07/04/2017 Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire)

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Pay up or we won't work - temporary doctors tell hospital

bosses in Lincoln they cannot staff A on the cheap.

Our livelihood does not appear to be their responsibility.

Locums have children to look after, mortgages to pay.

The hospitals could not care about that.

New jobs and investment at the Scunthorpe factory that makes

some of the country's most popular crisps.

The rescued tigers settling into their new home

This is the start of their lives properly.

This is the beginning of a real era for the park.

And join me for the full weekend weather outlook.

Pay us more or we won't work. That is what locum doctors have told

the trust which runs hospital services in Lincoln.

Yesterday, the United Lincolnshire Health Trust admitted it

is struggling to provide a full A service in the city.

It normally relies on locum staff to fill the high number of vacant

shifts, but new tax laws means these temporary workers

are thousands of pounds out of pocket and many

are refusing to work. Gemma Dawson has this report.

The accident and emergency department here sees on average

Staff are struggling to provide a full service because of a lack of

doctors. It is proving very challenging.

Hospital bosses are urging people to stay away unless they need

That is because they are struggling to fill the staff rotas here.

The associate medical director has told me that they're using staff

from nearby hospitals and doctors from other departments to help out.

This department is reliant on agency doctors but bosses here say

the problems have been caused by a change in taxation rules

because now agency doctors get to take home less money

because their tax and national insurance is deducted at source.

So there are less agency doctors that want to come

Three point six middle grade doctors and three long-term locums. Nearly

one half of the doctors come in from outside. In a statement, they said.

Bosses here are urging people to stay away unless they need emergency

treatment, like Ali, who injured his arm playing hockey. We were waiting

a little while to get my sewing on, but that was it. Managers know they

need to recruit more doctors, but even with incentives that is

continuing to be a challenge. Gemma is at Lincoln County Hospital

for us this evening. How quickly is this situation

going to be resolved? Well, bosses here are hoping

the situation will ease in the next week or

soand agency doctors in the next week or

so and agency doctors They have told me that people have

taken notice of their warning and the A department

has been a bit quieter. They are hoping that

will continue over the weekend. Of course, there's added

pressure here, because since last summer, Grantham's A has

been closed overnight. But long term, the hospital needs

to recruit more doctors One reason given is that there is no

medical school locally, so there is a shortage

of new doctors in the area. Earlier, I spoke to Shehnaz Somjee

from the Locum Doctors' Association and asked her whether her members

should get on and do their work For most of them, it is not viable

to do so. The PA is a drastic cut and that coupled with the capping of

fees locums for, they are not earning enough to make ends meet.

But that means they have two p proper tax like everyone else. It

makes them sound greedy and makes it sound as if they just do it because

they can make more money. That is false propaganda. Locums have to

play a lot more to be in the profession. They have to pay 20,000

to ?30,000 a year. If you worked five days a week, you are ending up

with ?1250 a week. They do not want to pay 40% tax on that and that is

what this is about. Doctors get a lot more than that. They also get

fringe benefits. Locums do not get pensions, sick pay, annual leave.

They can afford to period of the early earning a lot of money. NHS

eat it is unacceptable for anyone to hold the NHS to ransom by refusing

to work in an effort to pay less taxation. That is a false statement.

People watching tonight have to pay tax even at the top rate. There is a

tax planning website for locums boasting that they can work it out

so that locums take home 90% of the PA. I have not heard of that. Locums

pay 40% tax. We are not tax dodgers. Why will they not work? Doctors get

fringe benefits we do not. Bible renal work at a hospital where it is

PAYE? What is your message to the Lincolnshire trust who are wanting

people to work at the hospital at the moment? Are they prepared to pay

us for our livelihood? That does not seem to be the responsibility. We

have children to look after mortgages to pay. The hospitals do

not seem to care about that. The EP six figure sums to managers for

doing very little. We will leave it there. Thank you very much for

joining us. Let us know what you

think of this story. Are the locum doctors right

to refuse these shifts because their tax arrangements

have been changed. It means they will take home

less money at the end Managers at Lincoln County Hospital

have admitted that this weekend will "be a challenge".

Maybe you have been in there today. What has been your experience

of the care you have received? Here are the various ways

you can get in touch. Here are the various ways

you can get in touch. Thank you to everyone who got

in touch after we told you about the Northern Lincolnshire

and Goole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust going

into special measures. An inspection by the Care Quality

Commission highlighted "significant concerns" over

urgent and emergency care, outpatients and maternity

services in hospitals in Grimsby, Andy says, "Clearly,

this is a prime example When are the managers going to do

the proper thing and resign In the private sector,

the two top managers Carole says, "Are

the hospital directors and managers still on their full

salary, despite being inadequate? If they get paid whether

or not they perform, DG adds, "THe frontline nurses

I work with are brilliant, it's the management that are just

not connected with the care staff. Much of the administration side that

look after nurses is just not Many concerns are just

not listened to." That was formless state. We will

continue to follow the story. A woman has died more

than a fortnight after being hurt in a car crash near Sleaford.

The 61-year-old had been driving on the A15 when she hit

another car towing a caravan. It happened on March 22

and Lincolnshire Police still want to hear from anyone

who saw what happened. It has been announced that

Yorkshire Ambulance Service is going to continue helping people

get to and from hospital The local clinical commissioning

group says ambulances will also be used to help take patients

for cancer treatments Northern Rail trains

will be operating at because staff are

going on strike again. It is because of an ongoing

dispute over staffing if you 60 new jobs are being created

following expansion at the cusp factory and Scunthorpe owned by

Golden Wonder. They are making tests as we speak. The work

round-the-clock to keep up with demand. They have got new equipment

and will be able to make even more, but needed people to go with it.

They have been making tests here for 70 years. Thanks to a multi-million

pound investment, even more crunchy snacks will be rolling off the

production line. We are delighted to announce the occasional 60 new jobs

in our Scunthorpe factory. Broadly, we are about 50%

branded, our own brand The company used 1200 tonnes of

local potatoes every week. In the 144 different flavours of product.

They started out in 1947. From humble beginnings, the company is no

multi-million pound industry. The local MP said increasing production

will help grow the economy even further. Every new job drives

further jobs. What you have here is a business that is expanding. At

delivers an iconic brand. Many of those crisps we buy from retail only

brands are made here. Production here could double. As the company

slogan goes, packing more punch peer crunch. The company turnover has

gone from ?19 million to ?200 million in the past decade. It looks

like there could be further investment to come. The jobs on

offer here are from production operatives raked up to management. A

clear sign that this iconic brand is here to stay. Fantastic news.

to know their new home in rural Lincolnshire.

This is the start of their lives properly.

This is the beginning of a real era for the park.

Please keep the WeatherWatcher pictures coming.

Thank to Nick Hedges, for this photo of Beverley.

Good evening. I have not taken my badge of all week. You have got one

on, too. Oh, I see. I think as you may have made that. I was not

wearing that. But you would if there was one. You are the only one with

beer arms. Everyone has been mourning how chilly the weather has

been. We absolutely got it wrong. When a seaweed, they do actually

mean Paul! . We are more convinced about them we

came for trust. That meet make up for the fact that things were a bit

chillier than we've were expecting today. Hopefully, plenty of

sunshine. Called sweep coming soon Monday. The cloud struggling to burn

away. Pleasant for most of us. Into this evening and overnight,

tonight, a fine evening, with some sunshine in places.

Lows of 3 Celsius, so a touch of frost is possible in places.

Tomorrow, a cool start, but a fine and dry day,

with plenty of sunshine and feeling warm.

as you can see from the graphics, know very much cloud. Long spells of

sunshine. A light breeze and a maximum

temperature of 18 Celsius. I would not be surprised if on

Sunday, we could get up to 21 Celsius. A sharp drop in temperature

on Monday. As the barbecue still on? No one mentions them. I am not

commenting on them. If we are invaded? You chain stitch me up with

the comedy picture. They are out to get you? They are! Have a good

weekend. The windows of Hull's railway

station have been redesigned, to remember the two million migrants

who passed through the city The designs are part of Hull's City

of Culture celebrations and they will be on display

until the end of June. If you head through Hull's railway

station take a look up. close ties with migrants.

are all about the city's Between 1848 and 1914 two million

people came through the city. The numbers of people coming

through Hull were so large that migrants got their own platform

to take them onto their Today, it is no longer, but in

Victorian times, it was a buzzing It was the Ellis Island of Britain,

the Heathrow Airport of its day and from all these ports

across Europe migrants came and came and from all these

ports across Europe, together here on their way

to Liverpool and then to America Many would stop off at the sporting

homes. Back at the station, who are the designs linked to migration?

It is to do with the baskets the migrants carried.

This artwork around the windows shows different aspects of weaving,

different types of basket weaving but it is also interwoven

with the journey, the railway lines, with the sea and with the places

that migrants would have ended up in.

It is very colourful. It is very vibrant. Really good. Good for our

culture. The tone looks absolutely fantastic.

The migrant platform may now be quiet but the windows are a reminder

that there is a Victorian echo to the thousands of journeys

Personnel from two Lincolnshire RAF stations have taken part in a joint

Air men and women from RAF Scampton and RAF Waddington marched

Around 98 RAF personnel took part in the parade.

It is a celebration. It is a great honour that has been bestowed

honours. It is great prayed for us to be able to read through your in

front of the people in the community whose supporters.

A version of Monopoly featuring Hull landmarks has been released

as part of the 2017 City of Culture celebrations.

Hull's Bee Lady was there to see the new board game

unveiled, after being recognised in a Community Chest card,

Six special playing pieces, including a toad, trawler

and a Ferris wheel, were chosen after a public vote.

So, the Bee Lady has her own community chest card where you help

the Bee Lady collect for charity and you can collect

We thought this was a great way to represent the Bee Lady on the board.

She is iconic in the city and she had to be involved in some way.

What a lovely story. I look forward to seeing our version of Monopoly.

Hull City head coach Marco Silva has said his long term future

at the club wont be settled before the end of the current campaign

Today, he said it is a question he will answer in time,

but the focus now is very much on keeping the Tigers

All the questions are important, but there is other one more important.

The club is first. After them, we have time to talk about the other

situations. Plenty of football and rugby league

on your radio stations this weekend. Tonight, Hull FC's game

against Salford is on BBC Tomorrow afternoon,

Hull City's match against Tune into AM for Scunthorpe United

against Bolton Wanderers. Grimsby Town fans can hear

their game against Blackpool on DAB. The game will be on BBC

Radio Lincolnshire. Tune into AM for Scunthorpe United

against Bolton Wanderers. Grimsby Town fans can hear

their game against Blackpool on DAB. The game will be on BBC

Radio Lincolnshire. Sunday's rugby league,

with Hull Kingston Rovers playing is on all frequencies,

starting at 2.30pm. Kyle Edmund lost his

Davis Cup tennis match The player from East Yorkshire

was beaten in three sets. He is back in action

for Great Britain on Sunday, when he faces world

number 68, Jeremy Chardy. The Bengal tiger is one of the most

endangered animals in the world, but a Lincolnshire animal sanctuary

has the largest collection Today, for the first time,

the Lincolnshire Wildlife Park opened their new two-acre purpose

built tiger enclosure, And, of course, the public.

Simon Spark was there. The park is the largest collection

of Bengal tiigers in the United Kingdom. This is the new million

pounds home. The first stop is the bedrooms with heated falling. They

have been in quarantine for about six months.

If they go down any newer, she will get quite sickening. This is where

you will hear her goal. -- threatening. A two acre outdoor

space is really will soon be living. You cannot mow imagine the amount of

fear, trepidation and excitement. My heart is beating so fast. This is

the most emotional time we have ever heard. To know that the 11 Bengal

tiigers will have an absolutely brilliant lifestyle. A journalist

and save the tiger enclosure. Something people would've loved to

have seen for a long time. A lot of fresh meat lying about, which is

rather disconcerting. I am one of the last people in here before the

Tigers go into the one new home. It took careful tentative first steps

into an unfamiliar world. It is a bit scary. It must be the first time

they have come out into the enclosure. They have done a

fantastic job. It is fantastic for the area. These are all females. The

meals are much vigour. One was getting used to his new viewing area

and we soon got a very close look at him. Soon, the sound of approval and

territory claiming. The end of an anxious wait. They are brave. They

look fantastic. 11 of them. We can all go and see them. I look forward

to that. If you have a story you feel we should be covering, please

get in touch. Use the normal contact details.

Let us get a recap of the national and regional headlines.

Strong condemnation from Russia over America's air strike

on a Syrian airbase, said to be the launch pad

for a deadly chemical attack on civilians.

Pay up or we won't work - temporary doctors tell hospital

bosses in Lincoln they cannot staff A on the cheap.

And tomorrow's weather - a cool start, but a fine and dry

day, with plenty of sunshine and feeling warm.

A light breeze and a maximum temperature of 18 Celsius.

Thank you for getting in touch with regard to our lead story

about temporary doctors threatening to not work unless

they are paid more. Here is some of your correspondence.

Martin says, someone needs to remain the doctors of the author. Putting

money before the profession is disgusting. Margaret says, the

government is hell-bent on destroying the NHS. And make says,

we all have to pay taxation. Sadly, greed and money is ruining many

parts of our public services. I agree with many that the management

is top-heavy and overpaid. This one from Mr Willis says doctors have to

understand, if Uganda, you simply have to pay tax on it. We do it.

These money grabbing doctors are not playing and on game. The clean with

people's lives for their own game. Do not pay them.

And that is all from Look East this evening.

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