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:00:12. > :00:13.Mental health services for children and young people
:00:14. > :00:18.A report says action should now be taken.
:00:19. > :00:23.Complexities, confusion, tension ` the committee of councillors said
:00:24. > :00:27.they struggled to determine what impact the service is having.
:00:28. > :00:35.But senior figures say it's under competing pressures.
:00:36. > :00:41.Every single part of the system in Cornwall for looking after children
:00:42. > :00:44.and young people is bursting at the seams. There is not one layer that
:00:45. > :00:49.is resource well enough to look after that need.
:00:50. > :00:52.We'll be putting concerns to one of the body's which fund thd work.
:00:53. > :00:59.An investigation is launched after I patients at Musgrove Park Hospital
:01:00. > :01:11.complained of blurred vision after surgery.
:01:12. > :01:13.There've been concerns about the mental health service
:01:14. > :01:16.for children and young people in Cornwall for a number of years
:01:17. > :01:21.A committee of councillors found a range of faults including
:01:22. > :01:23.a lack of leadership and little tangible evidence of improvement.
:01:24. > :01:26.But the Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service in
:01:27. > :01:29.Cornwall says the committee doesn't understand the pressures it's under.
:01:30. > :01:39.This report has been compiled by a group of councillors who were
:01:40. > :01:45.concerned about the county's child and adolescent mental health
:01:46. > :01:50.services. They spent two daxs here at the County Hall interviewing 37
:01:51. > :01:55.witnesses, including users of the service, professionals, and other
:01:56. > :01:58.agencies. Their conclusions about the service are powerful and
:01:59. > :02:00.critical, including a lack of leadership, vision and strategy. A
:02:01. > :02:06.leadership, vision and strategy A lack of learning from Case reviews,
:02:07. > :02:07.all of which contribute to this overall landscape of confusion,
:02:08. > :02:08.all of which contribute to this overall landscape of confushon, and
:02:09. > :02:12.an inability to determine improvement. Councillors also
:02:13. > :02:18.concerned there were no inp`tient concerned there were no inpatient
:02:19. > :02:22.beds for young people. The report's findings have been welcomed by the
:02:23. > :02:25.parents of Ben Cockburn, who died in Redruth. He was being treatdd by the
:02:26. > :02:28.Redruth. He was being treated by the adult service, but his parents
:02:29. > :02:34.believe he should have been in an adolescent unit. In a way I am
:02:35. > :02:39.pleased it's been identified that mental health services in Cornwall
:02:40. > :02:40.are very poor for adolescents, and I'm very pleased it identifies
:02:41. > :02:46.are very poor for adolescents, and I'm very pleased it identifhes in
:02:47. > :02:47.one section the fact that under 18 's, there is no provision in
:02:48. > :02:49.Cornwall or no beds in Cornwall. 's, there is no provision in
:02:50. > :02:51.Cornwall or no beds in Cornwall Our Cornwall or no beds in Cornwall Our
:02:52. > :02:56.young people, our children, are being sent hundreds of miles away.
:02:57. > :03:01.The director of the mental health service here said she cried when she
:03:02. > :03:04.read the findings of the report She says the service is dealing with
:03:05. > :03:09.twice the number of cases it is funded for. Every single part of the
:03:10. > :03:11.system in Cornwall for looking after system in Cornwall for lookhng after
:03:12. > :03:13.children and young people is bursting at the seams. Therd is
:03:14. > :03:13.children and young people is bursting at the seams. There is not
:03:14. > :03:16.bursting at the seams. Therd is not one layer that is resource well
:03:17. > :03:18.enough to look after the need, and enough to look after the nedd, and
:03:19. > :03:22.that is obviously going to impact on that is obviously going to hmpact on
:03:23. > :03:25.every other layer going up, so those presenting with a high level of
:03:26. > :03:32.needs, who knows? One would like to think they could have been prevented
:03:33. > :03:33.earlier. The family's Charity, the Invicta 's trust is campaigning for
:03:34. > :03:36.a specialist mental health tnit Invicta 's trust is campaigning for
:03:37. > :03:36.a specialist mental health unit for a specialist mental health tnit for
:03:37. > :03:45.people in Cornwall. Barbara Gregory is from one of the
:03:46. > :03:51.groups who pays for these services. groups who pays for these services.
:03:52. > :03:54.Baxter joining us. If you are a child in this system at the moment,
:03:55. > :03:55.what are you not getting th`t you should be crash might `` thanks
:03:56. > :04:00.what are you not getting that you should be crash might `` th`nks for
:04:01. > :04:04.joining us. The two elements should be about the waiting times for
:04:05. > :04:09.referrals, and also the provision in Cornwall. Waiting times are not good
:04:10. > :04:16.enough, is that what it is saying to you? We need to do that, look can
:04:17. > :04:19.see why people are not progressing as smoothly as they might through
:04:20. > :04:22.the system. What sort of solutions have you got? The approach we want
:04:23. > :04:26.to take, which is why we ard glad to to take, which is why we are glad to
:04:27. > :04:27.be challenged by the council to do this, is to work together whth
:04:28. > :04:29.be challenged by the council to do this, is to work together with the
:04:30. > :04:31.other agencies. We have to get round the table and sit together `nd look
:04:32. > :04:34.the table and sit together and look with the children in the middle and
:04:35. > :04:39.see how we can plan the services around them. We'd be glad to do
:04:40. > :04:42.that. You do pay for some of these services, and we heard from the
:04:43. > :04:44.service, which said in effect they had too much work to do and too much
:04:45. > :04:49.money to fund it. Do they need more money to fund it. Do they need more
:04:50. > :04:53.money? That is part of what we need to look at. As a taxpayer, we would
:04:54. > :04:56.want the challenge that we are want the challenge that we `re
:04:57. > :04:57.making the best uses of the resources we have got before we put
:04:58. > :05:01.resources we have got beford we put any more money on, but the reason we
:05:02. > :05:04.are pleased to work in this way and be challenged with the other
:05:05. > :05:05.agencies is because we are doing that in other elements of health
:05:06. > :05:11.agencies is because we are doing that in other elements of hdalth and
:05:12. > :05:12.social care in Cornwall. In Newquay and Penrith, albeit with elderly
:05:13. > :05:14.people, we are doing exactlx and Penrith, albeit with elderly
:05:15. > :05:18.people, we are doing exactlx that, looking at the patient, all the
:05:19. > :05:19.resources available to support them, talking to them about what they need
:05:20. > :05:24.and looking to see how we c`n make and looking to see how we c`n make
:05:25. > :05:26.the best use of what is there. The time frame is important though. The
:05:27. > :05:30.time frame is important thotgh. The first inspections were in 2008. Why
:05:31. > :05:33.have these problems gone on for so long? Sometimes it takes a long time
:05:34. > :05:35.for you to get the service moving for you to get the service moving
:05:36. > :05:37.along to some of the nation`l along to some of the national
:05:38. > :05:39.models, and when you are dohng that, models, and when you are dohng that,
:05:40. > :05:42.the model changes so you need to the model changes so you nedd to
:05:43. > :05:47.constantly rethink what you are doing. It is urgent action needed
:05:48. > :05:50.now though? We have four months under deadline is always a good
:05:51. > :05:54.thing. We are pleased with that and it will give us a focus on the
:05:55. > :05:58.chance for us to get the table with NHS England, with the council
:05:59. > :06:01.itself, who provide some of these services with a provider. Barbara
:06:02. > :06:04.services with a provider. B`rbara Gregory, thanks for joining us.
:06:05. > :06:07.A Plymouth based Royal Navy warship has seized ?8.5 million worth of
:06:08. > :06:11.heroin, during a raid on a fishing boat in the northern Arabian Sea.
:06:12. > :06:14.Sailors and Royal Marines from HMS Somerset seized nearly 60 kilos
:06:15. > :06:18.of the drug after intercepthng the vessel using fast boats.
:06:19. > :06:21.A new free school could open up in East Devon.
:06:22. > :06:24.The head of Broadclyst Community Primary School wants to open up
:06:25. > :06:27.another school, because of plans to build more homes nearby.
:06:28. > :06:30.It would be independent from local authority control.
:06:31. > :06:36.But unions say the money would be better spent on existing schools.
:06:37. > :06:40.There was a stark illustrathon today of just how numbered the days of
:06:41. > :06:44.Figures obtained by BBC South West suggest the county could run out
:06:45. > :06:50.Our Environment Correspondent Adrian Campbell looks first
:06:51. > :07:03.Landfill has become very costly and its time is running out as a way to
:07:04. > :07:05.its time is running out as ` way to deal with the bulk of our rubbish.
:07:06. > :07:07.deal with the bulk of our rtbbish. Across Europe, governments are
:07:08. > :07:11.Across Europe, governments `re promoting clean alternatives. Many
:07:12. > :07:17.Southwest authorities are now spending millions every year on the
:07:18. > :07:20.landfill tax. In the South West local authorities have mainly chose
:07:21. > :07:22.a new incinerators which produce energy from waste. Much of Exeter's
:07:23. > :07:25.energy from waste. Much of Dxeter's rubbish is being processed at this
:07:26. > :07:27.rubbish is being processed `t this brand`new energy from waste
:07:28. > :07:33.incinerator on the outskirts of the city. This is where all the waste
:07:34. > :07:34.comes into the plant for processing and they can process about dight
:07:35. > :07:42.and they can process about eight tonnes of rubbish every hour.
:07:43. > :07:47.Interestingly, about 20% has to leave as Ash at the other end.
:07:48. > :07:50.Across the South West, therd are already three energy from waste
:07:51. > :07:54.incinerators due to start operating soon, and another facility that
:07:55. > :07:57.could be built near Barnstaple is under consideration but it's not
:07:58. > :08:01.been decided it would be an energy from waste plant. Somerset `nd
:08:02. > :08:06.Dorset rely on recycling, landfill and other methods to manage their
:08:07. > :08:10.waste. Burning our rubbish to produce energy is a complex business
:08:11. > :08:13.requiring sophisticated computer systems which can monitor this type
:08:14. > :08:14.of plant. In Exeter, it is a systems which can monitor this type
:08:15. > :08:16.of plant. In Exeter, it is ` French of plant. In Exeter, it is a French
:08:17. > :08:23.company which has installed the technology.
:08:24. > :08:28.I am confident about this plan. It's doing what we expected it to do We
:08:29. > :08:33.doing what we expected it to do. We are at the point we expected to be
:08:34. > :08:34.at and when we expected to be at it. It's behaving in the way we thought
:08:35. > :08:40.it would and everybody is here, so it would and everybody is here, so
:08:41. > :08:43.all the actors are here and the stage is built on the show can go
:08:44. > :08:47.on. But what can come out of the plants still causes concern for
:08:48. > :08:51.environmental groups. They say despite the health and safety
:08:52. > :08:56.assurances, they are worried about tiny particles which they s`y can
:08:57. > :08:59.still enter the atmosphere. We felt a long time that this is thd wrong
:09:00. > :09:06.solution for waste. It works against and against material reclaiming and
:09:07. > :09:09.energy conservation. We think there are a number of missed opportunities
:09:10. > :09:15.here to get a real sustainable policy and approach to waste within
:09:16. > :09:19.the South West. One of the remaining questions to be answered about the
:09:20. > :09:22.new energy from waste incinerators centres on the Ashley produce.
:09:23. > :09:27.Around a fifth of what goes into the new plants comes out as Ash. In
:09:28. > :09:30.Exeter, that Ash is being transported outside the area
:09:31. > :09:31.Exeter, that Ash is being transported outside the are` for
:09:32. > :09:34.processing, but where the incinerator is four times as large
:09:35. > :09:39.in Plymouth, there is no agreed place to dispose of the Ash.
:09:40. > :09:42.More than 60 patients have been recalled following eye surgdry at
:09:43. > :09:45.The hospital has apologised to patients
:09:46. > :09:50.Well, we can join Janine Jansen now live in the newsroom, Janind,
:09:51. > :09:57.I spoke to the hospital this afternoon. They
:09:58. > :09:59.said they had a backlog of eye patients following staff
:10:00. > :10:04.problems and an increase in demand for services last winter.
:10:05. > :10:09.This led to a number of patients having to wait longer
:10:10. > :10:11.than they would have liked for their treatment. So
:10:12. > :10:13.they employed a private company, Vanguard Healthcare,
:10:14. > :10:17.which they have used before for other work, to carry out
:10:18. > :10:22.cataract surgery earlier thhs month to try to get through the backlog.
:10:23. > :10:26.They set up a mobile site and started to operate on around 400
:10:27. > :10:35.How was the hospital alerted to the problem?
:10:36. > :10:38.After just four days of treatment, Vanguard Healthcare
:10:39. > :10:45.A number of patients reported problems with blurred vision,
:10:46. > :10:48.which can be normal for somd people after cataract surgery but
:10:49. > :10:51.the hospital says it was concerned with the number of complaints.
:10:52. > :10:58.How has the hospital reacted to this?
:10:59. > :11:01.Musgrove Park Hospital immediately cancelled the contract with
:11:02. > :11:03.Vanguard Healthcare and they have begun an investigation.
:11:04. > :11:06.They say they've apologised to all the patients and most have already
:11:07. > :11:11.Sadly they say it means somd patients, many who've already waited
:11:12. > :11:17.longer than they should have, will now have to wait even longer
:11:18. > :11:19.You're watching Spotlight ` tonight with Rebecca Wills
:11:20. > :11:23.Landscape photography but D`rtmoor's rugged scenery produces
:11:24. > :11:34.And it's not the only art m`king its way to the public's gaze.
:11:35. > :11:42.Stay with us for a double dose of culture.
:11:43. > :11:45.A 19`year`old man's still in hospital with serious injuries
:11:46. > :11:52.It happened yesterday afternoon in a house in Alamein Road.
:11:53. > :11:55.A 25`year`old man who was arrested shortly afterwards is still being
:11:56. > :11:57.questioned at Launceston Poilice Station.
:11:58. > :12:01.A woman who was also interviewed by the police has now been released
:12:02. > :12:05.Ponsanooth village hall in Cornwall will reopen exactly six years
:12:06. > :12:10.A lottery grant has boosted the money local people raised to
:12:11. > :12:13.There'll be a special open day on the first
:12:14. > :12:18.of June where villagers will be encouraged to sign up for classes.
:12:19. > :12:21.Three players from Exeter Chiefs have been picked to play for England
:12:22. > :12:27.21`year`olds Sam Hill, who's a centre, and fly`half
:12:28. > :12:30.Henry Slade, as well as forward Dave Ewers have been selectdd
:12:31. > :12:37.It's the first time they've put on the famous white shirt.
:12:38. > :12:40.The region's boating industry was given a boost when hundreds
:12:41. > :12:42.of people in Dartmouth were offered the chance
:12:43. > :12:48.The South West commands a 30% share of an industry worth several
:12:49. > :12:54.And the event gave members of the public a chance to experience
:12:55. > :13:01.the attraction of the sea in a variety of different boats.
:13:02. > :13:06.The title of the day is called try a boat, and that's basically it
:13:07. > :13:07.The title of the day is called try a boat, and that's basically ht in its
:13:08. > :13:11.boat, and that's basically it in its most simple form, and it's the
:13:12. > :13:13.people to come on and try a number of types of craft and have a
:13:14. > :13:15.people to come on and try a number of types of craft and have ` good
:13:16. > :13:19.time and enjoy it. We want to see them coming back with big grins on
:13:20. > :13:22.their faces and carrying on what they have experienced.
:13:23. > :13:25.Speeding motorists may rile people who live close to some roads
:13:26. > :13:29.and there are even schemes they can get involved in to try to gdt
:13:30. > :13:34.But one landlord who decided to take direct action and put up
:13:35. > :13:38.his own road signs on the A386 has been told to take them down.
:13:39. > :13:46.Spotlight's John Ayres reports from the Half Way House near Tavhstock.
:13:47. > :13:52.When enough is enough sometimes people take the law into thdir own
:13:53. > :13:53.hands. Clive Paterson wants people to slow down and this was hhs way of
:13:54. > :14:01.to slow down and this was his way of doing it. We have had 61 incidents
:14:02. > :14:03.in seven years ranging from shunts to five vehicle accidents which
:14:04. > :14:07.caused the road to be closed seven hours. To give you some ide` of
:14:08. > :14:09.caused the road to be closed seven hours. To give you some idea of the
:14:10. > :14:11.driving here, this blue car is signalling to turn right into the
:14:12. > :14:14.pub car park. The van cuts `cross pub car park. The van cuts across
:14:15. > :14:19.his path as he turns to keep the speed up. The local council believes
:14:20. > :14:23.the measures already in place are enough and have told Mr Pattinson
:14:24. > :14:25.that his signs must come down. In a statement, West Devon Borough
:14:26. > :14:27.Council said that while thex Council said that while they
:14:28. > :14:32.appreciate the good intentions, they do have a disc `` a duty to ensure
:14:33. > :14:36.that road signs followed national rules and do not cause a hazard by
:14:37. > :14:40.distracting motorist. This particular sign was large and
:14:41. > :14:41.required consent, and they invite Mr Pattinson to make an applic`tion
:14:42. > :14:41.required consent, and they hnvite Mr Pattinson to make an application if
:14:42. > :14:43.Pattinson to make an applic`tion if he wishes to do so. They say
:14:44. > :14:43.Pattinson to make an application if he wishes to do so. They sax in
:14:44. > :14:45.Pattinson to make an applic`tion if he wishes to do so. They say in the
:14:46. > :14:48.case of smaller signs for events, they have the discretion to allow
:14:49. > :14:50.them on at every basis so long as they don't cause a hazard to
:14:51. > :14:55.motorists. `` on a temporary basis. motorists. `` on a temporarx basis.
:14:56. > :15:00.The Half Way House is not the only place where action has been taken
:15:01. > :15:04.along the A386. The gorilla from Paignton zoo's art project has
:15:05. > :15:06.popped up outside Plymouth. The new owners are using it to raise a
:15:07. > :15:10.owners are using it to raisd a similar issue in traffic. Slow down,
:15:11. > :15:13.think about what you're doing. Anything could happen, it could be a
:15:14. > :15:15.cyclist coming off a bike, `nother cyclist coming off a bike, `nother
:15:16. > :15:17.car stopping suddenly. I think a lot car stopping suddenly. I think a lot
:15:18. > :15:23.of drivers, they behave a bht of drivers, they behave a bit
:15:24. > :15:26.irresponsibly. It's like a different person when you get in your car
:15:27. > :15:32.because you are protected in your little shell and not being very
:15:33. > :15:33.polite. There are signs all the way along for 40 mph, but it becomes
:15:34. > :15:38.part and parcel of the furnhture of part and parcel of the furniture of
:15:39. > :15:39.the road, and people become blas? and don't notice it. Somethhng
:15:40. > :15:42.the road, and people become blas? and don't notice it. Something like
:15:43. > :15:43.and don't notice it. Somethhng like this which is coming up once
:15:44. > :15:43.and don't notice it. Something like this which is coming up oncd in
:15:44. > :15:43.and don't notice it. Somethhng like this which is coming up once in a
:15:44. > :15:46.this which is coming up oncd in a blue moon, people notice that, and
:15:47. > :15:51.they will respond to it. Clhve they will respond to it. Clive
:15:52. > :15:54.Pattinson has taken his signs down on hopes there doesn't have to be
:15:55. > :15:57.more accidents to take `` to get the council to take notice.
:15:58. > :16:00.The Theatre Royal Plymouth is to host a special event to showcase
:16:01. > :16:03.the talents of people with learning disabilities this weekend.
:16:04. > :16:06.The Funky Llama Festival at TR2 on Saturday is the first evdnt
:16:07. > :16:11.Scott Bingham has been to sde some of the stars rehearsing
:16:12. > :16:25.He was the DJ with up`and`coming hip`hop band the Scribes, but he was
:16:26. > :16:29.hip`hop band the Scribes, btt he was left in a coma after taking the
:16:30. > :16:35.heroin substitute methadone. He now uses a wheelchair and his love for
:16:36. > :16:40.music is as strong as ever. Keeps me alive, keeps me good. If anxthing
:16:41. > :16:47.alive, keeps me good. If anything has helped me over the years, its
:16:48. > :16:49.music. He is one of a number of local artists with learning
:16:50. > :16:51.difficulties being meant order Plymouth music zone and they could
:16:52. > :16:55.Plymouth music zone and thex could be performing to a crowd of up to
:16:56. > :17:06.1000 people at the festival on Saturday. I love seeing improvement
:17:07. > :17:10.from people, them having a challenge and seeing them enjoying themselves.
:17:11. > :17:17.That is the most rewarding process of all. You feel like UI in this
:17:18. > :17:25.little box, but when you have chance to be yourself, you unleash it. I
:17:26. > :17:33.love live music and I love performing. It is something I have
:17:34. > :17:35.missed quite a lot. They have been building a playlist so they can
:17:36. > :17:36.perform to a crowd of people building a playlist so they can
:17:37. > :17:36.perform to a crowd of peopld they perform to a crowd of people they
:17:37. > :17:41.potentially never met beford, so potentially never met before, so
:17:42. > :17:44.that's a great experience for them. The outdoor event, organised by the
:17:45. > :17:48.Theatre Royal Plymouth is the first of its kind in the south`west. The
:17:49. > :17:52.aim is to challenge people's perceptions. We are working with
:17:53. > :17:56.professional artists and fantastic DJ and they might happen to have a
:17:57. > :17:59.disability, so my idea is that people go to the nightclub, they are
:18:00. > :18:03.dancing and they think it's an amazing band and they see the lead
:18:04. > :18:07.singer has a disability. It's about seeing people as people first and
:18:08. > :18:13.celebrating everything that the whole community can offer us.
:18:14. > :18:20.Also on the bill will be rapper DJ Dolphin who believes her autism has
:18:21. > :18:27.enhanced her talent. Everybody is born with a gift who has got it,
:18:28. > :18:30.unlike some people are very good at computers, and some people `re very
:18:31. > :18:32.good at writing or drawing, and I just happen to be good with music
:18:33. > :18:39.and animals. The festival kicks off and animals. The festival khcks off
:18:40. > :18:40.at noon on Saturday and a free shuttle bus will operate between the
:18:41. > :18:42.Theatre Royal in the city centre shuttle bus will operate between the
:18:43. > :18:42.Theatre Royal in the city cdntre and Theatre Royal in the city cdntre and
:18:43. > :18:46.the festival venue.