:00:08. > :00:13.The future shape of the NHS in our region was announced today.
:00:14. > :00:16.There'll be a radical upgrade to cancer care,
:00:17. > :00:17.with new state-of-the-art radiotherapy machines
:00:18. > :00:25.There'll also be a focus on mental health services,
:00:26. > :00:27.with more beds available for children and young people,
:00:28. > :00:29.and mental health staff will offer round-the-clock emergency care
:00:30. > :00:37.NHS England East say services will be more joined-up,
:00:38. > :00:40.but waiting times for routine surgery are likely to get longer due
:00:41. > :00:49.NHS England claims the planned upgrade in cancer services
:00:50. > :00:54.will save many lives, though this region will not
:00:55. > :00:57.be getting one of four new one-stop testing centres -
:00:58. > :01:03.Leading hospitals will be receiving new or upgraded machines.
:01:04. > :01:06.The Royal College of Radiologists says the aim of speedy diagnosis
:01:07. > :01:08.and treatment is admirable but unlikely to be realised
:01:09. > :01:11.because of a serious shortage of radiologists.
:01:12. > :01:16.Four months ago Look East filmed at a specialist mental health unit
:01:17. > :01:19.at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford.
:01:20. > :01:22.The birth of her baby Paris led to Velvet Pearson becoming seriously
:01:23. > :01:24.unwell with a conditions that affects one in 1,000 new mums.
:01:25. > :01:30.The location of a new mother and baby unit in the region should
:01:31. > :01:34.Beds at this ?1 million children's mental health unit in Lowestoft
:01:35. > :01:38.have been standing empty because of a shortage of funding.
:01:39. > :01:40.Today, a commitment to increase the number of mental health beds
:01:41. > :01:49.Within two years many of the region's A departments
:01:50. > :01:51.will include mental health staff offering round-the-clock support
:01:52. > :01:54.and there's a commitment to new urgent treatment centres,
:01:55. > :01:56.and evening and weekend access to GP services.
:01:57. > :01:59.You could actually throw a lot of money at the issues we're facing
:02:00. > :02:02.currently but it won't resolve the fact that we're trying
:02:03. > :02:06.to and finding it very difficult to recruit more GPs,
:02:07. > :02:11.Norman Lamb, a former health minister, welcomes
:02:12. > :02:16.the prioritising of cancer care and mental health services.
:02:17. > :02:19.There is, though, a big downside to this, and that is that they are
:02:20. > :02:22.acknowledging that people will wait longer for operations,
:02:23. > :02:29.The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt was on a visit to a Norwich care home.
:02:30. > :02:31.We were told he wasn't available to be interviewed.
:02:32. > :02:34.He was ushered out of the back door and sped away
:02:35. > :02:41.Simon Evans is the regional director of NHS England.
:02:42. > :02:44.I asked him whether the measures proposed would really help ease
:02:45. > :02:49.I think they'll make a big difference.
:02:50. > :02:52.Two and a half years ago, we announced the five-year forward
:02:53. > :02:54.view and today's announcement is a stock-take on what we've
:02:55. > :02:58.achieved over the last two and a half years and what we're
:02:59. > :03:01.going to focus on over the next two years.
:03:02. > :03:05.And we're focusing on areas that our patients are telling us
:03:06. > :03:08.they want us to focus on and that's in terms of improving cancer
:03:09. > :03:11.services, improving A performance, increasing the access to GPs
:03:12. > :03:17.and improving access to mental health services.
:03:18. > :03:20.Just touching upon the point about access to GPs,
:03:21. > :03:22.extended access, in some parts of this region, we're
:03:23. > :03:26.struggling to fill vacancies that we've already got,
:03:27. > :03:34.In the east of England, we've invested over ?2 million
:03:35. > :03:40.in practices to support recruitment and to support practices that might
:03:41. > :03:45.be vulnerable and improve resilience for those practices.
:03:46. > :03:48.One of the costs of these new plans announced today is that
:03:49. > :03:51.some routine operations, people may have to wait a little
:03:52. > :03:55.Do you think patients will understand that?
:03:56. > :04:00.We are focusing on the areas we're being told that patients want us
:04:01. > :04:05.to focus on and we will continue to try to deliver the 18-week
:04:06. > :04:11.targets for treatment, and clinicians and managers,
:04:12. > :04:15.GPs will work together to ensure that we can deliver
:04:16. > :04:26.The children's services department at Norfolk County Council has
:04:27. > :04:28.received an encouraging review from Ofsted.
:04:29. > :04:31.The department was rated as inadequate 18 months ago.
:04:32. > :04:35.The latest report by the education watchdog praises management changes
:04:36. > :04:41.But it says the department is still not providing a good
:04:42. > :04:48.One of the country's most technically advanced cinemas
:04:49. > :04:56.Films at the new 14-screen Empire complex will be
:04:57. > :05:03.As Kevin Burch reports, it's the first of its kind in the region.
:05:04. > :05:07.Excited staff and exposure galore as the Empire opens its doors.
:05:08. > :05:12.Giving Ipswich a total now of 27 screens.
:05:13. > :05:15.Look back to 1961 and the cinema really was the only place to be.
:05:16. > :05:18.And in Ipswich, too, look back through some old snapshots
:05:19. > :05:22.and the pictures have always been paramount - no pun intended.
:05:23. > :05:24.Remember the good old days when film used to be
:05:25. > :05:27.about the crackle of celluloid, the projectionist doing the business
:05:28. > :05:37.David was once a projectionist, now he's in charge of this control
:05:38. > :05:48.room and computers which pretty much run all 14 laser screens unaided.
:05:49. > :05:57.I mean, I do miss film - I expect every projectionist that's
:05:58. > :05:59.out there that used to be a projectionist misses film -
:06:00. > :06:02.but you have to move with the times and things move on.
:06:03. > :06:04.Sometimes you see technology presented and you go, OK,
:06:05. > :06:07.I can't really see the customer benefit, but this one
:06:08. > :06:10.The picture quality, the colours, the sharpness,
:06:11. > :06:12.the brightness off the screen is really like nothing
:06:13. > :06:16.The Empire's taken two years to create, converting
:06:17. > :06:18.what was a huge retail chunk of the butter market,
:06:19. > :06:23.There is a drive under way to rejuvenate this corner of town.
:06:24. > :06:25.The Empire team say they're delighted and excited
:06:26. > :06:40.Let's leave you with the weather now, here's Julie.
:06:41. > :06:47.It's a largely dry night with possibly the odd shower,
:06:48. > :06:50.with some long clear spells, and it's going to be mild, too -
:06:51. > :06:52.temperatures no lower than seven or eight.
:06:53. > :06:55.That good old double act of sunshine and showers courtesy of this
:06:56. > :06:59.We could see showers just about everywhere
:07:00. > :07:04.If you do see one it could be heavy with possibly some hail
:07:05. > :07:06.and thunder mixed in, and they'll be pretty
:07:07. > :07:08.slow-moving as well, with these light south
:07:09. > :07:15.Sunday should be largely fine and dry with just the very small
:07:16. > :07:20.In a moment, the national forecast, but I'll leave you with the outlook.
:07:21. > :07:23.After the mist and fog clears on Monday, a fine and dry day.
:07:24. > :07:26.Perhaps some showery rain for a time on Tuesday,
:07:27. > :07:34.but then it should become dry again everywhere.
:07:35. > :07:42.Hello. There the weekend is here and Sunday looks like being the better
:07:43. > :07:45.day of the two. We're going to start the weekend, a new month, with
:07:46. > :07:49.sunshine and April showers. Those fade away overnight. Saturday night
:07:50. > :07:52.could be chilly. It points to a fine day on Sunday. This picture was
:07:53. > :07:57.taken by a weather watcher to end the day in Dundee. This one is
:07:58. > :08:00.probably my favourite of the day. This was taken at Yarmouth in the
:08:01. > :08:05.Isle of Wight. Here we could catch showers overnight. Probably going to
:08:06. > :08:10.be dry in Dundee. You can see where the wet weather is, in the
:08:11. > :08:14.south-west and into Wales. That could be heavier eier at times.
:08:15. > :08:18.Clearer skies for Eastern parts of England. Not as warm as last night.
:08:19. > :08:19.Not cold