04/04/2017 Points West

New evidence shows doctors up.

in our hospitals are taking thousands of sick

I was ending up crying on every single night shift.

And Wednesday will bring dry conditions, set up for dry weather

through the list of the week, details at the end of the programme.

New evidence has emerged about the pressure on doctors.

At Bristol Royal infirmary figures suggest almost half of all sickness

Our Health Correspondent Matthew Hill has spoken to one junior

The seniors, they took me outside and completely shouted at me, said

how much money I had cost the hospital. I was suicidal and I

didn't see a way for work. This Doctor Who wants to remain anonymous

says stress levels became so intense while working in A she became

suicidal which is why she left medicine. Nationally last year

stress accounted for 37% of all work-related health cases but our

figures show that university hospitals, Bristol had 46% of sick

days attributed to anxiety, stress or depression, almost five years

lost. The trust declined my requests remember view but says it is

concerned by this. It says it offers all staff eight well-being programme

which includes a health MOT and says it now gathers data on absences in a

much better way but is still not possible to say whether they are due

to problems at work are at home. These figures may be

underestimating, because we are told not every doctor is willing to admit

they took time off due to mental health issues. This doctor took time

off stress and at didn't declare it. We had to walk though it might work

ten days any role and some of those for 12 hour shifts. Often you don't

get to take breaks because of the workload and even though people say

you must take breaks you feel like you can't because somebody's Kieron

may suffer for it. Sometimes pressure on the Department is so

great that things fall apart. The other thing that has changed is the

way that we work so we work Morin shifts so not necessarily with the

same team. The Department of Health says the latest survey shows some

measures were improving and levels of work stress were at their lowest

level nationally in four years. I would describe it as a sense of

bread and not wanting to get out of bed and eventually I thought I

cannot go in. I sometimes find colleagues crying in cupboards and

you get used to it is that it is a normal thing. With growing staff

shortages, this unrelenting pressure is bound to take its toll.

Today was the deadline for anyone wanting to stand

In our three big counties new councils will be chosen.

Wiltshire, Somerset and Gloucestershire are all presently

But the biggest single contest is for a West of England

mayor, covering Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Bath

The official announcement on the Metromayor will be tomorrow,

it looks like there are six candidates: Conservative Tim Bowles,

Labour's Lesley Mansell, Stephen Williams for

the Liberal Democrats, Darren Hall of the Greens,

UKIP's Aaron Foot and John Savage, an independent.

Robin Markwell has been looking at what the job entails.

For 800 years, Bristol and mayors have gone hand-in-glove.

There's the Lord Mayor, with all the pomp and ceremony

of the post, and, more recently, an elected mayor too,

a job currently held by Labour's Marvin Rees.

Now, at the bidding of Government, voters are being asked

to choose a third mayor, not just for Bristol but for

South Gloucestershire and Bath and North East Somerset too.

The idea is that they will bang the drum for the West in Westminster.

My personal hope as an officer is that we get somebody

who is a strong spokesperson for the region, and is effective

in getting more powers, more money for the region.

The metro mayor would be based initially at Bristol's Engine Shed

On housing, they'd help choose how many homes

the region needs and decide whether they should be built.

Whether or not it's on the greenbelt is the big bone of contention.

They'd franchise bus services, pay for community transport,

control key roads and have the power to bring in a clean air zone,

and that could mean a ban on polluting vehicles.

They would have money, too, the best part of ?1 billion

over the next 30 years to go on infrastructure, and last

of all they might try to put up business taxes, raising rates to pay

Well, Keynsham in North East Somerset is a town with a fair

few traffic problems of its own, so what would a metro mayor armed

with ?30 million per year to play with do for a town like this?

But on the streets it was a case of,

"Election? What election?"

Are you pleased to have another election? No.

You know what this person is going to do.

Well, I don't see why we need one, really.

Have you heard of the metro mayor? No.

Something to do with the Metrobus? That's a bit of a 'mare.

is a Wiltshire woman has become one of the first people in Britain to

teach young people how to survive if they fall into water.

Three years ago Olivia Rowe's son died after falling

Here's our Wiltshire Reporter Will Glennon.

This is not a swimming lesson - it's all about staying alive.

This four-year-old is being taught how to float

and keep his head above water if he fell in accidentally.

For me, that's the most important thing, is that everyone who goes...

Every child who goes into water and into a pool can see,

you know, falling in a river, you know, or a pond,

that if that happens they can save themselves.

In July 2014 Olivia Rowe's son Jack drowned in the family

It was the day of his third birthday.

While she popped out, and Jack was out of sight

of his step-brother, he somehow fell in.

I had to take Ella to a school disco, and when I was out I got

the call from Harry, my stepson,

who was looking after him, saying he

I came home and then later a friend discovered him

at the bottom of the pool, at the side of the bottom,

Olivia set up a charity called the Jack Rabbit Foundation,

and went to Florida with her swimming teacher friend Jo.

They both trained in infant survival techniques.

Back home and they've begun classes in Wiltshire.

Babies and toddlers are shown how to work with the water, and survive.

Safety in the water, getting them in and comfortable with the water.

She was never confident enough in water,

and I thought, because this is mainly about what water

confidence and survival, it's the best thing you can do

It's amazing. I love it.

I already signed Archie up before they

had even got back from the states during their training.

I just saw their videos and so it was something

I really wanted him to do and be part of.

This is just the beginning - the charity wants to teach as many

children as possible, and, ultimately, roll classes

out across the whole UK, saving young lives in Jack's name.

Will Glennon, BBC Points West, Wiltshire.

Bristol City have suffered their heaviest defeat

of the season, losing 5-0 at Preston.

The game was beamed back to Ashton Gate where city

fans watched with dismay as the goals went in.

City are still above the relegation zone as rivals

The first half I thought we weren't too bad but the second half we were

not in it at all. We were finished after the second goal. He needs to

go and he needs to go tonight. The job is too big for you. More

coverage of that on BBC radio Bristol tomorrow morning.

There's more news on the BBC Website and of course on your local

But for now I'll leave you with Ian who has the forecast.

The deepening. High-pressure dominates as we head into the rest

of this week, a lot of pride and settled weather so the complicating

factor is how the cloud cover comes and goes. A chilly start but he

feared amount of sunshine for most during the morning and tendency to

introduce more cloud, especially towards the north. Through the

course of tonight what skies clearing it will turn chilly for

this time of year as, so 2-4. He had of some grass frost by first light

but having said that, despite being a chilly start, it should be fairly

sunny. Notice how the cloud is increasing from the North and it

will thicken up to some extent and some bright and sunny pockets of

weather but then towards the south and south-west, a more prolonged

chance of sunny spells. It will remain dry with the temperature

around about 12-14, hired in the sunshine, probably more close around

bit from the south, so we could get to 18 or higher on Sunday. Now the

national focus. Good evening, things are looking good in the next

few days, some pressure drifting in from the Atlantic, bringing some

finance settled with it. Just some questions about the amount of cloud

we will see under that. The cloud we saw the sea links gave rise to a

lovely sunsets are many areas. This is the view from one of our weather

watchers in Cornwall. Look at the tones in the sky in Warwickshire

this evening. Here is the satellite sequence which

shows it was pretty gloomy on the eastern side of England. Not much

rain, but a good swathe of sunshine for many early on. In the

north-west,