:00:00. > :00:00.That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me and on
:00:00. > :00:00.Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North.
:00:07. > :00:11.The leading consultants who are leaving hospitals in East Yorkshire
:00:12. > :00:22.because of bullying and intimidation.
:00:23. > :00:27.When you have nurses crying, the motivated people who walk at the
:00:28. > :00:32.drop of a hat, it has to say something.
:00:33. > :00:35.The MPs who say overseas aid should be used for projects closer to home.
:00:36. > :00:37.Accusations of a heavy`handed approach as the police arrive
:00:38. > :00:43.Police deny campaigners? claims that there were 100 officers
:00:44. > :01:03.And the school children from Cleethorpes getting ready to
:01:04. > :01:19.I will be back later with the forecast for tomorrow and we can.
:01:20. > :01:22.One the country's leading heart surgeons has become the latest
:01:23. > :01:25.senior figure to leave the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust amid
:01:26. > :01:33.He and another doctor, who has also recently resigned have
:01:34. > :01:36.taken the unusual step of speaking out in public to criticise
:01:37. > :01:38.the culture of bullying, which they say is plaguing the trust.
:01:39. > :01:46.Other consultants have privately told BBC Look North the same story.
:01:47. > :01:48.Health managers insist they are trying to tackle the problem.
:01:49. > :01:57.Vicky Johnson has been investigating.
:01:58. > :01:59.Dr Farqad Alamgir is renowned as one of the country's
:02:00. > :02:03.Last year, he was made an MBE for services to cardiology, but this
:02:04. > :02:08.week he has resigned from his job in
:02:09. > :02:16.People in senior management talking to you about bad behaviour will
:02:17. > :02:27.carry bad consequences and then you start wondering what is
:02:28. > :02:35.Is it bad behaviour if you stand up for something and say there
:02:36. > :02:38.People were talking about this, the word bullying
:02:39. > :02:42.In his letter of resignation, Dr Alamgir speaks of the fear
:02:43. > :02:44.and intimidation which he claims is now widespread among clinicians.
:02:45. > :02:51.doctors and consultants who have left the trust within the past year,
:02:52. > :02:54.saying they simply can't work in the current atmosphere.
:02:55. > :02:55.Consultant gynaecologist Wendy Noble, packing up
:02:56. > :03:00.Three years ago, the hospital trust settled out of court when
:03:01. > :03:05.One of the reasons for her resignation now is the poor
:03:06. > :03:14.I was really concerned about the quality of training, the quality
:03:15. > :03:17.of care we were able to deliver, and I raised my serious concerns.
:03:18. > :03:20.Once again, it was just pooh`poohed, it was suggested I had ulterior
:03:21. > :03:27.motives to try to destabilise the unit by my manager.
:03:28. > :03:29.The Care Quality Commission, the health watchdog, raised these issues
:03:30. > :03:32.in its recent report, demanding that the trust must investigate why some
:03:33. > :03:36.staff feel they are bullied, or feel pressured to undertake additional
:03:37. > :03:39.hours, putting the need to meet targets above patient care.
:03:40. > :03:42.The focus was not on the patients. The focus was on figures, numbers.
:03:43. > :03:45.If you were not part of that, you felt you had let down the
:03:46. > :03:52.organistaion, which isn't what should happen.
:03:53. > :03:56.You would go to a meeting, you would get two or three vocal people saying
:03:57. > :04:03.this isn't good enough, and everyone else is burying their noses in their
:04:04. > :04:10.paperwork, because if they ever put their head above the parapet, they
:04:11. > :04:14.get picked on, and they've decided they want to go for a quiet life.
:04:15. > :04:15.And that's what happened at Mid`Staffordshire.
:04:16. > :04:17.Unions claim bullying is rife across all departments.
:04:18. > :04:21.People come to work, they get their pay ` that's how it should work.
:04:22. > :04:24.They should not go home feeling stressed or hurt or sick because of
:04:25. > :04:27.the way they've been treated by their managers. There are a lot of
:04:28. > :04:30.good managers there, but there are still some bullies, and we need to
:04:31. > :04:34.Ian Philp, the Trust's medical director, admits the bullying
:04:35. > :04:37.culture is a concern but insists they are
:04:38. > :04:42.We cannot change the culture overnight but we can do some things
:04:43. > :04:44.quickly, and we have to demonstrate to staff that when they raise
:04:45. > :04:48.concerns, that we investigate them and we will deal with them and staff
:04:49. > :04:52.will not be treated punitively for raising concerns.
:04:53. > :05:03.They will be thanked for raising concerns.
:05:04. > :05:05.They're leaving their families and taking their many years
:05:06. > :05:07.of experience, not just away from this area,
:05:08. > :05:15.I'm joined now by the MP for Hull North Diana Johnson.
:05:16. > :05:22.What is your view on what is going on within the trust? I am concerned
:05:23. > :05:26.about patient care and patient safety. It is very disappointing to
:05:27. > :05:32.hear these doctors are leaving, with all the experience. I think the sea
:05:33. > :05:36.QC identified there was a problem with bullying in the trust, and I
:05:37. > :05:42.had a meeting with inspectors to try to understand that. They clearly
:05:43. > :05:46.have a job to do to root out this bullying culture, because it is
:05:47. > :05:49.unacceptable. I talked to the chief executive this afternoon, and he
:05:50. > :05:57.reassured me steps are being put into place, but I think we need to
:05:58. > :06:04.be talking to the trust more and find out they do bring the facts.
:06:05. > :06:09.Unison has said staff are scared to speak out about bullying. If that is
:06:10. > :06:15.the case, it will be very hard to get to the bottom of the problem.
:06:16. > :06:19.That is shocking. I have the official speak this morning and say
:06:20. > :06:23.he had never come across such an ingrained culture of bullying in his
:06:24. > :06:28.career in the NHS, so it is deeply worrying. I will have a new chief
:06:29. > :06:35.executive at the hospital soon, and his top priority has to be to sort
:06:36. > :06:41.this out. It is really worrying for me, just as it is for the local MPs,
:06:42. > :06:48.that our constituents may not be getting the care and standard of
:06:49. > :06:51.care they deserve. One doctor told us this kind of culture is what
:06:52. > :06:56.caused the problems at mid Staffordshire. Other problems in
:06:57. > :07:02.Hull being taken seriously? I think the Care Quality Commission
:07:03. > :07:05.identified there was a problem with bullying culture. I am not sure I
:07:06. > :07:12.would say it is the same plasmid stuff Jeff. `` I am not sure I would
:07:13. > :07:18.say it is the same as mid Staffordshire. Urgent action is
:07:19. > :07:26.needed, though. Would you be worried if you are going into the hospital?
:07:27. > :07:32.I think there is a great deal of excellent care in our NHS in Hull. I
:07:33. > :07:36.think there is a problem about bullying and that needs to be rooted
:07:37. > :07:53.out. I have every confidence the NHS can sort this out. Diana Johnson,
:07:54. > :08:04.thanks very much. If you want to be in touch, here are the details.
:08:05. > :08:07.Preparing for the Tour de France to arrive `
:08:08. > :08:14.now there's a promise of another major cycling race for Yorkshire.
:08:15. > :08:17.A number of Tory MPs from East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire say
:08:18. > :08:20.they'll oppose plans to increase the amount of taxpayers' money which
:08:21. > :08:24.The Government wants to enshrine into law the amount that is spent
:08:25. > :08:31.But some MPs say the money would be better spent helping
:08:32. > :08:41.At this warehouse on the outskirts of Beverley,
:08:42. > :08:45.the East Yorkshire based charity Jacob's Well is preparing to send
:08:46. > :08:56.The charity's chief executive ` retired GP Beryl Beynon `
:08:57. > :08:59.believes it's right that our government should help those
:09:00. > :09:13.I think as British people we have always been held in that kind of
:09:14. > :09:17.esteem that we would always be there to help people in need. I think the
:09:18. > :09:20.main thing is that it is used for the poor and the sick and the
:09:21. > :09:24.needy, not just for political purposes.
:09:25. > :09:27.The Government is under pressure to ensure that no less than 0.7%
:09:28. > :09:29.of our national income is spent on overseas aid.
:09:30. > :09:31.That currently works out at ?11 billion a year.
:09:32. > :09:33.The Department for International Development says that money is spent
:09:34. > :09:38.on projects such as preventing an infection that causes blindness in
:09:39. > :09:41.East Africa, making sure boys and girls go to school in Pakistan and
:09:42. > :09:56.But some MPs are opposed to the Government putting
:09:57. > :10:09.a legally binding figure on the amount its spends on overseas aid.
:10:10. > :10:17.The Cleethorpes MP Martin Vickers has launched a petition on his
:10:18. > :10:20.website asking whether voters would rather see foreign aid diverted to
:10:21. > :10:37.Many people lobby me, urging me to support the knot at 7%.
:10:38. > :10:40.It's an emotive debate, but when it comes to the way taxpayers'
:10:41. > :10:47.money is spent, some still argue that charity should begin at home.
:10:48. > :10:51.Kathleen Spencer Chapman is from Oxfam ` I asked her if the UK being
:10:52. > :10:54.world leaders in sending overseas aid shows us as a caring nation or
:10:55. > :11:07.Our aid saves millions of lives around the world.
:11:08. > :11:10.Oxfam sees in our work every day the good British aid is doing
:11:11. > :11:14.It is keeping children in school, preventing mothers dying
:11:15. > :11:16.in childbirth, just to give a few examples.
:11:17. > :11:18.In 2012, British taxpayers sent ?280 million in aid to India.
:11:19. > :11:21.They launched a ?45 million rocket to Mars.
:11:22. > :11:24.Do you still think that giving to India is a good idea?
:11:25. > :11:26.About a third of the world's poorest people live in India,
:11:27. > :11:35.and Oxfam is doing a lot of work in India with the Indian government
:11:36. > :11:40.Why are we giving to a country that can afford to spend ?750 million of
:11:41. > :11:49.British aid still has an important impact in India.
:11:50. > :11:51.It is really helping make sure children are in school
:11:52. > :11:54.and encouraging the Indian government to do a lot more.
:11:55. > :11:55.People in this country are kindhearted.
:11:56. > :11:59.But they don't understand why, when we have so many problems
:12:00. > :12:01.at home, we're giving this amount of money in foreign aid.
:12:02. > :12:04.Clearly, there are also people at home who
:12:05. > :12:07.are struggling, and Oxfam also works to tackle poverty in the UK.
:12:08. > :12:14.We don't think poor people anywhere, either in the UK or globally,
:12:15. > :12:18.They don't understand why, when we have problems here,
:12:19. > :12:21.?180 from every single person in this country goes abroad.
:12:22. > :12:30.That money really does save lives, and Britain is still the seventh
:12:31. > :12:33.richest country in the world, so we think it is completely possible for
:12:34. > :12:35.the British government to be making sure poor people aren't suffering
:12:36. > :12:44.We don't know what percentage of that money goes to ordinary people
:12:45. > :12:47.in poverty or what percentage goes to firms or corrupt individuals.
:12:48. > :12:49.We know the vast majority of that money reaches
:12:50. > :12:53.Clearly, no system is 100% perfect, but in the UK,
:12:54. > :12:55.if a hospital is failing, we don't stop funding the NHS.
:12:56. > :13:13.The vast majority of that money is reaching the poorest people.
:13:14. > :13:28.I would like your views on this. Should the amount spent on foreign
:13:29. > :13:32.aid be fixed in lark? Get in touch if you have a view on this. `` fixed
:13:33. > :13:35.in law. Police in Lincoln have asked
:13:36. > :13:37.for two teenage girls to come forward, after a man died
:13:38. > :13:43.following an attack in the city. 69`year`old Michael Broxholme was
:13:44. > :13:46.the victim of a robbery on Friday evening near his home on
:13:47. > :13:47.Hermit Street. Police have asked for two teenage
:13:48. > :13:50.girls, who they believe helped Mr Broxholme immediately
:13:51. > :13:54.after the attack, to contact them. A mother from Hull accused
:13:55. > :13:57.of killing her two year old son when he drowned in a bath has been
:13:58. > :14:00.giving evidence at her trial. Kerry Abel admitted taking
:14:01. > :14:02.a number of prescription drugs on the night her son died but told
:14:03. > :14:05.the court she didn't fall asleep. She denies the charges
:14:06. > :14:08.of manslaughter and at times wept Simon Spark was in court
:14:09. > :14:26.and sent this report. Kerry able about that court this
:14:27. > :14:31.morning to give evidence for the first time in front of the jury ``
:14:32. > :14:35.Kerry Abel. She is accused of manslaughter after her two`year
:14:36. > :14:40.Robinson was found drowned in the bath. She admitted being a former
:14:41. > :14:46.heroin addict. She admitted obtaining other drugs that were not
:14:47. > :14:53.on prescription, but from other people 's prescriptions and from
:14:54. > :14:57.friends. She said she took one drug to help with backache. The court had
:14:58. > :15:02.to stop at one time because her evidence was incomprehensible as she
:15:03. > :15:06.cried during the description of finding her son. She said he was
:15:07. > :15:10.playing in eight inches of water with her toys, she stood up, she
:15:11. > :15:15.felt dizzy, reached for the bathroom door handle and passed out. When she
:15:16. > :15:20.came round, she found him lying in facedown and the water was much
:15:21. > :15:25.higher. The prosecution told how she had lied repeatedly to police about
:15:26. > :15:29.what Yorkshire had taken and when. They said, the truth is you took a
:15:30. > :15:34.cocktail of drugs to get an effect from them, you fell asleep and your
:15:35. > :15:38.little boy died. Today saw the end of the evidence. Kerry Abel denies
:15:39. > :16:00.all charges against her. The summaries will begin in the morning.
:16:01. > :16:04.Thank you for watching. Still ahead: Schoolchildren from Cleethorpes who
:16:05. > :16:10.are going to perform on a world`famous stage.
:16:11. > :16:15.I don't really feel the nerves. I feel excitement. You don't really
:16:16. > :16:30.get nervous, you just play like there is no one out there.
:16:31. > :16:39.Great story. Tonight's photograph. Thank you for that.
:16:40. > :16:48.Keely Donovan is here, back from her trip to Glastonbury.
:16:49. > :16:52.I can't imagine you roughing it in a tent.
:16:53. > :16:57.You would have liked it. I think Dolly is your kind of gal. Long
:16:58. > :17:00.blonde hair. You could share her fake tan, and she is the same kind
:17:01. > :17:07.of age. Have you finished?
:17:08. > :17:16.On with the forecast. It has been very warm today, up to over 23
:17:17. > :17:23.degrees in Hull. It will be a bit cooler tomorrow. There could be some
:17:24. > :17:28.patchy rain for some of those. We have had more cloud spreading from
:17:29. > :17:41.the North. It has made things quite mopey. Generally, the dry and mild
:17:42. > :17:58.affair, with temperatures falling back to 15 or 16 degrees. The sun
:17:59. > :18:04.will rise at 4:36 a.m.. Tomorrow, variable and at times large amounts
:18:05. > :18:29.of cloud. A little bit of rain from the North. For the weekend, some
:18:30. > :18:32.uncertainty but it looks like rain spreading through Friday and it
:18:33. > :18:43.could still be with us through Saturday morning. On Sunday, fine
:18:44. > :18:50.start to the labour few showers. `` also Dave I'd start to their day,
:18:51. > :18:53.but a few showers. Potentially heavy rain later.
:18:54. > :18:54.I had just been told she is 68, which is even older than me, so you
:18:55. > :18:59.are in the doghouse. Residents living in an
:19:00. > :19:01.East Yorkshire village are accusing Humberside Police of heavy handed
:19:02. > :19:04.tactics as they escorted a convoy Rathlin Energy are carrying out
:19:05. > :19:16.tests on land at West Newton Amanda White is live
:19:17. > :19:25.near the site tonight .
:19:26. > :19:31.They are perplexed. We have only just been able to get down here.
:19:32. > :19:34.Officers were posted at the end of the lane, keeping the road closed
:19:35. > :19:47.while Rathlin Energy has been doing exploratory drilling. The convoy
:19:48. > :19:54.caused surprise, but the number of officers was met with disbelief.
:19:55. > :19:59.It uses ultraviolet officers was met with disbelief.
:20:00. > :20:16.It uses ultraviolet light. It is quite innovative technology. Well,
:20:17. > :20:23.here are some of the pictures. They counted 64 vehicles moving through
:20:24. > :20:26.new Ellerby. Rathlin Energy told is in a statement that although they
:20:27. > :20:31.had been moving vehicles to try and minimise disruption in nearby
:20:32. > :20:36.villages, because they had had some problems, Humberside police advised
:20:37. > :20:42.them to move them in a large convoy because of safety. Purchasers told
:20:43. > :20:50.is over 100 officers were involved in the operation `` protesters told
:20:51. > :20:55.us. Humberside police said that is an exaggeration. They have not told
:20:56. > :21:03.us how many officers were involved in the operation. They said they
:21:04. > :21:04.were facilitating this peaceful protest.
:21:05. > :21:07.Amanda, thank you. East Yorkshire might have missed out
:21:08. > :21:09.on the Tour De France but the race organisers are now
:21:10. > :21:12.promising a new annual cycling event It should attract the worlds best
:21:13. > :21:16.cyclists and there could even be Well, over in West Yorkshire they
:21:17. > :21:22.are preparing for this year's Tour De France and Paul Ogden is
:21:23. > :21:24.in Otley for us tonight. So Paul can we expect to see the
:21:25. > :21:41.likes of Chris Froome and Bradley Quite possibly, and why not? We have
:21:42. > :21:48.a big cycling culture that we know and love in East Yorkshire. The
:21:49. > :21:52.tours Britain has been hosted successfully in towns and East
:21:53. > :21:58.Yorkshire, including the city of Hull. The man who can really answer
:21:59. > :22:01.the question is the Chief Executive of the organisation which brought
:22:02. > :22:08.the Tour de France broadly to Yorkshire, Gary Verity. Thank you
:22:09. > :22:17.for this announcement. What can you tell is? We will work with our
:22:18. > :22:21.friends over the next few months to agree the route, but the purpose is
:22:22. > :22:26.to go to places where the Tour de France isn't going, so it would make
:22:27. > :22:31.perfect sense if it went to Hull and parts of East Yorkshire, and parts
:22:32. > :22:36.of the Yorkshire coast as well. We will work on the route with our
:22:37. > :22:42.friends and partners over the next few months and make announcements in
:22:43. > :22:48.the early autumn. Briefly, a three stage race? Yes, over the first
:22:49. > :22:55.weekend in May next year and we want to put on a women's race as well.
:22:56. > :22:59.This kind of passion, this will be coming to Yorkshire. Thank you very
:23:00. > :23:05.much. In a word, what do you like about Yorkshire as a place to stage
:23:06. > :23:09.this kind of event? It is gorgeous and there is passion for cycling and
:23:10. > :23:23.love for the tour, so we're very happy. It will be massive. Thank
:23:24. > :23:26.you. We had better get the potholes ironed out on the Humber Bridge.
:23:27. > :23:38.Thank you very much. The Newton on Trent site will
:23:39. > :23:41.provide more than 20 million litres of water every day. Anglian Water
:23:42. > :23:45.says it's vital to maintain supplies as Lincoln continues to grow.
:23:46. > :24:25.Thank you for getting in touch about cuts to legal aid.
:24:26. > :24:39.19 youngsters from Cleethorpes travelled to the capital tomorrow
:24:40. > :24:47.for a performance. Signhills Strings, 90 violinist from
:24:48. > :24:51.six up to 18`year`old. They are rehearsing for performers the Royal
:24:52. > :24:55.Albert Hall. They have worked incredibly hard to
:24:56. > :25:03.get to where they have got to. Some have done it with me before. We are
:25:04. > :25:12.quite spot. I started when I was about eight. My
:25:13. > :25:23.vile and future has taught me so much. `` my violin teacher has
:25:24. > :25:30.taught me so much. Although sometimes it can be a bit hard, you
:25:31. > :25:36.just work through it. It is fun. The top group, the older ones, they play
:25:37. > :25:40.all the way through it and they did the backing and everything. The
:25:41. > :25:50.younger ones get to play quite a lot as well. We're playing sky fall, the
:25:51. > :26:00.national anthem and rule the world. I work with them not just in large
:26:01. > :26:06.rehearsals but individually as well. It has to be perfect.
:26:07. > :26:12.I am really excited. I don't really feel the nerves. I feel the
:26:13. > :26:15.excitement about it. You don't really get nervous, you
:26:16. > :26:27.just play like there's no one out there. I know they are watching in
:26:28. > :26:35.Cleethorpes, so safe journey to London and enjoy playing.
:26:36. > :26:42.There headlines: The Prime Ministers called for urgent action to tackle
:26:43. > :26:54.the growing threat to resistance and.
:26:55. > :27:01.Talking about claims of bullying in hospitals, this is anonymous, very
:27:02. > :27:07.sad to lose Wendy Noble, I worked with her for years, the NHS cannot
:27:08. > :27:11.afford to lose such good surgeons and consultants, I complained many
:27:12. > :27:18.years ago but it fell on deaf ears. I decided to leave. Another
:27:19. > :27:21.anonymous one, I worked in Hull for over 40 years and found bullying
:27:22. > :27:31.existed not just between the medical staff but amongst admin staff as
:27:32. > :27:39.well. Finally, from Emily, people should be able to speak out without
:27:40. > :27:41.fears. Thank you for those. And thank you
:27:42. > :27:49.for watching. Goodbye.