided in a sensitive manner.
:06:51. > :06:56.The report highlights the interactions with patients that were
:06:57. > :07:00.observed that it does highlight failings in the way some of those
:07:01. > :07:04.were being delivered. The response we had from the health board
:07:05. > :07:13.indicate the issues were being addressed. During the past year, we
:07:14. > :07:19.have certainly been looking again at the approach we take to our dignity
:07:20. > :07:23.and essential care inspections. New inspections took place in February
:07:24. > :07:32.and March this year, based on the tools. The first report has now been
:07:33. > :07:42.issues. We have been drawing up issues relating to leadership and
:07:43. > :07:46.culture. New spot checks are going to be
:07:47. > :07:48.carried out by a ministerial team. Is your organisation being
:07:49. > :07:54.sidelined? No. Our organisation is not being
:07:55. > :07:58.sidelined. We are talking to the Welsh government about how the
:07:59. > :08:04.approach taken through the spot checks can be aligned with our
:08:05. > :08:12.inspections and the programme of our inspections we conduct through the
:08:13. > :08:15.remainder of the year will be focused through those spot checks.
:08:16. > :08:20.It is important to say that they will be focusing specifically on the
:08:21. > :08:23.four issues in the Andrews report and three of those are already
:08:24. > :08:26.covered in the inspections we undertake.
:08:27. > :08:30.In the light of the criticism in this report, which was between
:08:31. > :08:35.December 2013 and April 2014, very recent. What can you say to people
:08:36. > :08:41.who are in hospital or going into hospital shortly to reassure them
:08:42. > :08:48.that it is after all your job to protect them?
:08:49. > :08:51.I think I would say to those patients who are about to go into
:08:52. > :09:02.hospital that there is a whole system in place to protect them. It
:09:03. > :09:07.is important to encourage staff to do so as well for us. We have all
:09:08. > :09:10.got a part to play, whether it is ourselves in the regime, whether it
:09:11. > :09:15.is the community councils in helping to support and advise patients and
:09:16. > :09:18.also to support them when they don't feel they are getting their services
:09:19. > :09:22.and importantly, the health boards have an important part to play in
:09:23. > :09:27.listening to the concerns that are raised and acting on them.
:09:28. > :09:30.A court has heard how the accident in which a car crashed
:09:31. > :09:33.outside a school, hitting five children and a lollipop lady,
:09:34. > :09:36.may have happened after the drivers flip flops got under the pedals.
:09:37. > :09:42.62-year-old Robert Bell denies driving without due care
:09:43. > :09:46.and attention and says he cannot remember
:09:47. > :09:55.the crash which happened last year at Rhoose in the Vale of Glamorgan.
:09:56. > :10:02.It was just before 9am as children were pouring into Rhoose Primary
:10:03. > :10:06.School when the accident happened. Five children and three women were
:10:07. > :10:11.injured. One of them was the lollipop lady, Karen Williams. She
:10:12. > :10:13.received an award for her actions trying to protect the children.
:10:14. > :10:19.62-year-old Robert Bell denies driving without due care and
:10:20. > :10:23.attention and today he told a court how he could recall nothing of the
:10:24. > :10:27.accident. Fighting back the tears, he said the first thing he
:10:28. > :10:33.remembered was hanging upside down in the car. When he got out and saw
:10:34. > :10:36.the scene, he said he thought he'd killed three people. Some witnesses
:10:37. > :10:43.that they said he had been driving his car along the road outside the
:10:44. > :10:47.school when it appeared to Spira -- speed up, veer across the road and
:10:48. > :10:52.hit collards before flipping over. Karen Williams said she saw Mr Bell
:10:53. > :10:57.gripping the wheel with his eyes open as the car came towards her.
:10:58. > :11:02.Another witness said he was coughing and his eyes were closed. His lawyer
:11:03. > :11:07.told the court he was on medication which caused coughing. The
:11:08. > :11:10.prosecution lawyer put it to him that the flip-flops he had been
:11:11. > :11:15.wearing had ended up under the pedals and that could have caused
:11:16. > :11:22.the accident. Vista Bell said he thought they'd come off as he tried
:11:23. > :11:28.to free himself. -- Mr Bell. Two we court will hear expert evidence from
:11:29. > :11:29.two doctors. -- tomorrow the court will hear.
:11:30. > :11:32.The latest official figures show the number of people out of work
:11:33. > :11:35.in Wales fell by 5,000 in the three months to March.
:11:36. > :11:38.The unemployment rate here has stabilised remaining at 6.8% -
:11:39. > :11:41.which is now the same as in the UK as a whole.
:11:42. > :11:45.Wales is one of only two areas where the number of people in or looking
:11:46. > :11:48.for work has fallen compared with the same period last year.
:11:49. > :11:50.Seven pupils from Pembroke Comprehensive School needed
:11:51. > :11:52.hospital treatment this afternoon after experimenting with what's
:11:53. > :11:56.Police and the air ambulance were called after a group
:11:57. > :12:01.None are thought to be in a life threatening condition.
:12:02. > :12:03.It's emerged the Olympic hurdler, Colin Jackson, is involved in
:12:04. > :12:07.running a company that's invested millions of pounds in the same tax
:12:08. > :12:10.Revenue and Customs is expected to pursue
:12:11. > :12:14.those involved to get the money that should have been paid in taxation.
:12:15. > :12:16.Our business correspondent, Brian Meechan, is here.
:12:17. > :12:28.This is about aggressive tax avoidance. That is not illegal but
:12:29. > :12:33.it is against the spirit of the law, if not the letter of the law. Colin
:12:34. > :12:40.Jackson has been involved in a company which reported losses of
:12:41. > :12:43.?9.4 million as part of this game. There are a number of solicitors
:12:44. > :12:50.that are involved, some dentists, some medics also involved with this
:12:51. > :12:54.company. What the tax tribunal judge has said is that there were no real
:12:55. > :13:00.loss is attached to this scheme and basically it was just many circling
:13:01. > :13:06.around and it was there to offset some of the many coming in and to
:13:07. > :13:12.reduce taxation. We have spoken to Mr Jackson's agent but they say
:13:13. > :13:17.there is no statement coming today. What will happen next? All the
:13:18. > :13:22.people involved in this scheme will be receiving quite hefty tax bills.
:13:23. > :13:26.Think of this as ?10 million, quite a large tax bill to have to pick up
:13:27. > :13:31.from that. People are quite annoyed about this because they are paying
:13:32. > :13:35.taxes and people are finding it hard. When they see people not
:13:36. > :13:40.paying what they feel they should be playing, it is a bad reaction.
:13:41. > :13:43.Council tax in Wales is unfair because it charges proportionately
:13:44. > :13:46.more for cheaper houses than expensive ones - that's according to
:13:47. > :13:48.the economist Gerry Holtham, who chaired the Commission
:13:49. > :13:53.In a paper for the Institute for Welsh Affairs he suggests that
:13:54. > :13:56.council tax for people in the lowest band should be halved
:13:57. > :13:59.while bills for the highest band would almost double.
:14:00. > :14:02.Our Economics Correspondent Sarah Dickins looks at what it would mean
:14:03. > :14:04.Dale Aston lives in Church Village near Pontypridd.
:14:05. > :14:07.He pays just more than ?1,100 a year in council tax.
:14:08. > :14:09.Under the proposals his bill would fall and he could
:14:10. > :14:15.Nigel Roberts lives on the outskirts of Cardiff.
:14:16. > :14:22.His bills would rise and in fact almost double.
:14:23. > :14:29.Dale Aston, a retired colliery electrician, has lived here
:14:30. > :14:45.The poor people always pay more than their fair share of tax so it does
:14:46. > :14:50.not surprise me. He argues it is right that bills for large houses
:14:51. > :14:55.should be larger. The value of the house and income is greater than
:14:56. > :15:01.mine. I'm an OAP and I am on a small pension, hailing tax. -- paying tax.
:15:02. > :15:04.Nigel Roberts owns a group of companies based in Cardiff
:15:05. > :15:16.This perpetuates a culture of envy. I was born in the buffer in Cardiff.
:15:17. > :15:18.I have worked hard for it. Gerry Holtham took his proposals for
:15:19. > :15:29.changer to the home of politicians. They'll is paying nearly 2% of the
:15:30. > :15:35.value of his body every year in council tax. Nigel is probably
:15:36. > :15:39.paying half a percent so it is not a proportional tax. But Nigel is
:15:40. > :15:46.paying more in numbers of pounds for his large house. He is. People are
:15:47. > :15:47.always saying you should pay proportionately more if your value
:15:48. > :15:50.is higher. But for people living alone in a
:15:51. > :15:55.large house but a small income Gerry Hotham suggests payments could be
:15:56. > :15:58.delayed until the house was sold. And for the well-off who would pay
:15:59. > :16:02.much more, he has an incentive. If Wales gets powers to alter income
:16:03. > :16:05.tax, he'd give high earners So they see Wales
:16:06. > :16:09.as a good place to do business. Still to come - some good news
:16:10. > :16:13.on the weather front. High pressure is working it's magic,
:16:14. > :16:15.the sun is shining and the next few days will bring the
:16:16. > :16:35.warmest weather of the year so far. The
:16:36. > :16:36.in Wales says a "whole generation of young people"
:16:37. > :16:42.won't be able to access further education - because of cuts to
:16:43. > :16:45.public transport spending. The majority of learners in further
:16:46. > :16:48.education in Wales rely on some form of public transport or dedicated bus
:16:49. > :16:51.to travel to and from college. Our education Correspondent,
:16:52. > :16:58.Arwyn Jones, has more. Stefan Thomas is studying for a BTEC
:16:59. > :17:04.in personal fitness development. The only problem is the course is in
:17:05. > :17:08.Llanelli, 30 miles away. It takes about an hour and a half every
:17:09. > :17:15.morning and every night. I leave the house at 6:45am and I would be that
:17:16. > :17:20.until 5:30pm. When you do that in a day, it takes a lot out of you. He
:17:21. > :17:25.is one of the luckier ones because the college pays for his transport
:17:26. > :17:29.costs and according to research today by the National Union of
:17:30. > :17:33.Students, 69% of similar students who receive that support rely on it
:17:34. > :17:37.to get to college and back and the same research shows nearly a third
:17:38. > :17:41.of further education students in Wales don't receive any financial
:17:42. > :17:45.support to cover their costs. Last year the worst government reduced
:17:46. > :17:51.bus service was fought by a quarter. It is looking at different ways of
:17:52. > :17:54.running and financing route but some bus operators have announced that
:17:55. > :17:58.they might have to cut routes and the fear is it could have a
:17:59. > :18:03.devastating effect on students. We are going to have a generation who
:18:04. > :18:06.can't get to college and for many of these students, further education is
:18:07. > :18:10.their second chance. We talk about college education as a second
:18:11. > :18:15.opportunity for vulnerable learners and if these students can't afford
:18:16. > :18:21.to get to college, we are removing that opportunity. At the annual
:18:22. > :18:25.conference, the concern is that since each council has its own
:18:26. > :18:27.policy on students transport, students from different areas get
:18:28. > :18:33.different support in the same college. I wouldn't say it's a
:18:34. > :18:38.postcode lottery but there are different practices so levels of
:18:39. > :18:41.subsidy might be different. There are issues around 19 plus students
:18:42. > :18:46.cost in some places they are not supported by local authorities and
:18:47. > :18:52.others they are. It needs to be consistent. Further education
:18:53. > :18:55.colleges are seen as a route to employment or university but the
:18:56. > :18:57.concern is a lack of groups to get to college might undermine that.
:18:58. > :19:00.Councillors have voted in favour of closing an arts centre and museum
:19:01. > :19:04.The Muni Arts Centre, in Pontypridd and the
:19:05. > :19:07.Cynon Valley Museum in Aberdare will both close as part of Rhondda Cynon
:19:08. > :19:13.Taf council's plans to cut ?70 million over the next four years.
:19:14. > :19:15.The family of a severely disabled teenager
:19:16. > :19:17.from Pembrokeshire have been to the High Court today to challenge
:19:18. > :19:21.Paul and Susan Rutherford say the so-called
:19:22. > :19:23."bedroom tax" discriminates unlawfully against severely disabled
:19:24. > :19:26.children, such as their grandson Warren, who need overnight care.
:19:27. > :19:44.Warren is 14 years old. A rare disorder means he cannot talk or
:19:45. > :19:49.walk and needs 24-hour care. He lives with his grandparents in a
:19:50. > :19:56.three-bedroom bungalow. This is the spare room. It is not really a spare
:19:57. > :20:00.room. We need this for Warren's essentials. But under rules
:20:01. > :20:05.announced last year it is a spare room, even if Warren's carers
:20:06. > :20:10.sometimes stay in it. Disabled adults are exempt from what critics
:20:11. > :20:16.call the bedroom tax but it has cost Sue and her husband Paul ?14 a week
:20:17. > :20:19.in benefits. Paul has his own health problems and says it is unfair, even
:20:20. > :20:24.though the council makes up the difference. I believe we have an
:20:25. > :20:28.extremely good case. We've got an awful lot of support from other
:20:29. > :20:35.housing associations and our own Pembrokeshire Housing people. All
:20:36. > :20:38.over the UK. Today the Rutherfords took their case to the High Court to
:20:39. > :20:46.try to get a judge to overturn the rules. The rules allow an extra room
:20:47. > :20:50.for an adult who is disabled and needs an overnight carer but not a
:20:51. > :20:55.child who needs overnight care. We say that defies common sense and is
:20:56. > :21:00.unjustified. The UK government says the removal of the subsidy is a fair
:21:01. > :21:03.and necessary reform. The Department for Work and Pensions says it has
:21:04. > :21:10.made many available for councils like Pembrokeshire to help families
:21:11. > :21:15.like the Rutherfords but that money is paid at the council's discretion
:21:16. > :21:17.and will be reviewed every year. The judge says he will give his
:21:18. > :21:20.judgement within weeks. Cricket,
:21:21. > :21:21.and Glamorgan have been beaten They went down to Hampshire
:21:22. > :21:26.on the final day of their Glamorgan were bowled out for 187
:21:27. > :21:30.in their second innings, setting the home side
:21:31. > :21:33.a slender target, which they reached The streets of Pembroke Dock were
:21:34. > :21:39.taken over this afternoon for a parade to mark 200 years
:21:40. > :21:46.since the town was founded. And, in honour of their proud Naval
:21:47. > :21:49.history - Pembrokeshire's adopted ship - HMS Pembroke -
:21:50. > :21:53.called in to pay a visit and inspire Led by the band of the
:21:54. > :22:01.Royal Marines, 900 schoolchildren Dressed
:22:02. > :22:18.in costumes reflecting the different I am a coal miner today. I am using
:22:19. > :22:19.my uncle's old mining lamb. It is amazing the town has got so much
:22:20. > :22:21.history. Pembroke Dock is the only town
:22:22. > :22:25.in the UK to have been home to all three armed forces - but above all
:22:26. > :22:31.its Navy links run the deepest. The submarine anchors off Pembroke
:22:32. > :22:35.docks. At one time there was a royal
:22:36. > :22:38.dockyard - 260 ships including The town was wealthier then -
:22:39. > :22:43.today's guardians want to inspire these youngsters to dream big once
:22:44. > :22:53.again. This is what we've done to remember
:22:54. > :22:59.our heritage and remember what was done here 200 years ago. Hopefully
:23:00. > :23:00.they will be carrying on the future for us.
:23:01. > :23:03.To mark the celebrations HMS Pembroke has come to visit.
:23:04. > :23:05.Her mission is to patrol using sonar to detect mines
:23:06. > :23:14.Around the UK there are still many left over from the Second World War.
:23:15. > :23:21.As a former member of the bomb disposal team race in Portsmouth, we
:23:22. > :23:34.were called out on tasks five or six times a week, varying from large sea
:23:35. > :23:37.mines and torpedoes. One of the types of bombs they are looking for
:23:38. > :23:41.is set off by metallic contact so they have as little metal on board
:23:42. > :23:44.as possible. Most of what you see is made from fibreglass.
:23:45. > :23:47.Overseas the threat is less historic - the 40 crew here also work out
:23:48. > :23:52.They've had a royal visit - now they can add a royal military
:23:53. > :23:57.band to their list of presents for this their 200th birthday.
:23:58. > :24:04.It looked glorious at Pembroke Dock today. We are in for a lovely few
:24:05. > :24:18.days, aren't we? A few clouds in the sky this evening
:24:19. > :24:22.but lovely sunshine with top temperature of 66 Fahrenheit. Over
:24:23. > :24:29.the next few days we have plenty more settled weather, warming up
:24:30. > :24:33.with sunny spells. Some cloud. The odd shower in places but no more
:24:34. > :24:37.than that. Staying dry this evening and tonight with most of the cloud
:24:38. > :24:42.in the North. Clearer in the south and turning cool. Lowest in pictures
:24:43. > :24:49.around five or six Celsius. Mist and fog patches forming. The 11 Celsius
:24:50. > :24:52.on the north coast. Tomorrow's chart shows high pressure across the UK
:24:53. > :24:58.but high pressure doesn't always mean a blue sky. Tomorrow is a misty
:24:59. > :25:03.start in places with hill fog in Snowdonia. Brighter in the South.
:25:04. > :25:07.During the day more places will brighten up with a few sunny spells.
:25:08. > :25:11.The best of the sunshine on the south coast. More cloud inland but
:25:12. > :25:18.generally dry and warm with temperatures around 20 Celsius with
:25:19. > :25:23.light winds. Tomorrow night the dry weather continues. If you clear
:25:24. > :25:28.spells and mist and fog patches, perhaps some sea fog around Cardigan
:25:29. > :25:32.Bay. On Friday mist and fog patches will lift, leaving a mixture of
:25:33. > :25:37.cloud and sunny spells. I wouldn't rule out a shower in part of Powys.
:25:38. > :25:45.A risk of see fog on some Irish Sea coasts. 22 Celsius in Flintshire
:25:46. > :25:50.would make it the warmest day of the year so far. Saturday the best day
:25:51. > :25:55.of the weekend. Dry and warm. Perhaps a shower in the south-east.
:25:56. > :25:59.Sunday may start dry and bright but there is some rain on the way so
:26:00. > :26:02.enjoy the fine and warm weather over the next few days while it lasts.
:26:03. > :26:11.Thank you. A day on from the publication of a
:26:12. > :26:14.damning report into failings at the Princess of Wales and Neath Port
:26:15. > :26:18.Talbot Hospital, questions are being asked of the worst government
:26:19. > :26:24.response to it. That was Wales Today. More at APN
:26:25. > :26:27.and 10:25pm. From all of us on the programme, evening.