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:00:00. > :00:00.than we really are in international affairs? Join me on BBC

:00:00. > :00:12.Failings in care, leadership and patient safety -

:00:13. > :00:19.the damning report on the health of Lincolnshire's hospitals.

:00:20. > :00:24.The trust has not got enough focus on patient safety. It is not focused

:00:25. > :00:25.enough on managing the risks that enough on managing the risks that

:00:26. > :00:31.agents present. -- nation. Claims of a care crisis as another

:00:32. > :00:40.home for the elderly is forced The pay is low, they work unsocial

:00:41. > :00:46.hours and get far better terms and conditions of employment for less

:00:47. > :00:50.demanding jobs in, for instance, supermarkets, stacking shelves. Some

:00:51. > :00:57.lovely pictures captured by our Weather Watchers. There has been a

:00:58. > :00:58.bit of a change in the weather tonight. The forecast coming up

:00:59. > :01:01.shortly. Patient safety has been put at risk

:01:02. > :01:03.at hospitals in Lincolnshire and the situation is so bad that

:01:04. > :01:06.government experts are being brought United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust

:01:07. > :01:13.has gone into special measures for the second time in four years

:01:14. > :01:16.after a series of failings Our health correspondent

:01:17. > :01:21.Vicky Johnson reports. This is another damning report

:01:22. > :01:26.whichever way you look at it. It shows a catalogue of failings

:01:27. > :01:28.almost across-the-board Unsafe, poorly led by

:01:29. > :01:37.managers and inadequate. That is the fundamental

:01:38. > :01:39.findings of the inspectors. A failure to refer cancer patients

:01:40. > :01:41.to treatment on time. Thousands of outpatient

:01:42. > :01:43.appointments long overdue. And A services at both Boston

:01:44. > :01:51.and Lincoln rated as inadequate. When inspectors went

:01:52. > :01:54.on their rounds in Lincolnshire's hospitals last autumn,

:01:55. > :01:56.they found much to worry them, Some of the patient care that we saw

:01:57. > :02:03.at Pilgrim Hosptial wasn't of the required standard,

:02:04. > :02:06.so for example, we saw some patients that were not

:02:07. > :02:09.treated with compassion. I think if the CQC came

:02:10. > :02:12.in now, they would see We focused on a whole range

:02:13. > :02:18.of areas they identified, from the safety of patients in A

:02:19. > :02:20.departments, those with mental This is the latest in a series

:02:21. > :02:25.of poor inspections. Four years ago, it was put

:02:26. > :02:27.into special measures Two years later, it was taken

:02:28. > :02:32.out of special measures Last October, inspectors

:02:33. > :02:38.found more failings. Last week, the trust didn't have

:02:39. > :02:42.enough staff in Lincoln's A And now confirmation that experts

:02:43. > :02:48.have again been asked to step in. The CQC report has made

:02:49. > :02:51.for difficult reading for many. In particular, patients not

:02:52. > :02:55.receiving medication on time when they are seriously ill is a big

:02:56. > :03:00.worry and I am not sure it is something that has

:03:01. > :03:03.been a recent event. The trust has always had problems

:03:04. > :03:08.recruiting enough staff. Managers now fear their reputation

:03:09. > :03:11.as a failing trust could make I would sincerely ask people not

:03:12. > :03:20.to be discouraged for this. They can come on secondments and

:03:21. > :03:25.temporary contracts, test us out. The hospitals certainly face

:03:26. > :03:28.a testing few months as they battle to raise standards to come out

:03:29. > :03:33.of special measures. People living in the small village

:03:34. > :03:36.of Lutton in South Lincolnshire have been paying tribute to local school

:03:37. > :03:43.teacher Bernice Williams. She had been reported

:03:44. > :03:45.missing two weeks ago. It's believed her body has been

:03:46. > :03:47.found along with that of her husband's at the family home

:03:48. > :03:50.in the village. The couple have not yet been

:03:51. > :03:52.formally identified. This small Lincolnshire village has

:03:53. > :04:01.been left in shock by the discovery of two bodies at this house down

:04:02. > :04:04.a quite country lane It's a pleasant village

:04:05. > :04:08.and it's just so quiet here. For something like this to happen

:04:09. > :04:12.to a family is just unbelievable. One of the bodies is believed to be

:04:13. > :04:16.that of teacher Bernice Williams who went missing more

:04:17. > :04:19.than two weeks ago. It is understood she lived

:04:20. > :04:22.here but the bodies of a man and woman were only found

:04:23. > :04:26.at the weekend. It is believed the other body

:04:27. > :04:30.is that of her husband, Lawrence. Linda Harding knew Bernice

:04:31. > :04:33.and her family from services here. Anybody who knew Bernice or knew

:04:34. > :04:40.the family will be very sad. She just was a very genuine,

:04:41. > :04:49.quiet, sweet lady. As a family, they came out

:04:50. > :04:55.as a family and supported one People I have spoken to here today

:04:56. > :05:06.have told me they hadn't seen Bernice or her husband

:05:07. > :05:08.in the village for some time. Police say they are not looking

:05:09. > :05:11.for anyone else in connection with the enquiry but tonight

:05:12. > :05:14.there are still more questions than answers

:05:15. > :05:19.as to what actually happened. A care home in East Yorkshire has

:05:20. > :05:24.become the latest to be forced to close because of staff

:05:25. > :05:28.and funding shortages. Hook Hall near Goole

:05:29. > :05:30.is the fourth to have to shut its doors in the East Riding

:05:31. > :05:35.in the last twelve months. It comes as it's revealed that

:05:36. > :05:37.ninety people leave the industry The owners say they can't afford

:05:38. > :05:49.to continue because they can't recruit enough staff who ware

:05:50. > :05:56.willing to work flexible hours for what they can afford to pay

:05:57. > :05:59.them, and they don't from the local authority

:06:00. > :06:02.to pay for the complex care that many of these

:06:03. > :06:07.elderly residents need. The closure of Hook Hall Care Home

:06:08. > :06:11.has been described as a massive blow to the area, it's a family run

:06:12. > :06:16.business which was rated good by the CQC and had a very

:06:17. > :06:19.good reputation locally. This is what one councllor had to

:06:20. > :06:21.say about the recruitment problems. Well, I believe that they are

:06:22. > :06:24.the most undervalued They work long hours,

:06:25. > :06:27.they have a lot of responsibility, the pay is low, they work unsocial

:06:28. > :06:30.hours and they can get far better terms and conditions of employment

:06:31. > :06:33.for less demanding jobs in, for instance, supermarkets,

:06:34. > :06:35.stacking shelves. Part of the issue is that people

:06:36. > :06:38.have more choice now about when and where

:06:39. > :06:43.they go to work. There's 82% employment in Goole

:06:44. > :06:45.and some people choose a low-skilled job in one

:06:46. > :06:47.of the area's many warehouses or factories for more money

:06:48. > :06:50.and flexibilty than they would get This comes as figures show 900 adult

:06:51. > :06:55.care workers a day quit their jobs It's a national problem but one

:06:56. > :07:03.that is affecting local businesses, as we've seen

:07:04. > :07:06.with Hook Hall Care Home today. Earlier, I spoke to Mike Padgham,

:07:07. > :07:09.who represents care home I asked him why the industry

:07:10. > :07:15.was struggling so much. Well, it has always been

:07:16. > :07:18.a Cinderella profession, basically. It is not the highest

:07:19. > :07:21.paid job in the world. It is long hours, it is stressful,

:07:22. > :07:24.anti-social hours. That is why it has been increasingly

:07:25. > :07:26.difficult to recruit And the type of people we look

:07:27. > :07:32.after today are much more dependent than they were many years ago,

:07:33. > :07:35.so the work is hard. Has the new living

:07:36. > :07:38.wage been damaging? Well, it has been difficult for care

:07:39. > :07:43.providers because we do not feel we have been funded properly to take

:07:44. > :07:46.account of the living wage. Of course, people are paying it,

:07:47. > :07:49.but when everyone in the country is getting the national living wage,

:07:50. > :07:52.it doesn't help recruitment at all. What we need to be doing

:07:53. > :07:57.is pay eight, nine, ?10 And that is where I think, perhaps,

:07:58. > :08:03.we need to introduce a living wage But how can you stop

:08:04. > :08:08.people from leaving? Because they do not think

:08:09. > :08:11.they are paid enough and they do a job that most of us

:08:12. > :08:13.cannot imagine doing. No, we can't stop believing,

:08:14. > :08:16.of course, but I do think that is why we need to train them

:08:17. > :08:19.properly, look after them and value them, but also fight to get them

:08:20. > :08:22.a decent living wage, But it is easy to say

:08:23. > :08:25.that, isn't it? People like yourself,

:08:26. > :08:27.who run care homes, you're the ones who can sort it out

:08:28. > :08:30.by saying, here is a decent amount of money, I value you,

:08:31. > :08:33.I respect you and I want I think there is a certain

:08:34. > :08:38.amount we can do. In my own home, personally, we pay

:08:39. > :08:41.above the national living wage. But the problem is, local

:08:42. > :08:43.authorities fund care homes And they have a monopoly

:08:44. > :08:48.position on us. So we do need to pay staff more,

:08:49. > :08:51.but I think we need to fight and get government to fund

:08:52. > :08:53.local authorities more. I think it is a problem shared

:08:54. > :08:58.by the Government and businesses Will it get worse

:08:59. > :09:03.before it gets better? I am saddened that it probably

:09:04. > :09:06.will do until the Government takes I am hoping programmes like this

:09:07. > :09:11.will help make the case. A man has been jailed for six months

:09:12. > :09:18.for perverting the course of justice after lying for four years

:09:19. > :09:22.about a speeding offence. Rashall-ul-Hassan could have gone

:09:23. > :09:26.on a speed awareness course if he'd admitted going at 38 miles per hour

:09:27. > :09:28.in a 30 limit in Instead, he tried to deceive

:09:29. > :09:39.the police and has ended up in jail. Lincoln City have moved three

:09:40. > :09:41.points clear at the top The Imps won 1-0 against Chester

:09:42. > :09:44.at Sincil Bank this evening and extended their lead at the top

:09:45. > :09:47.of the table. Their nearest rivals,

:09:48. > :09:55.Tranmere, lost at home. If you were out and about tonight,

:09:56. > :10:02.you might have seen a lovely sunset across parts of Yorkshire and East

:10:03. > :10:04.Lincolnshire. It will remain dry for a time, yes,

:10:05. > :10:09.but thicker cloud starts to roll With that, outbreaks

:10:10. > :10:13.of light rain as well. South-westerly or westerly

:10:14. > :10:15.winds really ramping up. So, yes, it is a breezy if not

:10:16. > :10:21.blustery start to your day tomorrow Some of these heavy further inland,

:10:22. > :10:24.even into the afternoon. But, you know, for most of us,

:10:25. > :10:27.it is an improving picture. Highs of 13 Celsius,

:10:28. > :10:31.but those winds still a real feature High pressure nearby

:10:32. > :10:50.in the next three days. We're back in the morning on BBC

:10:51. > :10:54.One. When you wake up, you're on BBC local radio station will have all

:10:55. > :10:59.the news, traffic, travel and sport. Those other frequencies. Thank you

:11:00. > :11:02.for watching. We'll see you at 6:30am for Look North.

:11:03. > :11:07.rain but it will be brighter later. On Sunday, on the cool side for East

:11:08. > :11:24.itself. Good evening. Grace of all it -- it

:11:25. > :11:30.is greatest of all in Scotland. A weather front is on the move. The

:11:31. > :11:34.rain edging down into south-western parts of Scotland and northern

:11:35. > :11:39.Ireland. Much of England and Wales will have a dry note but not quite

:11:40. > :11:44.as Chile to start tomorrow. Let's deal with the wet weather first

:11:45. > :11:49.thing tomorrow. It will be a damp start for Scotland and Northern

:11:50. > :11:53.Ireland. Heaviest rain on the hills towards the coast and east of the

:11:54. > :11:57.Pennines, not too much rain at all.