19/10/2016 Look North (Yorkshire)

Don't forget to join me for a detailed updated forecast, hncluding

a look at the coming weekend. But in a few minutes.

A family have spoken about their distress

at the way their mother was treated in her dying moments.

An internal investigation is underway at Harrogate Hospital

after Irene Simister was moved twice in the last half hour of her life.

The hospital has now apologhsed as Cathy Killick reports.

It's just five days since the death of his mother Irene,

and David Simister is at her flat to start sorting out her affairs.

His grief is still very raw and it's compounded by the man

of his mother's death at Harrogate Hospital.

In her dying moments, a clinical bed manager insisted

Irene was moved to make way for another patient.

It was very upsetting because we had prepared ourselves for our lother

to pass away in the room shd had been in for almost a week.

She had cards from well-wishers there.

She had flowers, and she had a photograph of her and my father

on their wedding day on the table in front of her.

In the melee that was to get her into this other room for her death,

Some other stuff was left in the corridor.

We were left with our mother dead in another room

What was the reaction of the nurses when they werd told

It was very clear that they were doing it under sufference.

When my mother did die, the nurses were crying.

These are nurses who see death on a daily basis

But they weren't used to this particular death.

Irene's family had been impressed by the care that hospital g`ve

their mother until her last half-hour.

But those highly emotional and precious final minutes

are, for them, forever tainted by what happened.

The hospital has apologised for moving her.

I want to ensure that what happened to my mother and what myself

and my family are experienchng does not happen to anybody else.

End of life care which we dhdn't experience in the last moment

For David, that means seeing protocols established to ensure

dying patients aren't moved in future.

So they're granted the dignhty of dying in peace.

Well, Toby Scott is from the Dying Matters Coalition,

a charity which aims to help people to become more comfortable

How does he think the end of someone's life should be managed?

The best way for someone's and of life care is for thel to get

the care that they previously expressed a wish to receive.

Or if they're still consciots, to get what they're asking

What that means in practice is people looking for a space

that's calm, that's comfort`ble that's not flustering for ehther

the patient the individual concerned, or their family.

Is that achievable in a hospital, or is it better

You can receive excellent care in all places.

Most of the time, hospitals are providing absolutely

Even under the constraints that the NHS is operating under

But within that average, there are examples of where the care

dips below what you would w`nt and you don't get the end of life

That concerns us as an organisation and I think it concerns

We all of us deserve first-class end of life card.

The challenge is making sure that it happens.

You say that we know how to deliver it, but is there enough trahning

for staff in hospitals on how to do the best practice?

The interesting thing is that the front-line staff have

usually got sufficient training and are doing an excellent job,

A lot of the time it might be an issue for other members of staff.

We are part of the group that is pushing what's calldd

the ambitions framework and one of the parts of that is the phrase

The idea is that anyone involved in end of life care is responsible

for each individual's quality of end of life care.

It might be someone who's got nothing to do with that indhvidual

on a day-to-day basis, yet an action they take or fail

to take might have a big impact on the care received.

What should relatives look out for when it gets to this st`ge?

Quite often it's a taboo subject, death in our country.

But what should relatives ask for when a loved one is reaching

A good early conversation with medical staff in terms

of what care is being provided, what the signs might be.

We published a resource on our website called

What To Look For When Someone You Care For Is Dying.

It talks you through the different physical changes you can expect

Which can often be unsettling for the family.

Most of the time, those physical changes and causing any discomfort.

Talk to the doctors and nurses, have them explain what's happening

so that you understand and the family understands

and the person who is nearing the end of their life understands

Very briefly, if there's ond thing that makes all the difference,

The one thing we can do as individuals that make

a difference is actually have conversations, think for ourselves,

have conversations with the family about what care we

Where would we like to be when we die.

What would want to receive `nd what would we not want to receivd.

If we've have those convers`tions and written those thoughts down it

makes the whole process easher for everyone because then pdople

Thank you very much for joining us this evening.

In the rest of the day's news, an eight-year-old girl

and her father have died in a house fire in Wakefield.

The girl's mother and sister were treated in hospital,

Police and fire services ard investigating how the fire started.

Flowers outside the house where a father and his young daughter died

Neighbours tried to rescue the family when the fire broke out

My mum looked out the bedroom window and just saw the house

How my mum described it, it was like seeing

My dad came out and tried to get people out alive.

As he's gone to go into the house, he was too scared to open the door

He was scared he was going to make it worse.

Her 35-year-old mother and a 13-year-old sister

were taken to hospital, but their injuries

They've been released and are now being looked after by relathves

They never did anything wrong to anyone.

The little girl, I used to go around when she was younger.

The and Fire Service are still investigating

exactly what happened here, trying to establish the cause

They're asking anyone who lhves locally and may have

Two West Yorkshire MPs have been given new roles

The Pontefract, Castleford and Normanton MP Yvette Cooper

will chair the Home Affairs select committee following the reshgnation

of Keith Vaz and Leeds Central MP Hilary Benn is becoming chahrman

Mr Benn campaigned for Brit`in to stay in the European Union.

Final preparations are underway ahead of the opening

of a new ?165 million shopphng centre in Leeds.

Victoria Gate and its flagship store, John Lewis, have takdn

They open to the public for the first time tomorrow

and thousands of people are expected through the doors.

Some sad news now, and the former Leeds United and Wales goalkeeper,

Gary Sprake, has died at the age of 71.

He played more than 500 times for Leeds, winning

A year earlier, he made this brilliant save to help the team win

As a mark of respect, the club say they'll hold a minute's

applause before next Tuesdax's home match against Norwich City.

Rotherham United have sacked their manager Alan Stubbs

after less than five months in charge.

The former Everton defender has managed only one win

in the Championship this se`son and Rotherham are bottom

And in tonight's football, Sheffield Wednesday drew 1-0

at Cardiff, while Huddersfidld lost 3-1 at Preston.

Still feeling warm for this time of year.

North easterly winds continted to dominate our weather.

Quite an unusual pattern for October.

It should be west to south-westerly winds, but we have east

to north-easterly winds for a good few days yet.

A ridge of high pressure developing on Friday.

There could be a frost at fhrst light on Friday morning.

Friday looks to be a nice d`y but over the weekend we pull

Right now we have one or two showers showing up on the radar picture

We will see lower temperatures tonight down to 5-6 Celsius rurally.

9-10 Celsius is the low in towns and cities.

Thursday looks set to be a fairly pleasant day.

Quite windy along the coast, especially at first.

The emphasis is on a good ddal of fine weather tomorrow

Top temperatures coming in a 12-13 Celsius.

Tomorrow evening and tomorrow night, the showers will die away.

Most places become dry with clear periods.

There is likely to be a widespread frost.

That leaves Friday looking very nice.

The weekend is back to variable cloud with sunshind

that cool breeze to factor in. Here is Matt with the national outlook.

Good evening. Just as the weather starts to quieten down across many

parts of the country it notched up a gear across the east coast today.

Near gale force winds whipping up rough seas for our weather watchers

in north Yorkshire and in Norfolk. Low pressure across the North Sea,

still in place tonight bringing gusty winds down the east coast and

showers as well. Away from that most will be dry. An isolated shower down

to west Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly but it's high pressure in

charge in the west. Lighter winds and clearer skies and coldest of the

conditions. A night to snuggle down under the duvet. Frost-free to the

east of England. The breeze will still be there in the morning. One

or two showers on the coast. Most will get away with a dry morning

commute. Sunniest weather to the west. Again a touch of frost here.

One or two mist and fog patches Greater chance of frost to start the

day in Scotland and Northern Ireland where some of the mist and fog

patches will last