:00:12. > :00:12.Patients waiting longer, operations cancelled `
:00:13. > :00:18.the Accident Emergency departments facing unprecedented demand.
:00:19. > :00:21.Tonight on Spotlight, we'll investigate why more people
:00:22. > :00:29.are going to A and the strain it's causing.
:00:30. > :00:35.More patients are attending, patients are waiting longer to be
:00:36. > :00:38.seen and at times, the department is extremely busy and it puts enormous
:00:39. > :00:45.pressure on our staff and team. A warning after a growing number
:00:46. > :00:48.of burns from disposable barbeques. A four`year`old boy is
:00:49. > :00:50.the latest victim. Beach`goers are asked not
:00:51. > :00:52.to leave them behind. And making the south`west proud `
:00:53. > :00:54.the latest on our swimmers going for gold at
:00:55. > :01:03.the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Three of the region's main Accident
:01:04. > :01:06.Emergency departments say they're facing unprecedented demand
:01:07. > :01:07.on their services. The largest hospital, Derriford,
:01:08. > :01:10.says it's seen a 12% increase Bosses have admitted they're missing
:01:11. > :01:14.waiting time targets and cancelling There's been an 11% rise
:01:15. > :01:20.at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital and at the Royal
:01:21. > :01:24.Cornwall, there was a 10% increase. Jenny Kumah looks
:01:25. > :01:38.at how our hospitals are struggling At this time of year, hospitals tend
:01:39. > :01:41.to feel the pressure of more holiday`makers in the region. The
:01:42. > :01:45.hot weather can also make existing illnesses worse and bring on some
:01:46. > :01:49.conditions. But doctors think there are many reasons why it
:01:50. > :01:53.unprecedented numbers of patients are coming to the emergency
:01:54. > :01:57.department. I think we are seeing increased numbers of patients with
:01:58. > :02:04.minor illness and injury attending. We are also seeing an increase in
:02:05. > :02:10.sick elderly patients coming in, because we have an ageing population
:02:11. > :02:14.and they have multiple things that require treatment. At the beginning
:02:15. > :02:17.of the year, Derriford Hospital's emergency department was named as
:02:18. > :02:22.the best in the country for seeing patients within national time
:02:23. > :02:26.limits. But it is often missing that targets now. Managers are trying to
:02:27. > :02:32.work out what is causing the spike in demand. There is a link, we
:02:33. > :02:36.think, possibly, with the introduction of 111, but having said
:02:37. > :02:45.that, we are still working through what that might mean and why those
:02:46. > :02:50.patients are choosing to attend here. They are meeting the national
:02:51. > :02:59.target of referring no more than 5% of calls to departments. We don't
:03:00. > :03:02.prefer lots of people to 111th two A and the ones we do our
:03:03. > :03:07.appropriate because they have been through the assessment is triage
:03:08. > :03:11.tool. But we do work with emergency departments on a regular basis, so
:03:12. > :03:14.if they do have any concerns about patient is being referred
:03:15. > :03:18.inappropriately, they can feed that back to us. Hospitals are working
:03:19. > :03:22.with the local commissioning group to find a way forward but there is
:03:23. > :03:26.only so much cash in the system. There will be an important financial
:03:27. > :03:32.consideration here, because if we are needing to expend more money
:03:33. > :03:40.within A, we do not have resources elsewhere necessary that we can draw
:03:41. > :03:44.on and it will have consequences. NHS England says it has allocated an
:03:45. > :03:48.extra ?250 million to keep waiting times low. They are also looking at
:03:49. > :03:50.a fundamental shift in services to help keep the pressure off emergency
:03:51. > :03:53.departments. Figures out today show
:03:54. > :03:55.our economy is stronger than before the recession,
:03:56. > :03:57.but how much is that being reflected One company here sees
:03:58. > :04:00.more different sides Peek`O, at Beer in East Devon,
:04:01. > :04:05.is remarkable for being a manufacturer, a publisher,
:04:06. > :04:09.and a tourist attraction. Our business correspondent
:04:10. > :04:21.Neil Gallacher reports. This unique business reflects some
:04:22. > :04:25.trends that are now firmly established in the south`west
:04:26. > :04:29.economy. A willingness to invest and a sense that the economic outlook is
:04:30. > :04:34.becoming settled at last. And that is not just in its two wrist side,
:04:35. > :04:37.but in its core business, but my precision manufacture of model
:04:38. > :04:42.railway track and, despite the growth of the Internet and digital
:04:43. > :04:48.media, in its magazine publishing arm which shares this site. The
:04:49. > :04:52.attraction side has seen visitor numbers up more than 40% in one
:04:53. > :04:56.year. That is not just because the economy has grown, it is because the
:04:57. > :05:01.company has picked its moment for a key investment. The company is
:05:02. > :05:06.always seeking to improve the facilities here and made major
:05:07. > :05:10.investment last year with our new indoor children's play area. It is
:05:11. > :05:13.going down really well, it has created a big buzz in the area and
:05:14. > :05:35.drawing in visitors from a wider area. The boss is the only real
:05:36. > :05:39.worry is a lack of space. It is a bit of a nightmare, we could do with
:05:40. > :05:45.a bit of a bigger factory, but we love being in Beer, it is a
:05:46. > :05:49.magnificent location. Model railways appeal to traditionalists, which may
:05:50. > :05:54.explain why the magazine publishing site has survived not just the
:05:55. > :05:58.recession but so far, at least, the onslaught of Internet competition.
:05:59. > :06:03.The advertising hasn't really suffered at all, with the arrival of
:06:04. > :06:08.the digital world. Unlike many of the bigger newspapers, or perhaps
:06:09. > :06:12.the magazines that operate in different markets, lifestyle, that
:06:13. > :06:17.sort of thing, where we have seen lots of magazines closing and
:06:18. > :06:25.failing. The business I am speaking to on a daily basis, are willing
:06:26. > :06:28.more to invest longer term. If you look at 2013, they were holding back
:06:29. > :06:33.those investment decisions and that is positive and I think we are on
:06:34. > :06:37.the upward trend. So there you have it, a fascinating business,
:06:38. > :06:43.manufacturing, exporting, family owned but in the same family since
:06:44. > :06:47.1946. These are all supposed to be things that a German industry does
:06:48. > :06:49.so well. Nice to think we can take at least some of those boxes here in
:06:50. > :06:51.Devon. Our business correspondent
:06:52. > :06:52.Neil Gallacher reporting A boy has been left with serious
:06:53. > :06:57.burns after stepping on a discarded barbecue that had been buried
:06:58. > :07:00.in sand on a beach in Cornwall. The four`year`old needed specialist
:07:01. > :07:02.hospital treatment for his injuries. The emergency services say they are
:07:03. > :07:04.seeing a growing number of burn injuries from picnic
:07:05. > :07:07.barbecues and they are asking people Four`year`old Haytham Chamberlain
:07:08. > :07:12.had spent the day playing with his family on the dunes on Porthtowan
:07:13. > :07:15.beach when he accidentally stepped on a hot disposable barbecue that
:07:16. > :07:20.had been buried in the sand. He trod on the barbecue
:07:21. > :07:25.and then stood on it and trod on it again, so he trod on it twice and
:07:26. > :07:29.burnt all the bottom of his foot. My mum was with me
:07:30. > :07:32.and she's also a lifeguard. She started calling the people
:07:33. > :07:35.around to get water, so there was quite a good response from people
:07:36. > :07:39.around, bringing buckets of water He was initially taken to hospital
:07:40. > :07:46.in Truro, but then had to be transferred to the burns unit at
:07:47. > :07:50.Derriford for specialist treatment. The emergency services say that
:07:51. > :07:53.accidents involving these disposable They say people using them
:07:54. > :07:58.think burying them in the sand In fact they and the sand around
:07:59. > :08:14.them stay hot for many hours. Beach lifeguards who helped Haytham
:08:15. > :08:17.on the day have this advice Let the barbecue cool down naturally
:08:18. > :08:21.for a good period of time. Make sure that no one can step
:08:22. > :08:24.on it, it is cordoned off. Maybe cover it in sand
:08:25. > :08:27.and then put water over the top, but then take the whole thing away
:08:28. > :08:30.when it is nice and cool. Make sure it is cool enough to
:08:31. > :08:33.touch to be able to pick up. Please make sure it is extinguished,
:08:34. > :08:37.cold and taken away from the beach. He is going to have a bandage
:08:38. > :08:40.on their good couple of weeks, He is going to have a bandage
:08:41. > :08:43.on there for a good couple of weeks, he has to have it bandaged every
:08:44. > :08:46.couple of days. It just means he can't get around
:08:47. > :08:49.properly like a child of his age. No, he can't walk on it
:08:50. > :08:52.at the moment, it is too tender. He definitely won't be going to
:08:53. > :08:55.the beach again this holiday. Haytham's mother is asking people to
:08:56. > :08:57.take more care with picnicking She says she doesn't want to see
:08:58. > :09:04.other children's holidays ruined. The owners of Lands End airport have
:09:05. > :09:07.confirmed it will be open again Flights were due to resume this week
:09:08. > :09:11.after upgrading work was carried out on the grass runways but sections
:09:12. > :09:14.of the new tarmac failed to harden. Passengers heading to the Isles
:09:15. > :09:17.of Scilly have had to fly The deadline for a decision on the
:09:18. > :09:22.controversial closure of in`patient beds at Torrington Hospital in Devon
:09:23. > :09:27.has now been extended. A final decision was due to be made
:09:28. > :09:31.this week, but North Devon NHS Boards have extended the time
:09:32. > :09:33.for local people to comment. They now have
:09:34. > :09:35.until August the 18th to send in The extension follows protests
:09:36. > :09:39.and a meeting with the local MP, It may be hot and sunny for many
:09:40. > :09:46.of us at the moment but the prolonged flooding
:09:47. > :09:49.in Somerset earlier this year is still causing problems ` this time
:09:50. > :09:52.for the county's tourism industry. Holiday companies say bookings were
:09:53. > :09:56.down by almost a third in some places and that some
:09:57. > :10:15.potential visitors are still asking It is worth all of that effort to
:10:16. > :10:20.get a view of Somerset at its summary best. And this is the kind
:10:21. > :10:26.of image that tempts holiday`makers into the county. Unfortunately, some
:10:27. > :10:32.still have this picture, the worst floods for centuries, even though
:10:33. > :10:36.the water is long gone. Visitors to the West Somerset Railway between
:10:37. > :10:43.January and June, for example, are down 11% on last year and coach
:10:44. > :10:47.parties are down 30%. The problem was if it had Somerset in the title,
:10:48. > :10:51.people were looking for elsewhere in the UK to go for the holidays, even
:10:52. > :10:57.though it could be six or eight months away. If it had Somerset,
:10:58. > :11:00.forget it. It means a loss so far this year of ?40,000 for the
:11:01. > :11:05.attraction. It is not crippling, but it is a worry nonetheless. It should
:11:06. > :11:12.be the busiest weekend of the year for this campsite near another area
:11:13. > :11:16.which suffered months of flooding. Somebody from Taunton phoned up this
:11:17. > :11:21.week to want to know which way can we get to you, are you still
:11:22. > :11:24.flooded? From Taunton! If someone in Taunton is not sure, you can imagine
:11:25. > :11:29.there is an image problem nationally. And yes, the owner is
:11:30. > :11:33.doing something to counter it. We have social media things going, we
:11:34. > :11:39.have had help from South Somerset, we are doing more advertising, and
:11:40. > :11:44.we are only half full. I be able to afford to go on holiday and I was
:11:45. > :11:47.looking forward to. It may be that numbers pick up in the summer and
:11:48. > :11:51.people didn't make the usual bookings earlier in the year when
:11:52. > :11:55.flooding was at its worst. But some larger attractions, such as Wookey
:11:56. > :12:00.hole, say they have had an increase in visitors. But tourist officials
:12:01. > :12:04.say they need all of the help they can get. I think I need to have
:12:05. > :12:08.David Cameron to come to Somerset for the weekend away, I think it
:12:09. > :12:11.would be a great idea. It just puts the spotlight on the county and this
:12:12. > :12:18.glorious county that we live in. Tourism employees 30,000 people in
:12:19. > :12:23.Somerset, said any loss is a worry and some estimate that the
:12:24. > :12:25.flooding, which affected only 2% of the county, could lose tourism as
:12:26. > :12:29.much as ?250 million. A tiny device developed
:12:30. > :12:31.by scientists at Exeter University could end up saving thousands
:12:32. > :12:33.of lives. It's designed to detect
:12:34. > :12:35.a serious lung disease which is notoriously difficult to diagnose
:12:36. > :12:38.and often fatal for patients with The device uses an antibody to test
:12:39. > :12:43.blood samples for an indication Two lines indicate
:12:44. > :12:49.the patient has the disease. The test kit costs just ?10
:12:50. > :12:54.and could save the NHS millions. Scott Bingham's been
:12:55. > :12:58.finding out more. The device comes
:12:59. > :13:00.in a simple foil package. As simple to use
:13:01. > :13:03.as a pregnancy test, the lateral flow device detects a condition
:13:04. > :13:07.which can kill up to 90% of leukaemia and bone marrow transplant
:13:08. > :13:13.patients who contract it. It was developed by
:13:14. > :13:16.Dr Chris Thornton and his team at Exeter University and,
:13:17. > :13:20.after two years of trials, is about I'm really proud to be able to take
:13:21. > :13:26.my university research and actually take it out into the big wide world
:13:27. > :13:29.and actually use it constructively for people right around the globe,
:13:30. > :13:34.it is absolutely fantastic, rather than it just staying within
:13:35. > :13:38.the university environment. It is really important to me
:13:39. > :13:41.and everyone else who has Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is
:13:42. > :13:49.called by the fungus aspergillus, The device means it can be monitored
:13:50. > :13:54.by a weekly blood test, rather than pumping patients with
:13:55. > :13:59.expensive and toxic antibiotics. What happens now is we end up having
:14:00. > :14:02.to treat a lot more people than we need to
:14:03. > :14:06.for aspergillus, because it is And in patients where we are
:14:07. > :14:11.really worried that they have aspergillus, we often
:14:12. > :14:14.end up doing unpleasant invasive tests, like a biopsy of the lung,
:14:15. > :14:19.putting a camera into the lung. Leukaemia patient Lynne Thorn has
:14:20. > :14:21.been part of the trial at the I would like to help other people
:14:22. > :14:28.that are unfortunately going to end up in my position and if it helps
:14:29. > :14:31.them, with all the treatment we have to be put through, if it helps catch
:14:32. > :14:35.something very early that can prevent them from being
:14:36. > :14:39.really unwell with it, The device will be used in hospitals
:14:40. > :14:58.around the world from next month. Coming up next, going for gold at
:14:59. > :15:03.the Commonwealth Games, plus, how this ancient design has provided the
:15:04. > :15:08.inspiration for a brand`new garden. And joined me in Sutton Harbour on
:15:09. > :15:09.what has been a glorious day. We have always seen the glorious return
:15:10. > :15:20.of some of our wartime fleet. It's a big night
:15:21. > :15:22.for two south`west athletes at 19`year`old Ben Proud from Plymouth
:15:23. > :15:26.is favourite to win gold in the 50m butterfly and Exeter's
:15:27. > :15:28.Liam Tancock attempts to retain Spotlight's Dave Gibbins has more
:15:29. > :15:33.on that, along with the rest of Ben Proud goes into this evening's
:15:34. > :15:38.50m butterfly final with the fastest
:15:39. > :15:43.qualifying time under his belt. He even took one`hundredth of
:15:44. > :15:46.a second off his previous time when So on his debut in the Commonwealth
:15:47. > :15:49.games, Proud is looking good for a gold
:15:50. > :15:53.medal, thanks to all the hard work We have just been practising,
:15:54. > :16:03.getting the final details, a lot of international racing to try
:16:04. > :16:06.and get me to the sort of events so Coming from nowhere to finish second
:16:07. > :16:15.in the 100m backstroke The reigning Commonwealth champion
:16:16. > :16:19.has been suffering from injury but is still eyeing up a medal
:16:20. > :16:23.in tonight's final. Yes, I feel pretty good,
:16:24. > :16:25.not too bad. Not had the best season,
:16:26. > :16:29.but it is not about what you do, Plymouth Leander's Jamila Lunkuse
:16:30. > :16:34.was unlucky not to have qualified The Ugandan won her heat this
:16:35. > :16:41.morning, but her time was beaten by her rivals in other heats,
:16:42. > :16:48.so she misses out. Torquay lawn bowler Sophie Tolchard
:16:49. > :16:51.is in top form as she's helping England progress through the early
:16:52. > :16:53.rounds in the women's fours. They have already accounted for
:16:54. > :16:56.Canada and are confident of reaching And in our late news at 10:25, we'll
:16:57. > :17:06.be getting reaction to Ben Proud and Ben goes just after seven
:17:07. > :17:12.and again at 9:25pm Next week, Dave will be in Glasgow
:17:13. > :17:20.to bring us the latest news on south`west competitors
:17:21. > :17:27.in the Commonwealth Games. Exciting, isn't it, plenty to keep
:17:28. > :17:32.an eye on.