0:00:02 > 0:00:03In Look East tonight:
0:00:03 > 0:00:04Closing the doors on patients.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06The urgent care centre warning it will have to shut
0:00:07 > 0:00:08amid cash shortages.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11All we're asking for is the legally accepted
0:00:11 > 0:00:14minimum tariff for this kind of service.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17We're not asking for anything else, we're asking for the minimum.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19It's being hailed a fairer school funding formula
0:00:19 > 0:00:23but some teachers claim it will leave them worse off.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25And rain lingering this evening and overnight.
0:00:25 > 0:00:35I will have all the details later.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36Hello, good evening.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Managers of Corby's Urgent Care Centre say they'll have
0:00:39 > 0:00:42to close it from next week because they're not
0:00:42 > 0:00:43being properly funded.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45The centre was set up to relieve pressure on hospitals
0:00:45 > 0:00:48and treats over 70,000 patients a year.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51The group that pays for the service say they'll find another
0:00:51 > 0:00:53provider to run it.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Mousumi Bakshi reports.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00It was championed as a beacon of care in an NHS that's struggling to
0:01:00 > 0:01:05keep up with patient demand at nearby Kettering Hospital.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07But is that beacon about to be extinguished?
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Corby's Urgent Care Centre keeps patients out of A
0:01:10 > 0:01:15by treating urgent but not critical conditions like fractures.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Demand is at an all-time high.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21The number of patients we should be seeing and we're kind of geared
0:01:21 > 0:01:26to see is about 140, 147 patients per day
0:01:26 > 0:01:29but it has been increasing and that increase has been a steady rise
0:01:29 > 0:01:31over a long period of time, with sort of peaks
0:01:31 > 0:01:32and troughs in between.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35It is not unusual for us to be seeing in excess
0:01:35 > 0:01:37of 240 patients in a day.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40But now a row over funding threatens the service.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Doctors say they're running the centre at a loss,
0:01:42 > 0:01:46receiving around ?44 per patient when the NHS
0:01:46 > 0:01:49should be paying them ?57.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Lakeside, the company that staffs the centre, is adamant its doors
0:01:52 > 0:01:54will close next Friday.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Not so, say local health care bosses.
0:01:57 > 0:02:07In a statement, they told us...
0:02:14 > 0:02:17All we're asking for is the legally accepted minimum tariff
0:02:17 > 0:02:20for this kind of service.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23We're not asking for anything else, we're asking for the minimum.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26It's a bit like asking for the minimum wage.
0:02:26 > 0:02:32We think we deserve that.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34I'm sure the people who use the service
0:02:34 > 0:02:36would say it's definitely worth the minimum.
0:02:36 > 0:02:37And that's all we want.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Today, patients gave their reaction to the news.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41This is the best place they ever opened,
0:02:41 > 0:02:42to be fair.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45I suffer with a long-term illness anyway so it's handy for me
0:02:45 > 0:02:48if I am ill to come down here rather than go to Kettering.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51It does serve a good purpose to a lot of people in general,
0:02:51 > 0:02:52I'd say.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54With just days to resolve this situation, there is
0:02:54 > 0:02:59confusion, not only for staff but the estimated 73,000 people
0:02:59 > 0:03:01who use this centre.
0:03:01 > 0:03:06Mousumi Bakshi, BBC Look East.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Next tonight, it was designed to make education funding fairer
0:03:09 > 0:03:12but the government's new system for allocating money
0:03:12 > 0:03:17to schools has been criticised by headteachers in our region.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19It's a complex formula but it'll mean just over
0:03:19 > 0:03:21900 schools in our patch get more money
0:03:21 > 0:03:29and just over 550 would get less.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Broadly speaking, schools in Bedford would be the biggest winners
0:03:32 > 0:03:33but those in Luton will lose the most.
0:03:33 > 0:03:34Anna Todd reports.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Underline the part that you think needs improvement.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38What else could they have added?
0:03:38 > 0:03:40An English lesson, how to improve your work.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Something headteachers in Cambridgeshire and
0:03:43 > 0:03:4513 other counties are asking the government to do.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49They say the new national funding formula may give
0:03:49 > 0:03:52historically underfunded schools some extra money but doesn't take
0:03:52 > 0:03:58into account the non-negotiable and rising costs that all schools face.
0:03:58 > 0:04:05Swavesey Village College has 1270 pupils on its books
0:04:05 > 0:04:09and it has an annual budget of ?6 million.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Now, under the new funding formula, it's going to get
0:04:12 > 0:04:16an extra ?10,000 a year.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19But with the non-negotiables, like inflation,
0:04:19 > 0:04:22salary increases, national insurance, pensions
0:04:22 > 0:04:25and the apprenticeship levy, they're going to lose
0:04:25 > 0:04:33almost ?500,000 by the year 2023.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36And that ?10,000 becomes small change.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39The Government has not looked at what it actually costs to run
0:04:39 > 0:04:42a school on, you know, at the basic level.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45And if you're not in an area of deprivation or have high levels
0:04:45 > 0:04:51of deprivation which will enhance the budget to absolutely rightly
0:04:51 > 0:04:54allow you to meet those additional pressures, then the amount
0:04:54 > 0:04:58that is being proposed is not enough to run a school.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00In their joint letter to the government, headteachers
0:05:00 > 0:05:03described the situation as bleak.
0:05:03 > 0:05:10Criticising the government for spending in areas like
0:05:10 > 0:05:12grammar school expansion and for assuming schools all
0:05:12 > 0:05:13have further efficiencies to make.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Most schools that I know are working to the bone
0:05:16 > 0:05:20in terms of financial efficiency, many schools have made redundancies,
0:05:20 > 0:05:21they're looking at their courses they're running,
0:05:21 > 0:05:23they're looking at the opportunities they can
0:05:23 > 0:05:26offer their children because at the end of the day,
0:05:26 > 0:05:28they have to manage and balance their budgets.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30In our region, many areas, including Bedford Borough and
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Milton Keynes, would see a significant rise in their funding.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36But Luton, which is historically well funded, would see all
0:05:36 > 0:05:40but three schools lose money.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42The Prime Minister this afternoon was
0:05:42 > 0:05:46trying to justify it to say that this will really be the most
0:05:46 > 0:05:53fairest way of doing the fundings.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55But this isn't because you're hitting the
0:05:55 > 0:05:58poorest families and the poorest areas of the towns and that's
0:05:58 > 0:06:00what I think is the total unfairness of whole,
0:06:00 > 0:06:01this funding formula.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03The extra ?10,000 for Swavesey Village College could pay
0:06:03 > 0:06:07for another teacher two days a week.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11But with so many other costs in the next few years,
0:06:11 > 0:06:1512 teachers could actually be made redundant.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Headteachers say to make this formula work, the education pot
0:06:18 > 0:06:20needs a lot more money in it.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24Anna Todd, BBC Look East, Cambridgeshire.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26The Department for Education released a statement in response
0:06:27 > 0:06:31today saying,
0:06:31 > 0:06:34"School funding is at its highest level on record.
0:06:34 > 0:06:35We are consulting schools, governors, local authorities
0:06:35 > 0:06:38and parents to make sure we get this formula right, so that every
0:06:38 > 0:06:41pound of the investment we make in education has
0:06:41 > 0:06:44the greatest impact."
0:06:44 > 0:06:47A hospital has apologised after it missed opportunities to correctly
0:06:47 > 0:06:52diagnose a Wellingborough father who's now dying of bone cancer.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55A scan was carried out on 34-year-old David Kinnie
0:06:55 > 0:07:00two years ago, but his tumour was mistaken for a blood clot.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Michele Paduano reports.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Frankie will be four in August.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Throughout his life, Daddy's been ill.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09But no one knew why.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12It was only in October last year, when it was too late,
0:07:12 > 0:07:15that doctors found the tumour.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18I want to be here to watch my little boy grow up.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21I don't want him to look at pictures
0:07:21 > 0:07:26and not know who I am.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28For seven years, David has been under the care of
0:07:28 > 0:07:30University Hospital Coventry.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32He was given physiotherapy for a irregular hip
0:07:32 > 0:07:36for a year and had two operations cancelled.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40Having been together all that time, he and Vikki are planning a wedding.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42I want the hospital to recognise that
0:07:42 > 0:07:45they can't keep doing this to people.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48David, to them, is a number.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50To me, he's my whole life.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52It's happening too much, they're missing,
0:07:52 > 0:07:57they're missing massive signs...
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Documents seen by the BBC indicate an MRI
0:08:00 > 0:08:02in January 2015 found the tumour
0:08:02 > 0:08:06but it was thought to be a blood clot.
0:08:06 > 0:08:07Bone cancers are typically slower growing and
0:08:07 > 0:08:09metastasise later on, so obviously if we're looking at
0:08:09 > 0:08:15a two-year delay then possibly,
0:08:15 > 0:08:17you know, certainly would hope that David's life
0:08:17 > 0:08:18could've been saved.
0:08:18 > 0:08:19The hospital has apologised unreservedly
0:08:19 > 0:08:20for the distress caused.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22The trust medical director Professor Meghana Pandit said
0:08:22 > 0:08:25a full investigation had looked into the opportunities
0:08:25 > 0:08:29to find the cancer earlier.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32She wanted to talk to the family about this and the actions
0:08:32 > 0:08:36taken to improve care for all patients.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Bone cancer is rare, only 600 cases a year,
0:08:38 > 0:08:42but experts say too often it's diagnosed too late.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45A survey showed nearly one in four visited their GP
0:08:45 > 0:08:48more than five times.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51One in three saw three or more health care professionals
0:08:51 > 0:08:54and almost half had to go to A at least once.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57David is determined to fight for as long as he can to stay
0:08:57 > 0:09:02with his family.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05The mother of a baby who died at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital
0:09:05 > 0:09:12has told an inquest into his death that had he been given competent
0:09:12 > 0:09:13and timely care he would have survived.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18Nathalie Aubry-Stacey heard
0:09:18 > 0:09:21her ten month old son Leo died after suffering from a bowel
0:09:21 > 0:09:22condition which needed surgery.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25He was due to be transferred to Great Ormond Street hospital
0:09:25 > 0:09:26when he suffered a cardiac arrest.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29One of the doctors who treated him told the court his death
0:09:29 > 0:09:32was unexpected, and they did all they could to save his life.
0:09:32 > 0:09:33The inquest will continue tomorrow.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36Sport - and a big night for ice hockey as two of our teams
0:09:36 > 0:09:38began their play off campaigns.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Peterborough Phantoms got off to a great start with a 12-0 home
0:09:40 > 0:09:41win against Sheffield Steeldogs.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43A good night for MK Lightning too,
0:09:43 > 0:09:45they beat Swindon Wildcats at home 5-1.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47The Play Offs is a stand-alone tournament at the end
0:09:47 > 0:09:48of the regular season.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52Both Lightning and Phantoms have another five group games,
0:09:52 > 0:09:57before hopefully progressing to the finals in two weeks' time.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59And that's the late news from Look East.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01I'll leave you with the weather with Alex.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02Hello there.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04A cloudy picture across the region at the moment with
0:10:04 > 0:10:07further outbreaks of rain possible as we go through the night.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Gradually clearing to the west and the rest
0:10:09 > 0:10:11of the night does look as though it will be dry
0:10:11 > 0:10:13with some clear spells and quite misty in places.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17Temperatures could get down as low as four Celsius for some of us
0:10:17 > 0:10:18and there'll be a light north-easterly wind.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21And that wind will pick up through the day tomorrow,
0:10:21 > 0:10:23it's going to make it feel a little bit chilly, although
0:10:23 > 0:10:26there should be some good spells of sunshine through tomorrow.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28This weather system being pushed to the south
0:10:28 > 0:10:31by this larger area of high pressure, that is going to dominate
0:10:31 > 0:10:32our weather over the next few days.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34So maybe a cloudy start, but some good spells
0:10:34 > 0:10:37of sunshine as the day goes on.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39A bit of a nagging north-easterly breeze but in the
0:10:39 > 0:10:43sunshine, temperatures getting to 11, perhaps 12 Celsius.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46And those winds should ease as we get into the afternoon.
0:10:46 > 0:10:47The national weather is coming up
0:10:47 > 0:10:48but here's the outlook.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52And high pressure continues to build for Friday and into the weekend,
0:10:52 > 0:10:55bringing some fine weather, with some good spells of sunshine.
0:10:55 > 0:11:01Although it will be a little bit chilly overnight.