06/11/2013 Look East - West

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The Hello and welcome to Look East. In the programme tonight: The last

review cost millions and was shelved, so what's the future for

health care in Bedfordshire as yet another's announced.

Bat and the rest of today's top stories now.

Ancient remains discovered, but does that mean plans for a solar park

should be scrapped? Back home in Milton Keynes tonight,

the Formula 1 champions. And meet seven`year`old Holly, the

new modelling star of a fashion catalogue.

Good evening. First tonight. It will work but we

have no idea yet how much it will cost. What health bosses in

Bedfordshire have said today as they announced yet another review of

services there. The last survey called Healthier Together, cost ?2

million and was then shelved. This latest step comes after Bedford

Hospital lost many of its children's services over safety fears and was

criticised by the watchdog. The idea is to improve services for patients

in Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes. How do you provide health services

in a way that's safe and affordable well into the future? That's what

these GPs are trying to work out. Today they launched a review of all

health services in Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes. It will take into

account the work we have done with children's services so far and it

will look at what happens to people with heart problems or spiritual

problems and very importantly it is going to have to look at what

happens to our elderly population and how we help those people with

services as close to home as possible. It all started in the

children's department at Bedford Hospital. In April junior doctors

there said patient safety was being put at risk. Services were suspended

and a review of children's care started immediately. But inspectors

later raised concerns about other aspects of care in the hospital So

could this wider review result in it closing? Certainly not. Anybody who

thinks that I have spent 30 years as a GP with an intention at the end of

my career to get into a fight to close down a hospital is talking

nonsense. My colleagues are all working as GPs and practising as GPs

and seeing patients every day. We need hospital services and we need

hospital services in Bedford. The review is likely to look at where

each type of care is provided and who provides it ` whether it's the

NHS, a charity or a private company. The various options will be

published in May, with final decisions made in November next

year. As for the cost, no one could tell us today what that would be.

But the last big review of services in the region, called Healthier

Together, cost more than ?2 million. After a year and a half it was

dropped, along with its proposals. So what does this mean for

children's care, where this process all started? The review of

children's services has now been put on hold and will be considered as

part of the wider review. In the meantime some services are bringing

bought back here but only for the short term. We will only know when

the review finishes in one year from now.

So for people in Bedfordshire it'll be at least another year of

uncertainty over services. MP Richard Fuller told be this

afternoon it may seem a case of all talk and no

action but he insists that this review will be different and he has

learned from previous mistakes. I think it will be different and it is

a really positive thing. You have health professionals involved at the

hospital and in the clinical commissioning group and national

bodies and politicians all working together on this to make sure that

we can solve these problems that have been nagging people for a long

time. Whether it is children's services or the quality of care at

the hospital we should be positive about this review process and

participate in taking it forward. Let us talk about the indication for

children's services. You have called for stronger leadership but it will

be a year before we know what will happen to those services. That is

true. But in the short term the hospital can continue to look at

ways to improve their services and it can work with the body that's

removed the junior doctors and get those doctors back and it can work

with the clinic Inc `` clinical commissioning group and get

paediatric care back to Bedford We do not have to wait for the

long`term for the overall review about how those services can be

configured. What a lot of people will find staggering is that a

review has been ordered but nobody knows how much it might cost. All I

know is what we have seen in the NHS in the last few months is a number

of hospitals have fallen foul of the quality of care they have provided.

When you have a hospital like Bedford that has a series of

challenges, and let us be open and upfront about this, what I want to

see is our hospital getting the best possible attention to ensure it can

deliver the best quality of services on the long term for the people of

Bedford, based in Bedford. If that costs a bit of money to get there,

then it will be a bit `` it will be money well spent. This could be a

very costly exercise so how much is too much to spend on this review? I

will not pluck a number out of the air but when you look at the future

of the hospital and you care as much about providing health services in

Bedford as the people of Bedford care about and you have the support

of the national bodies to look at this, I think we can trust them to

use the budget wisely and ensure we have safe and long`term services

available in Bedford. Staying with the NHS, the two main

hospitals in Northamptonshire have announced how they will spend nearly

?8 million pounds worth of extra funding. The government announced in

the summer that several of our hospitals will receive money to help

reduce the pressure on their A departments this winter. In the last

year both Kettering and Northampton hospitals have struggled to meet

waiting time targets. The pressures on A departments

have never been greater and that rising demand is causing a

particular strain here in Kettering, in 1992 the hospital was treating

40,000 patients a year. In 2012 that number had more than doubled and

with thousands of new houses planned. Demand for services will

continue to rise. So what's being planned? Well,

Kettering gets ?4 million which will be used to develop services, which

will hopefully relieve pressure on Accident and Emergency services such

as this Ambulatory Care Unit, where people with chronic conditions such

as lung problems can bypass A I visted the unit shortly after it

opened in June where nurses told me it was already making a difference.

What it aims to do is investigate and treat adult patients on the same

day. Patients do not necessarily have to go through a and E and they

come directly into an ambulatory care area where they are treated and

assessed and they do not necessarily need the inpatient bed as well. It

has a dual purpose. It reduces the pressure is on a and E and it also

reduces the pressure is on our bed capacity.

Part of the funding is also being used to improve services at Corby's

new Urgent Care Centre which will now open for an extra four hours

every day until March. Being able to open until midnight improve the

flexibility of the service and means we can look after people in the late

afternoon and evening that would otherwise have had to go to the

accident and emergency department. This is not just for Corby

patients. It is for any patient in the north of the county where their

travel time will be similar whether they went to Kettering hospital or

to us. Here in Northampton they have received ?4 million, 2 million of

which will be spent on the accident and emergency department, mostly on

more staff, nurses and consultants. The rest will be spent in the

community, providing 24 extra beds to be mostly used by patients with

dementia and elderly patients. Northamptonshire's clinical

commissing groups say they're pleased that this money was

announced in the summer, allowing them time to prepare and plan for

the winter. The question is, will this Christmas bonus be enough? Next

to night: A 14`year`old girl has been giving evidence at the Old

Bailey in the trial of eight people accused of a string of sex offences

in Peterborough. The youngest defendant is also 4.

Louise Hubball is at the Old Bailey now. What can you tell us? The

barristers and judge removed their wigs and gowns at the request of the

14`year`old witness. She gave her evidence by video link and could not

see the defendants sat in the jock. It is accused that they attacked

five girls in Peterborough. The QC cross examines the witness, do you

sometimes tell lies, she asks? Sometimes, the girl said. She

admitted she had lied to the police about being raped in a garage in

Peterborough. The jury heard that she had done in order to get a boy

in trouble for a friend. Have you ever told anyone you were 16, she

was asked? The police and some boys, she said. To make the boys

speak to you, she replied. She was asked about one of the defendants

and how he was a DJ at a disco. Did you think he was cool? Yes, she

replied. Did you want him to like you? Yes, she said. The girl is

expected to continue giving her evidence tomorrow morning. All eight

defendants denied the charges against them.

Last night on the programme we looked at the continuing row about

an energy part in Peterborough. Tonight we join the archaeologists

whose excavations could bring the plans to halt. The City Council

wants to build the biggest solar farm of its kind on farmland that it

owns. It's a hole in the ground that could

hold the city's future. It's future finances. Unearthed in a massive

archaelogical dig covering almost 900 acres. We can see the features

just on the surface. We have targeted these features and

excavated them in a cross section here to find out their form and age.

They aren't digging the whole area, but around 200 trenches. The council

says it always intended to survey the site. English Heritage have

insisted on full reports from archaeologists. What we have found

is of local and regional interest but nothing yet that we would

consider national significance. The information we get feedback to the

council and informs the decisions they make regarding the development.

Here are just two examples of pottery that has been found. This is

part of a Roman pot, dating back 2000 years. This is believed to be

iron age. If you look closely you can see that part of the pot is

black and where it was used for cooking, possibly 2500 years ago.

The plan to build the energy farm has always been controversial.

Yesterday in Westminster it was described as a monster project which

risks turning people off renewable energy. But it could make the

council ?30 million. Anti`campaigners hope archaeology

could stop it And the man who discovered Flag Fen today called for

the site to be more extensively surveyed. It is essential that they

get the archaeology right here, partly because archaeological either

Peter red pens are right up there with the most important areas in

Europe. It is all about understanding context. ``

Peterborough dens. Today the city's leader visited the

dig, saying it was a full and proper survey. I do want the project to go

ahead but it depends what you find. Heritage will create wealth and

money as well, you know! Archaeologists have another four or

five weeks on the site, but it could still all end with an inquiry,

whatever they find. A PCSO who chased a suspect around Wisbech

despite having a broken ankle says it was not bravery. He was simply

doing his job. Terry McCormack was on his bike when he was called to

support another officer. The suspect pushed him to the ground, but Mr

McCormack got back on his bike and after a 20 minute pursuit finally

wrestled the man to the ground. Food producers from around

Cambridgeshire have been displaying their wares at the Houses of

Parliament today. They were invited to Westminster by local MPs to mark

Cambridgeshire Food And Drink Day. The Environment Secretary Owen

Patterson was among a number of politicians who dropped in for a

tasting. The produce on offer ranged from locally produced crisps to

meat, Christmas pudding, beer, and even vodka.

access to the quay. The owner fenced it off, citing safety reasons. Still

to come: The Formula one champion Sebastian Vettel. And we meet the

new face of a big clothing label. At a time when there is a lot of bad

news around about the NHS, we can now celebrate some good news. It's

been announced today that the service provided to cancer patients

at two of the region's hospitals has gained a Centre of Excellence

status. The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital .and the James

Paget Hospital near Great Yarmouth are now recognised by an

international body which promotes high`quality patient care. At the

Norfolk and Norwich, for example, this refers to the specialist

treatment of blood`system cancers, like leukaemia. Alex Dunlop has this

report. This is David in happier days after

recovering from blood cancer. But it has now returned. Chemotherapy may

have killed his cancer cells but it has also compromised his immune

system. The smallest infection could have killed him. Stenson treatment

has so far received his life. `` stem cell treatment. After his

latest course of chemo frozen cells were put back in to his body. Your

stem cells will enable healthy bone marrow to growth which is free of

cancer. The idea is that it receive a clean start. So even if it might

not cure you of anything, it certainly would prolong your life.

David is under the care of this doctor. Each year, he and his team

at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital takes themselves from 230

patients to help them fight blood system cancers. They have just

received international recognition for their work in this field. The

certificate acknowledges them as a Centre of Excellence. Away from the

crisis at Colchester Hospital, this is an example of the NHS getting it

right on cancer treatment. But do not expect this unit to help find a

cure. It is the role of the hospital to select the correct patient for

the correct procedure, that has more impact on the outcome than the

actual transplant itself. David will be under the shadow of cancer for

the rest of his life, but thanks to the stem cell treatment he has a

quality`of`life, and will continue to have a life.

The newly crowned Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel returned

to his team base in Milton Keynes today and told everyone, "You

haven't seen the best of me yet." He's only 26 years old and has now

won four world titles in a row. So today a chance to say thank you to

his team at Red Bull for their part in helping him to the title. Let's

go live to Milton Keynes and our sports reporter James Burridge.

Welcome to Red Bull headquarters. Take a look at this trophy cabinet,

which just gets bigger and bigger with every passing year. I have

counted over 140 trophies in that this evening. Down here you can see

some recent acquisitions. Singapore, Germany, Belgium. All

Grand Prix which Sebastian Vettel has one. Today he came back to

Milton Keynes to give thanks to the factory that got him there.

Celebratory homecomings like these are just par for the course for a

Red Bull and Sebastian Vettel. A peerless partnership of man and

machine which have left the rest trailing in their wake. People tend

to call it a domination, I do not like the word domination because it

makes things sound easy. If we look back to every single individual

race, it was very, very hard work and we put everything into it.

People lack the excitement or little bit, but not yourself, because you

know how much work you put in. Below factory, everybody knew how hard it

was. For years, each titles, this is the stage that Red Bull are getting

used to. After years of being the young pretenders, they are now the

traditional beasts of Formula one. This is not necessarily synonymous

with engineering excellence, but this is sensational what they have

done. They have all rallied around a brilliant driver, a strong

management team, big political influence behind the scenes. It is a

huge strain to keep the team at that level, as it was on the ferry years

it will not last for ever, as it did when Schumacher retired. But

Sebastian Vettel is on the 26. The second half of 2013 has become too

predictable for some. The last seven races have been won by one man and

one team. She'd Usain Bolt tie his shoelaces together and allow someone

else to have a chance? We should admire success, we should aspire

towards it and accept that within the confines of the regulations,

this team is doing the best job. Sometimes you have to pinch yourself

to Eli is what we have managed to achieve, collectively. `` to realise

what we have achieved. It is the teamwork between departments that

has enabled us to achieve the amount of success that we have. You do not

get much time for reflection in this business, but it is important to

reflect, the whole team, on what we have achieved. When is the party?

The week after the last race. It will be quite a party. Red Bull's

stranglehold on the spot will be truly tested. Sebastian Vettel

pulled me that his best years are still to come. You would not bet

against him. Four in a row. Ed is this your computer with the other

three? `` how does this year compared with the other three? This

year has been run since the summer. Sebastian Vettel has been on several

successive victories. The secret behind a car here is the

aerodynamics. The flora low to the ground that it creates such a

downforce that it creates rip for the driver and force. `` grip. Next

year there will be a lot of changes in the ways that the cars are shaped

and run, such as the engines. That will give Red Bull a lot to think

about. But if you look back and consider the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

and in India, a lot of people were working on next year's car, it gives

you an idea of what is in store for them.

So, lots to celebrate in Milton Keynes and lots to celebrate at a

family home in Cambridgeshire, and for one young girl in particular,

who has been chosen to be the face of a well`known fashion label.

For seven`year`old Holly Greenhow, walking and talking are impossible

because she has a type of cerebal palsy. But when it comes to

modelling, she's a natural, as Mike Liggins has been finding out.

Jr still class in Huntingdon. Holly Greenhow taking part in an art

lesson. Holly was deprived of oxygen at birth and has a form of cerebral

palsy. She understands everything but her movement, balance and speech

impaired. She is brilliant. She really has settled well. How have

the other children reacted to her? They are very accommodating, they

love her. It was her mum that contacted Boden three years ago with

the idea of Holly modelling for them. There was a casting in the

spring and then a photo shoot in July. This is the result. The

pictures are now being used on the Boden website. Holly has loved all

of the attention because she is a little girl and loves being the

centre of attention. We have had great responses from friends and

family who have all seen it and also through the wonders of social

media. She has been on Facebook and other bits and pieces. Loads of

friends have been able to see it easily so she has loved all of that.

Back home her 10`year old brother has been getting used to having a

famous sister. A little envious perhaps but incredibly proud. Do you

like the photos? Yes. And when you are older, would you like to be a

model? Yes. They are super photos. I try to do my bit for her and other

children like Holly, so that the media are aware that children exist

like Holly who are not perfect. And that does not mean that you would

not want to buy a nightmare of clothing. Holly uses her eyes to

play games and the hope is that she will use the system to communicate.

But for now it is her smile that is winning hearts and helping to change

attitudes. That is some smell! What a little

stunner. She is gorgeous. What amazing

photographs. We have already had some rain in

places this afternoon, but the main area is just heading towards us. It

is going to spread eastwards over the next few overs and some of this

rain is likely to be heavy and persistent and accompanied by

blustery north`westerly winds for a time. The whole lot will start to

pull away to the south`east and we will see drier skies following in

behind. Where we get any breaks in the clothes later in the night once

the rain has gone, we could drop down to a chilly five Celsius. We

should stay frosty freehand by the end of the night the blustery winds

will be easing to light for a time. Tomorrow's weather is dependent on

how quickly this front takes the thicker cloud and rain away to the

near continent. As it stands, that should happen fairly quickly. We

will start off with some rain but that will move away and the sunnier

skies will start to spread to all parts. We should have some sunshine

as we head into the afternoon. We cannot rule out an isolated shower

just about anywhere throughout the course of the day. Temperatures

tomorrow around ten or 11 Celsius. Similar to today's values but do not

let the sunshine fool you. The winds are mainly light to moderate

south`westerly. Not a lot of cloud around. As we head into the next few

days, Friday, probably some spells of sunshine but also a scattering of

showers and quite a blustery day and yet again chilly. That goes for

Saturday as well. We will probably have some sunshine at times but a

chance of a shower somewhere. What of Remembrance Day parades to think

about at the weekend. A dry start the day, as it stands. I do think

that it will be short lived. Crowed increasing from the north`west. ``

cloud. Probably at the moment arriving late morning. Something we

will keep a close eye on. These are your overnight lows. On Friday and

Saturday night the chance of a ground frost in some rural areas.

Thank you very much. Thank you to the man who changed the

wheel on my car last night. Goodbye.