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Health managers in Worcestershire have announced they're planning | :00:00. | :00:12. | |
to follow Shropshire's example by making it tougher | :00:13. | :00:15. | |
to qualify for a hip or knee operation on the NHS. | :00:16. | :00:21. | |
They want to reduce the number of operations carried out | :00:22. | :00:24. | |
by only offering them to patients who are in so much pain | :00:25. | :00:26. | |
Here's our health correspondent Michele Paduano. | :00:27. | :00:31. | |
Severe arthritis makes normal walking an agonising | :00:32. | :00:33. | |
The 72-year-old from Pershore believes the | :00:34. | :00:40. | |
She's been trying for a knee replacement for a year, | :00:41. | :00:44. | |
and on the waiting list since September. | :00:45. | :00:45. | |
Now she worries her wait will count against her. | :00:46. | :00:48. | |
They just don't seem to understand exactly | :00:49. | :00:50. | |
I've said I'll go anywhere to have this operation done. | :00:51. | :00:56. | |
I don't even mind going up to Russell Hall or somewhere | :00:57. | :00:59. | |
like that, just as long as I can get it done. | :01:00. | :01:03. | |
I can't afford to go private. So I'm stuck. | :01:04. | :01:07. | |
In future, most hip and knee replacements in Worcestershire | :01:08. | :01:13. | |
will be carried out at the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch. | :01:14. | :01:16. | |
But there is a scoring system to qualify. | :01:17. | :01:18. | |
Those paying for the operations have made it harder. | :01:19. | :01:20. | |
The Royal College of Surgeons said and arbitrary decision to restrict | :01:21. | :01:22. | |
The Royal College of Surgeons said an arbitrary decision to restrict | :01:23. | :01:24. | |
NHS care on the basis of pain and disability was alarming. | :01:25. | :01:27. | |
The commission hopes to save ?2 million, but it says that | :01:28. | :01:30. | |
ignores the potential impact of delayed treatment, | :01:31. | :01:31. | |
But with a ?9 million deficit, commissioners here say they're | :01:32. | :01:38. | |
This sits in a very difficult place with us as a clinical | :01:39. | :01:46. | |
It's sits in a very difficult place with me as a doctor. | :01:47. | :01:49. | |
You know, I have responsibilities to my individual patients, | :01:50. | :01:52. | |
but we've also got responsibilities in terms of the amount | :01:53. | :01:54. | |
We asked people in Worcester their thoughts on rationing care. | :01:55. | :02:01. | |
If people need hip operations, they should be given hip operations, | :02:02. | :02:05. | |
and I think they could make savings in other places. | :02:06. | :02:08. | |
It's not really what we grew up to understand what | :02:09. | :02:11. | |
It's unfortunate, but I don't see that there's a lot | :02:12. | :02:17. | |
that we can do about it, given the climate. | :02:18. | :02:19. | |
We're putting more money into the health service, | :02:20. | :02:23. | |
but there is this fundamental question of is going | :02:24. | :02:26. | |
but there is this fundamental question of is it going | :02:27. | :02:29. | |
Is it being allocated fairly as well? | :02:30. | :02:31. | |
If the British public wants to spend more on the NHS, | :02:32. | :02:35. | |
and it looks like we're getting indications that maybe they do, | :02:36. | :02:38. | |
We are doing that at the moment, but maybe the message | :02:39. | :02:42. | |
For Mrs Morris, restricting her movement makes her life miserable. | :02:43. | :02:46. | |
Michele Paduano, BBC Midlands Today, in Pershore. | :02:47. | :02:50. | |
Around 800 cannabis plants have been found by police | :02:51. | :02:52. | |
in a series of basements in Burton on Trent. | :02:53. | :02:54. | |
Together, they form one of the largest factories found | :02:55. | :02:57. | |
The plants have an estimated street value of ?400,000. | :02:58. | :03:02. | |
A series of events have been held across the Midlands | :03:03. | :03:08. | |
At County Hall in Worcester, children from five schools joined | :03:09. | :03:13. | |
with members of the Jewish, Muslim and Christian communities | :03:14. | :03:16. | |
to reflect on the mass murder of Jews under Nazi Germany. | :03:17. | :03:20. | |
The day also remembers the victims of other genocides such as those | :03:21. | :03:24. | |
carried out in Rwanda, Dafur and Cambodia. | :03:25. | :03:30. | |
carried out in Rwanda, Darfur and Cambodia. | :03:31. | :03:33. | |
More than 1800 drivers were caught using their mobile phones | :03:34. | :03:35. | |
by Staffordshire Police between 2014 and 2015. | :03:36. | :03:37. | |
But the force still doesn't think the message is getting through. | :03:38. | :03:40. | |
It's been taking part in a nationwide crackdown this week, | :03:41. | :03:43. | |
ahead of a change in the law to bring in even stiffer penalties. | :03:44. | :03:46. | |
There can't be many people who don't realise that holding or talking | :03:47. | :03:54. | |
on your mobile phone while driving is illegal, | :03:55. | :03:56. | |
She's talking to somebody. Her phone's in her hand, see it? | :03:57. | :04:03. | |
We're on patrol with PC James Ralph and Sergeant Mick Scott | :04:04. | :04:06. | |
They've just stopped a woman who was talking on her phone | :04:07. | :04:13. | |
Any use of the phone, other than hands-free, | :04:14. | :04:19. | |
Is that quite a popular misconception that people think | :04:20. | :04:23. | |
It's probably a little bit of that and it's a little bit of "I'll just | :04:24. | :04:28. | |
have it down here and loudspeaker and perhaps people won't notice." | :04:29. | :04:31. | |
Amongst the people we stop, there seems to be a mixture | :04:32. | :04:33. | |
of confusion over the rules and those who admit | :04:34. | :04:36. | |
You see as a fair cop? You just made a mistake? | :04:37. | :04:43. | |
Yeah, it's a fair thing, I understand. | :04:44. | :04:46. | |
At the moment, the typical penalty for this sort of offence is three | :04:47. | :04:49. | |
points on your license and a fine of about ?100, and police forces | :04:50. | :04:54. | |
also have discretion, with some operating safety courses | :04:55. | :04:59. | |
as an alternative. But all of that looks set to change. | :05:00. | :05:01. | |
The government wants to introduce a new system, | :05:02. | :05:05. | |
which would mean an automatic six points on your license | :05:06. | :05:07. | |
The aim is to create a deterrent in a world where | :05:08. | :05:13. | |
Credit card in one hard, mobile phone in the other. | :05:14. | :05:21. | |
The battle for hearts and minds continues. | :05:22. | :05:24. | |
Elizabeth Glinka, BBC Midlands Today, Staffordshire. | :05:25. | :05:28. | |
An exhibition showcasing the underground Northern Soul scene | :05:29. | :05:31. | |
in the West Midlands opened today at the Birmingham City | :05:32. | :05:34. | |
All Because of You has been put together by a researcher | :05:35. | :05:40. | |
and photographer who wanted to document the younger generations | :05:41. | :05:44. | |
now enjoying the Northern Soul movement in the region, | :05:45. | :05:48. | |
now enjoying the Northern Soul movement in the region. | :05:49. | :05:50. | |
Onto sport now and the 16-times world champion Phil Taylor | :05:51. | :05:52. | |
from Stoke has announced that 2017 will be his final year | :05:53. | :05:55. | |
on the Professional Darts Corporation tour circuit. | :05:56. | :05:59. | |
The 56-year-old won his first world title in 1992 and went onto win | :06:00. | :06:02. | |
eight successive titles between 1995 and 2002. | :06:03. | :06:06. | |
He says he may still play in the Premier League and the World Series. | :06:07. | :06:10. | |
And there's just one result to bring you from the Rugby tonight. | :06:11. | :06:13. | |
Gloucester drew with Bath 17-17 in Round One of the Anglo Welsh Cup. | :06:14. | :06:16. | |
That's all from the late team, but there's just time to wish | :06:17. | :06:19. | |
Traditional celebrations have already got underway | :06:20. | :06:22. | |
across the region to welcome in the Year of the Rooster tomorrow. | :06:23. | :06:28. | |
I hope you have a lovely weekend and that the ones up a little, that | :06:29. | :06:34. | |
stick a look at that weather. Goodbye. -- let's take a look. | :06:35. | :06:40. | |
Well, steadily, our weather is changing and that change comes | :06:41. | :06:42. | |
tonight in the form of the band of rain | :06:43. | :06:44. | |
We'll see it right the way across the region, | :06:45. | :06:48. | |
perhaps across eastern parts arriving a little later, | :06:49. | :06:50. | |
but it is holding up our temperatures. | :06:51. | :06:51. | |
During the day yesterday, they stay below freezing | :06:52. | :06:53. | |
Overnight tonight, we'll see them ranging | :06:54. | :06:56. | |
between between two and five Celsius. | :06:57. | :06:58. | |
Our weather is finally changing. Low pressure is taking charge, | :06:59. | :07:00. | |
so we see the weather system clearing away. | :07:01. | :07:02. | |
A westerly wind direction, which should help to import | :07:03. | :07:04. | |
something a touch milder, so our temperatures will | :07:05. | :07:06. | |
start to rise as we head through the weekend. | :07:07. | :07:08. | |
We'll start the day tomorrow with that rain band across us, | :07:09. | :07:11. | |
We'll be left with something drier, brighter, some sunshine, | :07:12. | :07:14. | |
but some sunshine pepping up during the day as well. | :07:15. | :07:16. | |
Temperatures doing better, ranging between five and seven Celsius. | :07:17. | :07:19. | |
As for Sunday, we've got an area of rain which is going | :07:20. | :07:22. | |
Still some uncertainty as to how far north it will get, | :07:23. | :07:26. | |
More information on all of that in the national forecast next. | :07:27. | :07:31. | |
I'll leave you with an outlook for the next few days. | :07:32. | :07:39. | |
Good evening. Not many would argue that January hasn't been dry, but | :07:40. | :07:47. | |
today, many of us had our first significant rain for some time, | :07:48. | :07:52. | |
because the transition is on from cold, Continental dry air to milder | :07:53. | :07:54. | |
Atlantic air, but the transition is a slow one. So we have had ice | :07:55. | :08:00. | |
today, and freezing fog, in northern England. We had a little sunshine as | :08:01. | :08:04. | |
well in Norfolk, but we still have the cold air around and about in the | :08:05. | :08:10. | |
north. All this rain you can see, which is giving is a wet day in some | :08:11. | :08:14. | |
areas, 10-15 millimetres of rain has fallen, as it comes north there | :08:15. | :08:18. | |
could be some winter it issues. Snow already falling over Scotland, | :08:19. | :08:23. | |
possibly over northern England, possibly some sleet | :08:24. | :08:24. |