13/01/2017 North West Tonight


13/01/2017

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Good evening.

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There's more evidence tonight revealing the pressure

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facing our hospitals.

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New figures from the NHS show that during the first week of this year

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almost half of the acute trusts in this region raised serious

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concerns about the demands being made on them.

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Two on Merseyside declared a major alert on the same day,

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meaning patient safety could be at risk.

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But there was also confusion over the accuracy of the figures.

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Our chief reporter, Dave Guest has been

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to the Royal Liverpool Hospital.

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I asked him what the situation was there during the

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first week of the New Year?

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On January 4th, this hospital declared what's known

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as an Opel four alert.

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Basically, that means the pressure on its services

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were such that patient care was in danger of being compromised.

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On that same day, a similar alert was raised

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at the Southport Hospital.

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One stage below Opel four is Opel three.

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In official jargon, that's when local health and social care

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systems are experiencing major pressures, which

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compromise patient flow.

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In plain English, too many people are occupying beds in hospital that

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shouldn't really be there.

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Folk, who through no fault of their own,

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are in hospital when they should be receiving care elsewhere.

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The problem is, there isn't any elsewhere.

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But as we've said, some of the details in today's official

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figures were wrong, weren't they?

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Yeah, NHS England initially said that another two

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Merseyside hospitals, Aintree and Alder Hey,

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had also declared Opel four alerts on January the 4th.

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Those two hospitals begged to differ this morning,

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and this afternoon, NHS England admitted a mistake had been made,

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due to what they called a technical error.

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Aintree had been registered as having an Opel four alert,

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when it was in fact an Opel three alert - which is still a pretty

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difficult situation.

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And it said Alder Hey shouldn't have been included at all,

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that was a mistake.

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So what's the situation at the Royal Liverpool today?

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The hospital stresses that these figures are simply a snapshot

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of a moment in time, the situation changes

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from hour to hour, from day to day.

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So to get an idea of what has been happening in there today,

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we spoke to a few patients and visitors as they were

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leaving this evening.

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When I first went in, there was a lot of people in the corridor.

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Me dad come in last night, or yesterday afternoon,

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he was in resus for at least eight hours, that's when I left.

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It was the same again today, loads of people in the corridors on beds.

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My mum's been in there quite a while.

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And I think the nurses do a really great job.

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They are under pressure, but that's the NHS at the moment, in't it?

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Whatever the stats labelled to any hospital, they are all

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facing the same kind of pressures, aren't they?

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That's right, yes.

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Let's not forget, in the first week of 2017, almost half of the acute

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NHS trusts in the North West were reporting that they were

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being put under pressure because of pressures on social care

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and other health providers in their area.

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Those pressures from outside affecting the patient

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flow inside hospitals.

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It's a story we've heard a lot of in recent weeks,

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I'm sure we're going to hear a lot more about it in the

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weeks and months to come.

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Meanwhile, the Government's stressing it's aware

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of the challenges that face the NHS, and it is spending billions

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of pounds extra, it says, on trying to address some

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of those challenges.

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Thanks for joining us.

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Thousands of hens are being slaughtered in the North West

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because fears over bird flu mean they can no longer roam free.

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A re-homing charity says many of its volunteers don't

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have the space to keep them indoors after the Government

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restricted their movement.

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Ian Haslam reports.

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2500 hens are re-homed at this farm in Rossendale every year.

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For the last month, its residents have been confined to a shed.

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Normally you would see chickens wandering round.

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At the moment, we can't do anything, we can't allow them

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to free range at all.

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Adele Hall is one of 500 British Hen Welfare Trust volunteers

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who take in birds due to be sent to slaughter.

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It's had a massive effect, we've not been unable

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to re-home any hens.

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We've lost over 12,000 birds that have had to go to slaughter that

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would normally, by now, be pecking around the garden,

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which is what we're here for.

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It's been heartbreaking for the charity.

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And, of course, the restrictions don't just apply to hens,

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they apply to all poultry.

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Meaning these turkeys have been stuck inside this shed

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since early December.

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Adele's now trying to ensure her birds can get

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at least some fresh air.

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This is the hen run I'm having built, which not everyone can do,

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they don't have the resources to do this.

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One of the important thing that he's going to do is put on a roof,

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something that won't allow droppings to come through on the ground.

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Which is how it's believed the disease has been spread

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from migratory birds.

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After cases across Europe, bird flu has been found in North Yorkshire,

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Lincolnshire and Wales in the last month.

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Thousands of birds have died.

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The Government says it's strengthening its surveillance

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on the extent of infection in wild birds.

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Police in Rochdale have launched an investigation after the

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body of man was found in an alleyway last night.

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The man - who's believed to be in his 30s - was discovered off

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Promenade Street in Heywood.

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His death is being treated as suspicious.

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The funeral's taken place of a teenager from Lancashire

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who died from a suspected allergic reaction to a takeaway meal.

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15-year-old Megan Lee had eaten food from the Royal Spice takeaway

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in Oswaldtwistle and died on New Year's Day.

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Two men have since been arrested and bailed.

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How well do you know your neighbours?

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Emmanuel Bushayija lives in a terraced house in Sale.

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His neighbours describe him as normal,

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down to earth, regularly seen putting the bins out.

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He is in fact a king - King Yuhi VI of Rwanda.

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He's just inherited the throne in the country

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after the death of his uncle.

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His neighbours were surprised to hear it.

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It's a bit weird to find out there's a king living in your road.

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But...

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It is a bit surreal, I think he's away at the minute, in't he?

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At a funeral for his uncle.

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But that's all I really know about him.

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He's a very humble, private man.

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I've just got to know him as a friend, really, as Emmanuel,

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the nice man that he is.

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And I enjoy his company.

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That's it from me, here's Diane with a look at the weather.

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Good evening to you.

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There could be more wintry weather in our forecast through the night.

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The immediate problem is ice on untreated surfaces.

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Temperatures are falling away, most towns and cities around zero.

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But as showers come into this cold air, like last night,

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snow showers could turn up almost anywhere, there could be covering

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in a places in the morning.

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If you don't see the snow, you will see rain.

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The numbers on the chart are for towns and cities,

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rural areas are going to be colder than that.

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Very cold first thing on Saturday, taking some time

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for the temperatures to recover.

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Through the day there will be a steady rise,

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most places see a tonne of winter sunshine tomorrow, looking

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good, feeling cold.

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Coastal areas at the risk of a few showers.

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But it looks like mostly a dry day, top temperatures through

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the afternoon 6 degrees.

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Saturday night not too cold, completely different picture

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on Sunday, more cloud around, much milder at around 9 degrees.

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At the start of next week, you can see the mild temperatures

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and damp weather stay with us.

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5-6 is the best we

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5-6 is the best we will

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5-6 is the best we will have.

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5-6 is the best we will have. It

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5-6 is the best we will have. It stays

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