11/01/2017 North West Tonight

A leading local doctor has warned patients' lives could be at risk

because of the pressures on our accident and

But North West Tonight has obtained a leaked report,

showing patients have been kept waiting in ambulances for up to ten

The length of time an ambulance waits can vary

from hospital to hospital - and we're not just talking

Today, leaked figures suggest that some hospitals are way

On the 4th of January, an ambulance waited for more than ten hours

the length of time was almost nine hours.

On the 12th of December, the longest turnaround

time at Royal Bolton was nine hours.

On all three occasions, the average times were higher

My major concern is what it means for patients waiting

on stretchers, in corridors, not being seen quickly enough.

The NHS staff are working absolute wonders,

Two days ago, this image was sent to MP Stephen Twigg.

A constituent told him the waiting room at Aintree

was like an airport - with people on ambulance trolleys

waiting to be handed over from paradedics to A

So at the moment we have about 130 patients within the hospital

who COULD go home if there was an appropriate place for them

to go to, or an appropriate care package to go to in the community.

we need people in the emergency we need people in the emergency

department to move into. Leading doctors today wrote

to the Prime Minister warning patients' lives

are being put at risk. What I've been advocating

is an increase in national insurance contribution,

that it should be earmarked only for the NHS and social care,

because if you designed an NHS now you'd have both of those key

services as a single service. Today the government responded,

during debate on the NHS and social in the Tuesday after Christmas,

we saw the busiest day ever And over the few weeks around

Christmas, we saw the day when more people were treated in accident

and emergency within four hours The North West Ambulance Service has

seen an increase in red incidents. As these are patients in a serious

concern but need to go to hospital, this in turn impacts on an increase

in activity at hospital emergency departments,

that can unfortunately result in ambulance crews having to wait

longer to hand over patients Patients will want

to see improvements. The Government maintains a huge

amount of action is being taken Mark Holland is President

of the Society for Acute Medicine. I asked him what he thought

about the Prime Minister dismissing the Red Cross's claims the NHS

is facing a himanitarian crisis We're not in a situation like it is

in Syria, but we are in a humane crisis

because it is a crisis which is affecting human beings,

and there is a person at the top of the food chain who is in denial

that the crisis is occurring. And therefore I feel a lot

of sympathy with the Red Cross - they have no axe to grind,

they have come out and made a powerful statement,

and I think we have an obligation The Government says ?10 billion

going in, 1,600 more doctors, We are not seeing any benefits,

and therefore one wonders A lot of people feel the accounting

figures are, you know, we are the third worst

doctored country in Europe, we have 2.8 doctors per 1,000

of the of population. Adding in 1600 takes

us to just 2.83. There's been talk today

of a political consensus to bring the parties together to plot

a way forward. Yes, I think we probably do need

an immediate injection of cash I think it is right that party

politics are done away with and people work together,

but I also think it is right that the NHS needs

a really strong leader. Guys like you are interviewing

different people every day of the week, and I don't think

anybody out there can tell us who runs the NHS

because there are too many people who appear to put their hands up

but nobody ever takes I've lived through one

another bad winter, which was 1989 going into '90,

and this is worse. Police investigating the rape

of a 12-year-old girl in the Levenshulme area

of Manchester have released an e-fit image of a man

they want to speak to. The attack happened on the 22nd

Novermber on Chapel Street, It's one of three attacks

in the area over recent months - including the rape of another

12-year-old. This evening, more than a hundred

people have held a meeting in Levenshulme to raise

concerns over safety. Police have increased patrols

in the area since the attacks - but say they're not linking them

at this stage. Local residents say the community

needs more reassurance. I want to know I'm safe

when I'm out and about, because the area has suddenly become

"Oh - I daren't go there. I'd better put the car

away before it gets too You don't know what's

around the corner. And it's never been

like that around here. Lancashire Police closed part

of Preston New Road for four hours earlier today,

because of an anti fracking protest. Demonstrators were walking

in front of lorries heading Police say it caused long tailbacks

and diversions in the area. Fines worth more than a million

pounds have been issued to thousands of drivers in Preston,

after the introduction Motorists caught out

by the new restriction are furious Lancashire County Council has made

so much money in less But it says the Fishergate

scheme to ease congestion Fishergate, Preston's

main shopping street. Transformed in recent years,

it's now a shared space scheme. Vehicles and pedestrians

have equal right of way, and with it all the street signs

and crucially the traffic Over Christmas 2015, and at peak

times, congestion got quite bad. So in October last year,

Lancashire County Council Drivers were stopped from turning

right, near the railway station, and a temporary bus lane on parts

of Fishergate was And it's at this point

on Fishergate that, at its junction with Mount Street,

where the bus lane begins. It's active between 11:00

in the morning and 6:00 at night. While we've been filming throughout

the day, we've seen countless numbers of drivers ignore the signs

and carry on down Fishergate; We've been speaking

to people who don't think The first day they put

in the camera, they were here, a few people were here to advise

the people that it's But the next day onwards,

there was nobody here. Our daughter came up

Chapel Street, and by the time Since October, Lancashire County

Council's issued over 23,000 fines. Behind me, we have signs

which are quite clear, telling people that if they go any

further beyond the last sign, there is a camera -

it is in operation. Michael Leach is a solicitor

who works and lives in Preston. It's just moved whatever congestion

there was on Fishergate round Avenham, where people

who are going to the Fylde coast or wherever are just having

to drive round Avenham - and Avenham's just completely

blocked, Avenham's not designed The consultation's under way now

to decide whether to continue Football, and Liverpool suffered

a setback in the first leg of their Jurgen Klopp's side were beaten 1-0

by Southampton on the south coast. Nathan Redmond got the goal midway

through the first half. The second leg is at

Anfield in a fortnight - the winners will play

Manchester United or Hull City There could be snow perhaps anywhere

over the next 24 hours, it could continue beyond that into Friday.

The cold weather has descended across us. You really are starting

to feel how raw it is. That wind continues to be quite strong

overnight. This weather stays with us through the weekend. Through the

afternoon, one or two macro showers popped up. There wasn't much in

them, just like, patchy rain, but as this weather bumps into the cold air

tonight, this is where the potential for snow starts. Just after

midnight, the Met Office warning for snow comes in. Yellow is the lowest

level, we are not expecting massive problems, there may be no problems,

but it doesn't take too much snow to cause a huge problem. So anywhere

could see perhaps a centimetre of snow. But this is our picture

tonight. You can see these showers, merging from time to time over the

highest levels, there could be a bit of drifting. The numbers too cold,

but tomorrow night will be a different story. Through the day

tomorrow it is all about those wintry showers continuing. All the

high ground you could have a light covering, at lower levels a tiny

dusting. There is always the potential for one two macro

different -- difficult areas. There will be reasonable spells of

sunshine away from the showers, temperatures three or four macro at

the very best. start to the weekend. Time for the

national weather prospects if you are on the move.

Good evening, a lot going on with the weather in the next few days,

numerous weather warnings in for so buried in mind if you have travel

plans. Lots of isobars on the chart overnight which means it will be

windy for all. The strongest winds in Scotland, lots of wintry showers

with snow getting down to increasingly low levels and some

wintry showers in Northern Ireland and northern England. A cold night

for Northern England, particularly in more rural spots, frosty and I

see for some and some of the snow really blowing around over higher

ground in Scotland. Strong wind and further