:00:10. > :00:26.GPs, a call centre, an out of hours doctors service and a hospital all
:00:27. > :00:29.came in for criticism in a damning report released e`rlier.
:00:30. > :00:40.We'll look at what action is being taken and hear from Sam's p`rents.
:00:41. > :00:49.I don't want any parents to have to go through what we went through I
:00:50. > :00:50.don't want any parent to sed their child die in the way that mx son
:00:51. > :00:52.did. More of the NHS
:00:53. > :00:55.in Cornwall could be privathsed Millions of pounds of services,
:00:56. > :00:58.including general surgery, `re being A new approach to saving lives
:00:59. > :01:06.at sea. And flower power,
:01:07. > :01:16.the sporting stars petal portraits. A 3`year`old boy
:01:17. > :01:19.from Devon who was taken to see a GP with signs of flu and later died
:01:20. > :01:23.of sepsis was "failed by That was the NHS's own assessment
:01:24. > :01:30.of the case of Sam Morrish today as a report from a health w`tchdog
:01:31. > :01:33.said he would have survived had he Officials say steps have already
:01:34. > :01:39.been taken to prevent a repdat. Spotlight's Scott Bingham h`s been
:01:40. > :01:43.speaking to Sam's parents in Sam Morrish fell ill just
:01:44. > :01:49.before Christmas in 2010. His mother Susannah took hil to
:01:50. > :01:53.the local GP with what she thought Just 36 hours later Sam was dead
:01:54. > :02:01.from severe sepsis poisoning which As a parent you know what is normal
:02:02. > :02:10.for your child when they ard ill. Normally they do respond to Calpol,
:02:11. > :02:13.they do carry on playing and you think "why have I kdpt them
:02:14. > :02:16.off school" because they ard But the difference with this morning
:02:17. > :02:21.was that it was like he was there, I don't want any parent to have to
:02:22. > :02:33.go through what we went through I don't want any parent to see
:02:34. > :02:35.their child die A report by the health servhce
:02:36. > :02:42.ombudsman concluded that Sal Four separate NHS organisathons made
:02:43. > :02:50.repeated mistakes in his trdatment. Today most
:02:51. > :03:12.of those organisations which had failed Sam attended a press
:03:13. > :03:16.conference to apologise publicly to the family and to talk about the
:03:17. > :03:19.measures they have taken to ensure It's clear that there were
:03:20. > :03:26.shortcomings at every stage of Mr and Mrs Morrish's and Sam's contact
:03:27. > :03:30.with the health service and in the words of the ombudsm`n, Sam
:03:31. > :03:35.died when he should have survived. All of
:03:36. > :03:38.the organisations involved recognise that opportunities to alter the
:03:39. > :03:44.tragic outcome here were missed We all accept that we are
:03:45. > :03:46.accountable for that. For this, we the local NHS,
:03:47. > :03:50.have have apologised unreservedly Quite simply,
:03:51. > :03:56.we should have done better. The report also concluded that
:03:57. > :03:59.the NHS had failed to fully So for the last three
:04:00. > :04:04.and a half years, his parents have been fighting to get the answers
:04:05. > :04:08.they need at a time that thdy should In
:04:09. > :04:13.my own instance it was prob`bly the You became engaged
:04:14. > :04:21.in something which is quite detached And quite detached from your child,
:04:22. > :04:29.that is that at the centre For me, it may well be diffdrent for
:04:30. > :04:36.other people, but for me it pretty much puts the normal grieving
:04:37. > :04:39.process on pause and it's done that We took too long over
:04:40. > :04:42.this investigation. I recognise that has prolonged
:04:43. > :04:47.the distress for the family Actually their feedback
:04:48. > :04:54.on our investigation has bedn incredibly valuable and I whll be
:04:55. > :04:57.meeting with them in a few week s time to go through our own learning
:04:58. > :05:00.from their case and how we `re going Scott and Susannah Morrish `re now
:05:01. > :05:07.working with the NHS to raise awareness of the dangers
:05:08. > :05:10.of sepsis and to improve thd way children who may have the condition
:05:11. > :05:13.are treated in the future. Scott Bingham, BBC Spotlight,
:05:14. > :05:19.Newton Abbot. Earlier I spoke to
:05:20. > :05:26.Dr Graham Lockerbie, NHS England's medical director for Devon,
:05:27. > :05:29.Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. I began by asking him
:05:30. > :05:32.whether he was surprised by not just one failure of one NHS body but one
:05:33. > :05:38.after another, after another. I'm not sure surprised is
:05:39. > :05:40.the right word. We often use this Swiss chedse
:05:41. > :05:48.analogy that sometimes when mistakes happen and things slip throtgh
:05:49. > :05:53.the holes, it's not too bad. But one all the holes line tp
:05:54. > :05:56.somebody falls right through I'm afraid this is one
:05:57. > :06:02.of those examples. You use that analogy,
:06:03. > :06:05.but in another profession that might have been acceptable,
:06:06. > :06:07.but in this profession you `re Each step has to be right,
:06:08. > :06:11.doesn't it? Unfortunately, we are being
:06:12. > :06:17.absolutely completely open `nd honest by saying that Sam w`s failed
:06:18. > :06:21.by the health service at evdry point We don't know for certain at
:06:22. > :06:31.which point, had the outcomds been different in any of those contacts,
:06:32. > :06:34.Sam might have been saved. But very clearly we would w`nt
:06:35. > :06:38.things to have been different. You talk about these things being
:06:39. > :06:41.one thing on top of another, Is this
:06:42. > :06:45.an isolated thing would you say I don't think it's isolated; I'm
:06:46. > :06:51.sure there will be similar cases I think the important thing is
:06:52. > :06:57.that we except that mistakes were We would hope not to see
:06:58. > :07:02.another case like this. Children will inevitably did
:07:03. > :07:06.as a result of severe life`threatening infections,
:07:07. > :07:08.but what has happened here hs that This isn't just a natural c`use
:07:09. > :07:12.of death. How can parents watching thhs
:07:13. > :07:18.tonight have confidence that when they take their child to sed the GP,
:07:19. > :07:21.that what happens in that strgery, what happens when they phond the NHS
:07:22. > :07:24.afterwards, what happens whdn they phone the out`of`hours doctors
:07:25. > :07:26.service, what happens when they go to hospital, that this
:07:27. > :07:30.isn't going to happen to thdm? First thing to say is that we
:07:31. > :07:35.have moved on from this; we have We have already during our ledia
:07:36. > :07:41.briefing today, made it cle`r that each individual organisation
:07:42. > :07:44.has taken steps to prevent the But a lot of the guidelines were
:07:45. > :07:49.in place, weren't they? There were lots of guidelinds,
:07:50. > :07:52.they just weren't followed. I mean you take your son to the GP
:07:53. > :07:55.and the doctor's not recordhng Yes, and as I have said,
:07:56. > :08:00.the ombudsman was very clear that But what we have to make sure is
:08:01. > :08:07.that the GPs and the call h`ndlers and other people involved in these
:08:08. > :08:10.cases learn from those mist`kes and that systems are put in place to
:08:11. > :08:13.make sure that things are changed. The report talks about
:08:14. > :08:15.individual clinicians discussing Is that really enough given that
:08:16. > :08:21.a child has died in this case? Nobody gets up in the morning and
:08:22. > :08:25.actually wants to make a mistake What's really important,
:08:26. > :08:30.and it isn't just about discussing actions with supervisors, this is
:08:31. > :08:34.about a very reflective process that allows a GP to look at how they
:08:35. > :08:40.might improve it their skills and knowledge, how they might ilprove
:08:41. > :08:43.their learning, to make surd that Doctor Lockerbie,
:08:44. > :08:46.thank you very much. With services people use evdry
:08:47. > :08:53.day cited in the report we'd like E`mail us, tweet us or end ts
:08:54. > :09:05.a message on Facebook. The Devon MP Sarah Woolaston has
:09:06. > :09:10.called for reassurances that NHS staff will be protected if they
:09:11. > :09:14.expose inappropriate behaviour. It follows a report by the
:09:15. > :09:17.Devon Partnership Trust that Jimmy Savile raped a patient
:09:18. > :09:21.at Exeter's Digby Hospital hn 1 70. The Trust was set up
:09:22. > :09:24.after the hospital closed and says the abuse was unacceptable
:09:25. > :09:28.and deeply traumatic. The chair of the government's
:09:29. > :09:30.health committee wants to m`ke sure Could the Secretary of Statd to join
:09:31. > :09:39.me in sending a message to staff in the NHS that they should always
:09:40. > :09:43.raise concerns and that thex will be protected if they do so,
:09:44. > :09:50.if they witness such behaviour? I'm absolutely happy to do that
:09:51. > :09:53.and I do wholeheartedly agrde with I think we do need to move
:09:54. > :09:59.in the NHS to a system wherd the norm is to report rather than
:10:00. > :10:06.the exception being to report. A demonstration has been held today
:10:07. > :10:08.against the closure of 20 residential care homes
:10:09. > :10:11.in Devon as the county council As relatives
:10:12. > :10:17.and unions protested outsidd county hall, the plans were challenged
:10:18. > :10:20.by some councillors inside. Devon County Council says it has
:10:21. > :10:23.to save money and promises to And after part
:10:24. > :10:29.of the railway linking Devon with Cornwall was destroyed therd's been
:10:30. > :10:31.a warning today that the South West's transport
:10:32. > :10:35.infrastructure is deteriorating Experts at The Institution of
:10:36. > :10:38.Civil Engineers also say more needs Tens of millions of pounds worth
:10:39. > :10:45.of work normally carried out by the NHS in Cornwall is bding
:10:46. > :10:48.opened up to the private sector The move,
:10:49. > :10:52.which it's claimed could improve waiting times, has its crithcs as
:10:53. > :10:57.some believe hospitals could find the books more difficult to balance,
:10:58. > :11:02.as Eleanor Parkinson reports. Joyce Charton has just come out
:11:03. > :11:04.of the operating theatre. She's had some surgery
:11:05. > :11:07.on her face and her treatment was done at a surgical centre attached
:11:08. > :11:11.to a village GP practice in Probus. We went straight in when we got
:11:12. > :11:18.there and it was really well done. The nurses looked after us `nd I
:11:19. > :11:22.stayed with mum while she had it done,
:11:23. > :11:26.so she was comfortable and `t ease. Here at the Probus Surgical Centre
:11:27. > :11:29.they do cataract and hernia operations and other procedtres that
:11:30. > :11:32.don't need a general as anadsthetic. Their senior surgical managdr says
:11:33. > :11:35.it takes pressure off Cornw`ll's If Treliske have got more theatre
:11:36. > :12:18.space free and more staff thme free If patients are telling us they
:12:19. > :12:21.prefer a service to be delivered in the community,
:12:22. > :12:25.if consultants and GPs are saying to us we can deliver these services
:12:26. > :12:28.in the community, we need to find a He was crushed under
:12:29. > :13:48.Health Committee says that private He was crushed under a seven tonne
:13:49. > :13:53.reconnaissance vehicles driven by a colleague who had no training. Not
:13:54. > :13:57.even a driving licence. For two days his parents have listened intently
:13:58. > :14:02.to an inquest as his colleagues described the moments leading up to
:14:03. > :14:07.his death. For years and thdy still want answers. In light of what we
:14:08. > :14:13.have heard we call upon the RAAF to reopen the investigation into what
:14:14. > :14:22.happens to our son so that those who may have been responsible are
:14:23. > :14:33.properly held to account. Hd grew up in Southampton after moving. Then he
:14:34. > :14:37.came to camp bastion. He was part of a vehicle patrol looking for a
:14:38. > :14:44.backpack containing night`vhsion goggles and grenade rounds. The fear
:14:45. > :14:50.was the enemy could use these. A vehicle like this was being driven
:14:51. > :14:55.by a corporal. It stopped, two men got underneath to check it, the
:14:56. > :15:02.engine was turned off, and loments later it rolled backwards and over
:15:03. > :15:06.the man, crushing him. The vehicle had been left in drive when it
:15:07. > :15:11.should have been in neutral. The inquest said he had driven ht four
:15:12. > :15:21.or five times before even though he only held a provisional licdnce We
:15:22. > :15:25.have learned a number of fahlures relating to when our son was out on
:15:26. > :15:30.patrol. The vehicle was being driven by officers who were not able to do
:15:31. > :15:38.so. The vehicle was not being driven correctly with the handbrakd on The
:15:39. > :15:45.RAAF says it has made lessons `` learns lessons. We will see that
:15:46. > :15:52.accidents like this do not happen in the future. As the coroner concluded
:15:53. > :15:57.that he was crushed, his falily paid tribute. Our son, our hero, for ever
:15:58. > :16:03.in our hearts. Thank you. The rescue of French fisherlen
:16:04. > :16:06.by emergency services in Cornwall is being featured
:16:07. > :16:08.in a film to promote sea safety Two French fishing boats have been
:16:09. > :16:11.wrecked off the Cornish coast Both crews survived
:16:12. > :16:14.because they were wearing a French Emanuel Audrain is using those
:16:15. > :16:18.incidents in his film to persuade mord fishing
:16:19. > :16:32.boat crews to carry the suits. The fishing boat with six crew on
:16:33. > :16:38.board got in trouble in app`lling weather off the coast in January.
:16:39. > :16:44.Conditions were so bad that the helicopter could not pick them up
:16:45. > :16:49.from the deck. Instead they had to be job `` had to jump into the sea.
:16:50. > :16:58.Immersion in the cold water would have meant certain death without
:16:59. > :17:04.their French design dry suit. They were all wearing pants were all
:17:05. > :17:13.saved by this suit. If they were only wearing life jackets they would
:17:14. > :17:20.have died through hypothermha. This suit is designed so that thdy were
:17:21. > :17:27.warm and in fact waterproof. The suits were designed by the ship boss
:17:28. > :17:41.Mac commander in the 1970s. The film`maker has revisited thhs. I
:17:42. > :17:51.have been impressed by the puality of the rescue service. The boat
:17:52. > :17:59.eventually washed up. Europdan rules say that all vessels must c`rry dry
:18:00. > :18:05.suits. It is hoped that the film will encourage this.
:18:06. > :18:06.Some sports news and Torquax United's long`serving captahn
:18:07. > :18:11.The 31`year`old midfield pl`yer has been with United for eight xears,
:18:12. > :18:15.He's now joining Bristol Rovers who were relegated to non`ldague
:18:16. > :18:22.Art takes many forms and so if the subject so happens to be
:18:23. > :18:25.a famous face or two from the world of sport, how would
:18:26. > :18:31.Forget oil, acrylic, watercolour, Andrea Ormsby looks at Andy Murray,
:18:32. > :18:37.Jessica Ennis and Lewis Hamhlton as you may never have seen thel before.
:18:38. > :18:47.Andy is done but Jessica is still a work in progress.
:18:48. > :18:50.Can you see that just loosens the petals, and then when you push
:18:51. > :18:54.it in tight they all still sit the way you want them to sit.
:18:55. > :18:56.An unusual commission for the Academy of Floral Art
:18:57. > :19:14.For the hair we have used grass and seed pods with dark reeds
:19:15. > :19:17.underneath to give the depth in the colour of hair.
:19:18. > :19:20.So we've got the lovely colour in the sycamore leaves,
:19:21. > :19:23.and also the nuts to give the depth of colour in the eyebrows.
:19:24. > :19:30.It might be unusual but there is plenty for the students to learn.
:19:31. > :19:38.Patience, the way the picture is transformed from the picturd here
:19:39. > :19:43.onto the board, working with it flat, working on an easel, which is
:19:44. > :19:47.something that I never really imagined he would use of Floristry.
:19:48. > :19:56.Especially using the texturds and watching the eyes been done
:19:57. > :19:59.and the way all of the materials just sort of flow.
:20:00. > :20:00.The portraits won't last long as they are,
:20:01. > :20:06.but dried flowers will soon replace the fresh, and who knows, Andy,
:20:07. > :20:09.Jessica and Lewis might just be in the market for another bit of art.
:20:10. > :20:14.Andrea Ormsby, BBC Spotlight, Dunchideock.
:20:15. > :20:16.Now, an army of amateur weather enthusiasts are hoping that
:20:17. > :20:20.Spotlight viewers may be able to come to their rescue this evening.
:20:21. > :20:23.Students at Bodmin College have been working all year to design
:20:24. > :20:28.Last night they successfullx launched it and it reached
:20:29. > :20:33.Sadly though, it crashed and is now lost somewhere
:20:34. > :20:41.In fact according to the GPS system, it's somewhere around Egloskerry.
:20:42. > :20:43.So if you find a small cardboard box shaped thing attached to
:20:44. > :20:51.a burst balloon in the area, please get in touch with Bodmin College.
:20:52. > :21:04.It is time for the weather now. What is a weather balloon? It is a
:21:05. > :21:05.balloon that sends informathon back to a computer. You can find out all
:21:06. > :21:15.sorts of information. Our weather balloons have told us
:21:16. > :21:29.that the weather is set stalled at the moment. `` settles. Somd
:21:30. > :21:34.clouds, some could be thunddry. One line of showery rain went through
:21:35. > :21:39.earlier today. There are ardas of rain in the Atlantic and sole might
:21:40. > :21:45.be headed our way so there lay be a prolonged downpour of rain. We have
:21:46. > :21:50.lost high pressure. We have high pressure as we head towards the
:21:51. > :21:54.weekend. It moves away from us as we head through Saturday and it moves
:21:55. > :21:58.away from us as we head through Saturday and into Sunday and
:21:59. > :22:01.Monday. However, some showers tomorrow and also on Saturd`y that
:22:02. > :22:09.could be quite lively. We do have a warning about that, and even the
:22:10. > :22:13.risk of thunder and hail. That was the line of more persistent rain
:22:14. > :22:23.that we saw earlier today. Ht has now cleared. This was this
:22:24. > :22:31.afternoon, where our cameralan caught on one side of a rivdr some
:22:32. > :22:38.blue sky but nasty clouds on the other. Sometimes we will get blue
:22:39. > :22:43.sky, but sometimes we will get some heavy downpours of rain. For all of
:22:44. > :22:49.us, including the wildlife, he settled weather is now at an end.
:22:50. > :22:53.Let's look at the forecast for overnight tonight. Showers will fade
:22:54. > :22:57.away for a time and then return again in the small hours. Not
:22:58. > :23:03.particularly heavy, but showers none the less. Tomorrow morning they head
:23:04. > :23:07.towards Cornwall, with tempdratures no more than ten or 11 degrdes.
:23:08. > :23:13.Tomorrow we are expecting those showers to be on and off all day.
:23:14. > :23:21.One village will get a downpour while the next stays dry and sees
:23:22. > :23:26.the sunshine. Temperatures 06 or 17 in the showers, 18 or 19 if we get
:23:27. > :23:40.sunshine. A few showers possible for the Isles of Scilly. Tides `nd waves
:23:41. > :23:52.are not used for servers. A bit choppy along the north coast of
:23:53. > :23:56.Cornwall and Devon. It gets drier as we move through the weekend. Sunday
:23:57. > :23:58.will be quite a nice day, a little on the cool side though. Have a good
:23:59. > :24:10.evening, back to you. Thank you for joining us at a
:24:11. > :24:13.slightly later time today. Hopefully will see you tomorrow at 6:30pm
:24:14. > :24:42.Goodbye. Make the most of your weekend,
:24:43. > :24:44.wherever you are. Use the BBC Weather App to stay
:24:45. > :24:51.one step ahead of the weather. I saw you before
:24:52. > :24:55.and I thought you were so beautiful. I always thought love
:24:56. > :24:58.would come into my life. You were with someone,
:24:59. > :25:14.so who was it? Who were you with? Murdered By My Boyfriend,
:25:15. > :25:18.a true story.