Sarah Jane Mee on Sky News (13-16/05/2024)
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00:00 S8 o'clock, this is the UK Tonight. Coming up, a call for immediate government action
00:06 for one of the country's top midwives. More than two years on from her damning report.
00:12 Coming up, our full interview as we talk about what needs to be done to drastically improve
00:16 the quality of maternity care in this country. Also tonight, sickness and confusion for thousands
00:23 in Devon. As South West Water apologise and reveal why their tap water has been contaminated
00:29 with a parasitic bug. We'll talk to the owner of a cafe about what impact it's had on his
00:35 business. Plus, sports pundit and presenter Chris Kamara opens up on how his speech condition
00:41 impacted his mental health. And why Tyson Fury says it is unlikely he'll fight in the
00:48 UK again any time soon. All that's coming up and much more on the UK Tonight.
00:53 Over two years ago, top midwife Donna Ockenden published a warning and a blueprint for action
01:00 to improve unsafe maternity services across the country. But 26 months and four health
01:07 secretaries later, we're still talking about failures and how little progress has been
01:12 made. This week, the Parliamentary Birth Trauma Inquiry concluded that poor care is all too
01:19 often frequently tolerated as normal, with women treated as an inconvenience. Tens of
01:26 thousands suffer some form of birth trauma every year, often caused by mistakes in the
01:31 system. Tonight, Donna Ockenden has again warned that action needs to be taken now to
01:38 improve the quality of care, telling this programme she is disappointed and angry over
01:43 a lack of government progress. I sat down with Donna to find out exactly what needs
01:49 to be done to sort out maternity care. Well, as you heard there from Donna Ockenden, £1
01:58 billion is now needed to advance maternity services across the country. Earlier, the
02:04 Health Secretary Victoria Atkins was asked whether she will be able to deliver that level
02:08 of improvement. So what now? Well, since the Ockenden report, an estimated 800 babies have
02:17 died. They could have been saved with better care, according to SANS and Tommy's Charities.
02:23 Women clearly aren't being listened to, and Donna Ockenden wants to be the exception to
02:28 that rule. This is a national scandal. Actually, no, it's a national emergency, a national
02:35 disgrace. You don't have to have lost a baby or suffered birth trauma to know that this
02:40 isn't right. So why isn't this anger, this outrage, this pain being acted upon? As I
02:48 touched on in my interview with Donna Ockenden, it's hard to get your head around the fact
02:51 that this part of the health service we're talking about is largely run by women for
02:55 women. But it seems that in the wrong environment and under the wrong pressures, care and compassion
03:01 are the first things to go. The Health Secretary said just there that she's a mum, she'll get
03:07 things done. But it's not about that. What makes you more likely to help is to grasp
03:13 the urgency of this and understand that the completely avoidable deaths of hundreds of
03:18 babies is unacceptable. It's about a change in culture and attitude, maybe amongst politicians
03:25 as much as the NHS. You can have good people in the job, but without the compassion and
03:31 the care, nothing changes. We're still to come here on the UK Tonight. We'll be speaking
03:37 to a cafe owner in Brixham in Devon. This is his residence there and given no timeline
03:43 as to how long their tap water will be unsafe to drink. Also coming up, as Chris Kamara
03:49 is given the freedom of Wakefield, I sat down with him to talk about mental health.
03:54 Hello, it's eight o'clock. This is the UK Tonight. Coming up, the major study that's
04:06 found weight loss jabs favoured by celebrities could cut the risk of heart attacks and strokes
04:11 by 20%. Well, the jabs were originally designed to treat... Hello, we start tonight with what
04:18 is being hailed as the most significant medical breakthrough since the introduction of statins.
04:24 The biggest ever trial of weight loss jabs has found that they could cut the risk of
04:29 heart attacks, strokes and cardiovascular disease by a fifth, regardless of whether
04:34 the patient actually loses weight. Now, it could revolutionise healthcare here in the
04:40 UK. Researchers say millions of people should be prescribed these drugs, something that
04:46 will come at a price, but in the long run, it could save the NHS billions of pounds in
04:51 treatment costs. Our science and technology correspondent Thomas Moore reports. The families
04:57 of the Nottingham attack victims say that they have been given a life sentence today.
05:02 The task of ensuring their loved one's killer is never freed, after another disappointment
05:08 in the courts. The Court of Appeal ruled this morning that the indefinite hospital order
05:12 given to Valdo Calacane for killing Grace O'Malley Kumar, Barnaby Webber and Ian Coates
05:18 is not unduly lenient. Well, the families of his victims say the outcome is no surprise,
05:24 but they will keep fighting. Sky's Rachel Venables has this report. The Infected Blood
05:31 Inquiry will publish its long-awaited report on Monday, outlining one of the worst treatment
05:37 disasters in UK history. Between 1970 and the early 1990s, more than 30,000 people were
05:44 given blood or blood products infected with HIV and hepatitis C. More than 3,000 have
05:52 died. Sky News has been speaking to former students of a school for haemophiliacs. They
05:59 were used in medical trials without their knowledge and were infected with deadly diseases.
06:04 75 of their classmates have died. They want an open and frank apology from those that
06:12 failed them. Our health correspondent, Arshish Joshi, has their story. It's eight o'clock.
06:18 This is the UK Tonight. Coming up, an assassination attempt on Slovakia's Prime Minister as he
06:23 shot multiple times. We'll have the latest for you live from Bratislava throughout the
06:28 programme. Also tonight, prisons struggling to cope. The Ministry of Justice triggers
06:33 emergency measures to deal with overcrowding. Labour say it's further evidence of a prison
06:38 system in chaos. Plus, residents in a Devon town are told to boil their tap water over
06:45 a risk of a parasitic disease. And could the Premier League ditch VAR? Top flight clubs
06:51 are all set to vote on the controversial technology. All that to come and much more on the UK Tonight.
06:58 Well we start tonight's programme with breaking news. The Slovakian Prime Minister remaining
07:01 in a life-threatening condition after being shot in an assassination attempt. Robert Fico
07:06 was airlifted to hospital and a suspect, reportedly a man in his 70s, was detained at the scene.
07:12 The shooting happened in the town of Hantlova, around 85 miles from the capital Bratislava.
07:17 Well in the last hour, Slovakian authorities said there was no doubt this was a politically
07:23 motivated attack. Our Europe correspondent, Siobhan Robbins, reports. And just to warn
07:27 you, her report does contain the moments of the shooting.