07/01/2014 Look East - East

perhaps 48 hours of drier weather for many of us. But between now and

In the taste tonight, a grim Christmas in A departments in

Essex, as all five hospitals with government targets. Also tonight, an

inquest into the death of this mother hears how a junior doctor was

overwhelmed by his workload. Back to the classroom.

It's a big day for the Duke of Cambridge. And the white van man

turning mark into masterpieces. Hello. Emergency departments under

pressure. Latest figures show all hospitals in Essex failed to make

their A target over the Christmas week. The government says 95% of

people going to A should be seen within four hours or less.

In Essex, all five hospitals missed this target, with Southend the worst

performing. At Ipswich Hospital and the West Suffolk and Bury Saint

Edmunds, 97% of patients are being seen within the target. The best

performing A departments are in Norfolk, at the Norfolk and Norwich

University Hospital and there's Saint James Paget in Gorleston.

This hospital has had its problems in the past, like many others. It

seems to be performing pretty well, certainly when it comes to the

measure of waiting times at A It is meeting those national targets

very well. It is encouraged by the way the new year has begun. The two

dozen doctors and 50 nurses at the James Paget A treat up to 250

patients a day. Greyhound trainer Michael French was seen by the

meet`and`greet nurse within ten minutes this morning. Moments later,

a nurse attended to his injured hand. Do you get any pain anywhere

else? What I will do is leave relieve the sore place. I was

getting the dogs out of the kernel. One tried to jump up. I pushed him

back, and something snapped. How have you been handled here? It's

been very good. I was surprised. You hear stories about hospitals

nowadays, but this was fine. Everything has been explained to

me. No complaints at all. Since last April, the A department here are

seen over 96% of patients within four hours. The figure rose to over

98% in Christmas week. A have a fantastic morale. We are a good

team. We were together, try to do our best for the patients, and see

them as soon as we can. Obviously at various times of the week, we are

under pressure due to the number of people who come in through the front

door. But we are good team, we work hard, and it's nice to get

recognition. We started planning in August looking at what we needed to

do to make sure that winter was as easy as possible. And so it'd make

sure our patients got beds in a timely manner. But it is about the

system working together to enable us to achieve all of our targets. The

hospital says that unlike some areas, the local 111 telephone

advice service is working pretty well, as is the out of hours GP

service. That is easing pressure on A The number of people over 60

reporting to this A department over the last five years has risen

by a third. There is no scope for complacency. Meanwhile, a BBC

investigation under the Freedom of Information Act has revealed

extraordinary information. Some patients are going to A units more

than 50 times a year. One patient was recorded going to a particular

hospital 234 times in one year. Ipswich Hospital, that has exceeded

A waiting times over the Christmas period. Its chief executive has been

talking to us about the pressures put on the servers by so`called

repeat attendees. We do see some patients who turn up saying they

have had a sore throat for three months, or have cut their finger and

heart`stopper bleeding. Issues you would think they could manage

themselves with the support of pharmacists and so on. I think the

challenge is that at the moment, patients being the only place with

the lights on 24/7 is the A department, so that is where they

are pitching at. We have a lot to do with communication and giving the

message to the public that this is not the place they should be seen,

but we're working with our colleagues in private care to make

sure we can do that. What about this issue of targets? Some people argue

they do not improve standard of care.

Yes, I'm sure many people have talked to nurses who say they do

regret sometimes because of the targets, and the way people are

hurried through to get their treatment, they don't always give

the individual patient the real care that they want, just a little more

time would make a lot of difference. They find that frustrated. The whole

business of targets goes back to the previous Labour Administration and

the Tory Administration before that. Under Labour, the way the

targets were imposed from the centre to drive up standards, they were

monitored extremely fiercely. Some people thought there was a regime,

so hospitals are fearful of not meeting targets, and that can

distort things. Basically, the feeling is that they have made a

difference, but if you go too far, if management tries to impose things

too much, you could get a situation that we had at Colchester recently,

were waiting times for cancer patients were being distorted. That

is not good enough. Thank you very much. A consultant at

Basildon Hospital has admitted he failed to follow best practice when

treating a patient. Lyn O'Reilly died in 2012, nine days after a

bowel operation. Jose Mullerat told the inquest into her death that he

did not realise how much pain she was in.

Lyn O'Reilly's family leaving today's hearing. They are concerned

about the standard of treatment Mrs O'Reilly received. In August 2012,

she had a bowel operation at Basildon Hospital. Nine days later,

she died of peritonitis. Amongst those who gave evidence at the

hearing was a doctor. He was a junior doctor who had just started

work at Basildon Hospital. He said he was worried about Mrs O'Reilly

because she was in pain, but he said more senior doctors did not seem to

be concerned. During the hearing, the doctor was worried about her

illness. He was asked if he was scared about being a junior doctor

in this situation. As a junior doctor, he said: Another junior

doctor told the hearing Mrs O'Reilly was one of 130 patients he was

responsible for on one night shift. A consultant called Jose Mullerat

performed the operation. He was asked if it was possible the

operation perforated Mrs O'Reilly's bowel. He said the operation was

definite call and technically challenging. In hindsight, he might

have done things differently. He admitted not keeping an accurate

record of when he had seen Mrs O'Reilly after her operation, which

he said was not best practice. The hearing continues.

A row is developing between two Conservative Associations over an

election mix`up. It follows suggestions that votes were not

properly counted. The West Suffolk Association organised the election

to choosing a candidate in neighbouring is Cambridgeshire. I

found out what happened. South East Cambridgeshire are

looking for a candidate to fight the next general election, because they

wanted to hold an open primary to involve members of the public in the

selection process. Because South East Cambridgeshire has never

organised an open primary before, they decided to ask their neighbours

in West Suffolk to do it for them. They chose Lucy Fraser, a barrister.

She was not afraid throat. She only one third of the ballot. It was

later they discovered that some of the votes which had been put in the

bundle for her had actually been passed for another candidate. That

caused this whole election into question. It was probably a simple

mistake, and it is embarrassing for the party. We've had some nasty

things said today about Suffolk conservatives by their neighbours.

One official said, heaven 's sake, an 11`year`old could have done

better than this. So what happens now? The party will hold a special

meeting on Friday evening to discuss what to do next.

Officially, they just want to re`endorse Lucy Fraser as their

candidate, but because she was not the favourite, some people

supporting the other candidates are saying, we are going to delay ``

declare this election void. The official line from the Conservative

Party is that they are quite relaxed about this. Another election is to

be held, so be it. But they could do without this sort of thing. The

member in Suffolk, this will flare up in the next few weeks. The last

in the Conservative Party wants is another controversy over an election

candidate. Thank you very much. Railway station staff in Essex are

set to strike in a dispute over flexible working. The Rail and

Maritime Union claims that Greater Anglia claims to sack cleaners and

give cleaning tasks to remaining staff. The train company denies that

is the case. 100 staff on the West Anglia route will walk out. The head

gardener at Sandringham and two royal protection officers are

getting national bravery awards for rescuing a worker trapped underwater

by a lawn mower. Martin Wood and the officers waded into a lake and

righted the machine. They managed to resuscitate the man, who had been

under water for ten minutes. The Royal Humane Society will present

the rewards in March. The man was critically ill, but has since fully

recovered. There is a meeting tomorrow to discuss the future of

one of the most valuable areas for wildlife in Norfolk, after the North

Sea storm surge. The seed broke through the sea defences, flooding a

huge area. The Norfolk Wildlife Trust says repairs need to start

soon to protect its reserves. On the night of December five, the sea

punched a huge hole in the shingle bank.

It washed into the saltires masters and into the village. The rest of

the bank was nearly washed away, pushed 100 metres inland. A month

on, there have been no repairs. Flood defences remain fragile. You

could drive around the car Pack and start fishing, but now you have to

park 50 metres away from the shoreline. If we get another tidal

surge like before Christmas, they will be nothing left. Won any

repairs will fall to the Environment Agency, but tomorrow, it is meeting

them Norfolk Wildlife Trust, which says it is extremely concerned about

the bridge to the shingle bank and the threat to its nature reserves.

Won there is worried locally that because it is not a built`up area,

as part of the coast will be a low priority. And I looked in here, I

could not believe it. The chairs were waiting. This wilderness on the

coast road. She did not have insurance because she said she never

thought she would be flooded. The water was waist high through the

house. I feel vulnerable because of the state of the bank now. If

nothing is done, one will just wait for the next flight, the next strong

winds and high tide, spring tide, and we will be flooded again without

any doubt. A month`long, despite still bears the scars of the surge.

But as yet, there is no date for the work that could stop it happening

again. Still to come, a new project

designed by a mother and daughter from Norfolk to combat bullying in

schools. Plus the white van man turning muck into masterpieces.

Students have been arriving back in Cambridge for the start of the new

term, but one in particular has attracted quite a bit of attention

because he happens to be second in line to the throne. Yes, Prince

William, the Duke of Cambridge, was getting settled in today, as he

begins a ten`week course in agriculture. Ben Bland reports.

It is a university city that is rich in royal connections, with college

names like kings and queens, you do not need a first to work that out.

Today the latest royal student arrived, Prince William. He will be

studying agriculture on a course that has been designed just for him.

What you think about him coming here to study? It is great. It is a nice

environment for everybody. Good luck to him. It does not really bother me

too much. I think it is great. What would you see if you bumped into

him? Fort would I say? Hi! Of course he's not the first member of the

rail family to study at Cambridge. The college itself was founded by

King Henry VIII `` first member of the Royal family.

Some students had accused the University of giving the future King

special treatment, allowing him in with A`level grades of eight, B and

C. Today that criticism was withdrawn. The ten week course will

help him to run the Duchy of Cornwall, the farmland that his

father will handover. It is good that he wants to study with real

experts and I understand that it is interdisciplinary and focuses on

architecture, agriculture, planning, leadership. It strikes a lot of

chords as a good way to prepare. At the nearby college of West Anglia

the hope that it will inspire others. You need to be good at maths

and science, it is not just for people who have nothing else to do.

It is a very high`tech business. The Royal student will have his knows in

his book, but East didn't say that he can get some practical experience

down at their farm `` but these students say.

It's six months to the day until the world's biggest bike race passes

through our region. Stage three of the Tour de France goes through

Cambridge and on to London. So let's remind ourselves of the

route. The riders will cycle through the centre of Cambridge before

heading south into Essex. Here the route will take them along smaller

roads, through villages, before joining the A104 into London,

finishing outside Buckingham Palace. Our sports editor Jonathan Park

reports on six months to go. For Luke Hennessy, 2014 is a very

important year. It is the year that he is trying to make it as a

professional cyclist. It is also the year that the world's biggest cycle

race comes to his home city, Cambridge. It is massive, it has

never happened before, it will never happen again, it will come to

Cambridge, more than likely. It is a once`in`a`lifetime opportunity. Next

week he is off to Europe to race against seasoned pros in the hope of

landing a contract. Words cannot describe it. Who would have thought

that it would happen, the tour coming to Cambridge. Just back it as

much as you can. This is where stage three of the true difference starts

exactly six months today before heading to Essex and London. It is

hard to believe that this park will be a sea of cyclist and their

support staff for the teams, around 2000 in total, plus there will be

thousands of spectators and everything else that goes with

staging one of the biggest aborting events on the planet. `` sporting

events. Six months today, the true difference starts here. Does it? A

surprise. Did you know it was coming? Yes, definitely. Did you

know? Now, I did not. `` no, I did not. Some in the know, some no

wiser. The council today said that the big push start in spring. From

roundabout March and own words it is going to become very obvious that

the true difference is coming to Cambridge. `` and own words. For

Luke and his team`mates, they started the day with a six mile

ride. Their thoughts may just have wondered however to seeing their

rivals in July. Three`time Olympic medallist Louis

Smith has announced that he's returning to full`time training in

an attempt to qualify for this year's Commonwealth Games. Louis is

from Peterborough but trains in Huntingdon. He says he'd thought the

London Olympics would be his last competition, but now says he has

"unfinished business" with the sport.

I mean, I am confident I can get my pommel horse back to a level where

it can be considered for the team. Whether it is what the team are

looking for, whether they want more all`rounders, whether I can prove

that I am better than the youngsters that are in the team that are doing

great at pommel horse, I don't know. It will be hard to make the team,

all I can do is get back to a level where I feel good and I am producing

medal winning routines. The young pop star Ronan Parke came

on Look East last week to talk about his new anti`bullying single. Ronan

told us how he was bullied on social networking sites after finding fame

in Britain's Got Talent. I think that with cyber bullying it is a

thing that it can be so ruthless and you cannot see people's reactions to

it. That is why I think it is a very bad case of bullying. All of them

are full, but because you cannot see the reactions you do not understand

how people are dealing with it `` all of them are terrible. After

seeing the interview, a family in Norfolk got in touch to tell us

they've designed a programme for schools to stop bullying before it

starts. Bullying Stinkz is the first of its kind in the UK and teaches

young children to celebrate each other's differences.

Jacqui Hitchcock`Wyatt and her daughter Ellie are here with us now.

Thank you for coming in. First of all, why as a family have you

decided to do this? I think it is because of their personal

experiences. I have twins who are 16 and they were believed from the age

of three. For eight years they were relentlessly bullied at four

different schools here in Norwich. We could do nothing about it. The

school could not deal with it, we did not know what to do about it, my

parents did not know. We were distraught, the whole family went

into meltdown because we could not deal with it. It got a point where

we were all very well and we had to make a decision as a family that we

would try to do something that would stop this to other families. So you

have created this programme which will go into schools and preschools.

From a young person's perspective, how will it work? It will help

people from a young age to feel good about themselves and to celebrate

their differences and the differences in their peers. It will

help them feel good about themselves and give them confidence. The title

of the programme is called Great As You Are. The whole idea is that we

should celebrate differences. It is learned behaviour. It is learned

behaviour, and the frightening thing is that it is increasing and it is

starting at younger. People are arriving at school is knowing how to

bully already, that is because they have learned it from their

environments. This programme is to help parents, young children,

teachers, to make sure that they know how to use other forms of

behaviour. You have tested it for quite some time, there are

preschools, schools, looking at taking it up? We have been trialling

it for several years and we have an incredible team of experts. Lots of

schools that are actually helping us with the programme, so it has all

been tested for four years and now we go into schools and nurseries

this September. It is ready to go. What you need to happen for it to be

taken up by schools? In order for it to be taken up by schools, obviously

we believe in it, but I think that the headteachers and people in the

school need to believe in the cause, and I think having them

wanting to help, I think that everybody really wants to stop being

and that desire is going to make them want to get involved in this

programme. Good luck with the programme, thank you very much for

coming on and telling us all about it.

It was Banksy who made graffiti art famous. He's said to have made

millions, but we still don't know his identity.

Well, now there's a new kid on the block. His name is Ruddy Muddy and

he's from Norfolk. Ruddy is pioneering the use of muddy white

vans to create art and Mike Liggins has been to meet him.

This is Ruddy Muddy inaction working on a particularly grubby Forge

transit. But for him, mud and grain is what he needs. His true identity

is at closely guarded secret. He works quickly and with a bit of old

tissue paper can create a mountain scene of great beauty. I had a bit

of time on my hands and I was getting fed up with people rating

all kinds of weird things on Van Zandt thought it would be

interesting to play around `` writing all kinds of weird things on

vans. We only joking about the identity thing, Ruddy Muddy is

really a van driver and amateur artist. His van and what he calls

his grafilthy art has been spotted all over the region. I have had

people contact me from all over, a few in Cambridge as well. So your

fame is spreading? The art certainly is, I do not know about the fame.

Ruddy Muddy's parties also portable. We wanted to know what the great

British public made of it, so we took his van to a car park. I think

it is great, brilliant. It is with the good, better than the usual

stuff on the side of a van that you would see. You don't do any kind of

that stuff? I don't think I could do that. But not the rude stuff. No,

not at all. He makes it look easy, but it is

not. But here is a little portrait of our presenters.

It is uncanny! It is like looking in the mirror. Thankfully the rain will

watch that away. Will there be some rain to wash off that masterpiece?

There may be. Part of America and Canada have been plunged into

exceptionally cold temperatures `` parts. It has led to an abnormal jet

stream which has pushed wet and windy weather our direction. We have

also had milder conditions. Our warmest spot yesterday was 13

Celsius. It is early January, it should be more like six Celsius. We

got to 12 Celsius in certain parts of Essex. We have also had unsettled

weather, a lot of showers this morning and some of you may have

experienced heavy downpours with heel mix in. There are some showers

just across the western half, but they make make their way into parts

of Northamptonshire. The rain moves up from the south`west, that might

affect parts of Suffolk and Essex across the eastern side. Essentially

it is a largely night with clear spells and lows of six or seven

Celsius. At this time of year you should really be down to around

freezing. Still quite breezy as well with the moderate `south`westerly.

Tomorrow it does not look like a bad aid. It will be dry, with sunny

spells through the morning. `` a bad day. Not a bad winter's Day at all.

It changes subtly into the afternoon, increasing cloud will

eventually bring us some patchy rain that will move through overnight. It

is looking like a wet night forward and is the night into Thursday

morning. This area of low pressure is bringing in that wet weather.

Then we look ahead to the Outlook. We may well start a little bit

cloudy and wet on Thursday. It is also looking quite breezy for

Thursday. It settles down for Friday and Saturday. It will be a bit

cooler, there will be some sunny spells around by the time we get to

Saturday. There will be the return of some overnight frost. We are back

with Stargazing, that will be on for three nights, make sure that you

tune in at 8pm this evening. The weather for stargazing tonight is

looking good, a bit more cloud around, a little bit wet.

Just time to tell you a little bit more about the Stargazing programme

which is coming to you live from Norwich. Thousands of people are

expected to come along to the Forum, we will bring you all of the

build`up tomorrow. People are working hard to make sure it is

built on time. That is all for now. Goodbye.

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