19/10/2016 Channel Islands News

Smaller but taller ? more ddtails on plans for Jersey s new hospital.

We need a flexible solution that can deal with whatever health

developments take place in the future.

You're watching the late news in the Channel Islands.

Also in tonight's programme: A new deputy has been

elected in Guernsey, the results are in from tod`y's

Restaurants and hotels will have to move to make w`y

Ministers have formally lodged proposals for a brand new,

purpose-built hospital to go behind the current one to make it

cheaper, quicker and less disruptive to patients.

Now the Health Minister just has to get the States to agree to it.

Emma Chambers has tonight's top story.

Jersey's General Hospital is here to stay, despite it

being the chosen location for the island's future one.

That's because the new hosphtal will be a separate building built

around the back along Newgate Street.

It's significantly more efficient and more affordable

to build in a single phased, shorter programme with a single

interface to the existing hospital - that's very different

There will therefore be less disruption to patients

They've managed to go ahead with plans for this smaller,

We were looking for 20,000 square metres on the ground floor,

that enabled us to have Outpatients, Emergency and imaging services

all on the ground floor, making it more accessible to people.

With this new scheme we are looking at a 10,000 square metre footprint

and what the Patriotic Stredt car park allows us to do is to come

in at a number of different levels, into Outpatients on those ldvels,

which gets us over that problem of having everything

The plans also mean all of this will have to go.

I come here every afternoon to have coffee with my family and friends.

At the end of the day, we'll be losing out on something

that is good, but also we would be gaining a lot more, a new hospital.

Other changes include moving the Outpatients department to across

the park, where hospital staff accommodation is.

And using the old hospital as an education centre

But only if this new ?46 million hospital idea gets the go-ahead

from the States at the end of next month.

Earlier today, I spoke to Jersey's Health Minister,

Senator Andrew Green, and asked him what's he going to do

about all those businesses that will now need to move.

That is probably the downside of this scheme.

We know that two of the biggest businesses are willing selldrs,

and of course one or two others perhaps it's a little bit

This will be a matter of negotiation with them.

How can you ensure that people continue to get good health care

This car parking is central to your plans. We did not want to btild

around patients. We did not want to be renovating and building `round

them, it is not good for thd patients and not good for infection

control, and it is also much more expensive. We wanted to be `ble to

give the contract to a clear sight. The car park was there. Think about

mothers with pushchairs, and young children. They will be able to come

straight from the car park hnto the hospital. I would also applx to

those who are disabled or those bringing in elderly relativds as

well. How can you ensure th`t people continue to get good health care

while the hospital is being built? That is a good question,

it's an important question. You will have noted that we won t

have moved inpatient servicds at all, and that's why

it is essential to get thosd few buildings on the side

of Patriotic Street, the businesses we talked

about at the beginning, and that allows us to build

a new energy centre while the old energy centre runs

current inpatient services. The only services moving

are administration and Outp`tients. I can safely say that we will be

able to maintain a safe, efficient and good service

during the changeover. The results are in from Guernsey's

by-election in the Vale district. He was one of four candidatds

standing in today's election, which was called after the death

of Deputy Dave Jones in Julx. He's laid out his priorities

for the new role. At the moment it looks like

governors are fairly busy in certain areas. Government is set. Wd had a

government created in April and May, and I am effectively floating at the

moment. The areas I am interested in our transport, small businesses and

the tourist economy. Next tonight, nearly a third of nine

and ten-year-olds in Guernsdy That's one of the key findings

after the height and weight of primary school pupils

were measured to give a picture If this is making you hungrx,

new statistics may curb Because figures out today

for childhood obesity aren't good. One in six five and six-year-olds

are overweight or obese, and one in three nine

and ten-year-olds are. Children who are overweight are more

likely to become overweight adults, and that entails all the problems

of diabetes, heart disease We want children to be the right

weight as children, so they grow up to be

a healthy weight as an adult. Education is a key part of the plan

to slim down the figures, and the pupils at this school seem

to know their stuff. If you are not healthy,

you might get diabetes It is good to eat lots of fruit

and not loads of chocolate. I eat bread in the morning,

and I don't have crisps. I have been watching this

and telling my parents about this. It can make a huge difference

because the messages are coling and they can educate

their parents and the community As soon as you start educathng

the children, it will seep out There may be no quick fix

for the problem, but any success in cutting the figures over

the coming the years will bd Jersey's finance industry added ?14

billion to the UK economy l`st year, according to a report

by economic consultants. Representatives from the island

are in London trying to persuade UK politicians,

civil servants and think tanks of the value of Jersey to the UK

and the rest of Europe. The research estimates Jersdy's

finance industry generates ` quarter And it suggests the island pumps

?150 billion of foreign invdstment Some football news now,

and Guernsey FC have lost against Cray Wanderers

at Hayes Lane. They were hoping they would walk

away with their first away win of 2016 but the Wanderers

beat them 1-0. Weather-wise, today

seemed to be a lot milder than I expected it to be -

I wore far more layers But, how are the temperaturds

shaping in the days ahead? Hello, good evening. We havd got a

settled pattern of weather `t the moment. Still the chance of a fuse

showers around and we should have some bright and dry weather. Some

sunshine and a few showers `cross the island state in the day. The

main setup over the next few days is for us to continue to see an area of

high pressure that is just `bout close enough to keep us reasonably

fine and dry, but the low pressure to the east is still there `nd it

still sits there as we move through tonight and to a good part of the

day tomorrow. One weather sxstem that might trickle towards ts, or

try to get towards us, is that front on the western side of the `rea of

low pressure. We hold onto this through Friday, but into thd weekend

we get an area of low presstre developing down here and th`t will

freshen the easterly wind, so more of a breeze on Saturday. With these

weather fronts eventually tried to get towards us by the time we get to

Sunday night and more espechally into Monday. Some showers are

possible for the rest of thd night, but not any of those and it becomes

keep the mist from forming. Still keep the mist from forming. Still

quite chilly. Some sunshine tomorrow morning, and it may be that we cloud

over in the afternoon and the potential for a few showers later in

the day and a top temperature of 14 Celsius. The wind mainly from the

North or Northeast. You're `lso starting to change. Showers across

Central parts of Spain and Portugal, eastern parts of France and into

Belgium and Germany, where ht is quite cold. For us, we hold onto

some pride, dry weather, but a stiff, easterly breeze developing by

Saturday. Have a good night. Well, that's it from BBC

Channel Islands for today, but Alison will be back

with you at 6:30pm Before that, your local radho

stations BBC Guernsey and BBC Jersey that cool breeze to factor in. Here

is Matt with the national outlook. Good evening. Just as the weather

starts to quieten down across many parts of the country it notched up a

gear across the east coast today. Near gale force winds whipping up

rough seas for our weather watchers in north Yorkshire and in Norfolk.

Low pressure across the North Sea, still in place tonight bringing

gusty winds down the east coast and showers as well. Away from that most

will be dry. An isolated shower down to west Cornwall and the Isles of

Scilly but it's high pressure in charge in the west. Lighter winds

and clearer skies and coldest of the conditions. A night to snuggle down

under the duvet. Frost-free to the east of England. The breeze will

still be there in the morning. One or two showers on the coast. Most

will get away with a dry morning commute. Sunniest weather to the

west. Again a touch of frost here. One or two mist and fog patches

Greater chance of frost to start the day in Scotland and Northern Ireland

where some of the mist and fog patches will last to mid-morning.

But winds are lighter here and with