Summary

  • Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust in special measures after CQC inspection

  • ---- Report says heart patients died waiting for treatment

  • ---- Patients waiting for ophthalmology "lost their sight"

  • ---- Patients "suffered harm as a result of waiting too long for care"

  • ---- Trust's chief executive apologises

  • Daily overtime, no meal breaks and increased workload "making police mentally ill"

  • Deal struck at Met Office in Exeter to end gender pay gap

  • Golden Globe yacht race, due to start from Plymouth next year, moving to France

  • Updates on Thursday 5 October 2017

Live Reporting

Victoria Gould

  1. Arrested man 'bit police officer and punched another'

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  2. Firefighters tackle Devon thatch blaze

    BBC Radio Devon

    Firefighters from across Devon have been tackling a thatched roof fire at a property in west Devon over night.

    The alarm was raised at just after 18:00 last night and eight fire engines were sent to the blaze at Bondleigh, near Winkleigh.

    They were joined by eight further crews over the course of the night.

    All the affected thatch was removed by 04:15.

    Firefighters are still at the scene dampening down and checking for hot spots.

    Fire engine

  3. Health and social care lose sight of people using services

    BBC Radio Cornwall

    On the same day as the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has been placed in special measures, the CQC has also highlighted problems with the wider health and social care system in Cornwall.

    It said too many patients were stuck in hospital waiting for the support they needed to live at home, or be placed in residential care, and managers had lost sight of the needs of people using services.

    Its review calls for "urgent and significant change to improve" to ensure people move through the system more effectively.

    NHS England said it was considering transferring the management of the county's Clinical Commissioning Group to the council. A director of adult social services and health integration could also be appointed.

  4. Half of police 'suffering mental health problems'

    Anna Varle
    BBC News Online

    Daily overtime, no meal breaks and increased workload is making officers mentally ill, according to the Devon and Cornwall Police Federation.

    It follows a report which revealed half of all officers in the force would receive a clinical diagnosis for mild depression or anxiety.

    Devon and Cornwall Police said the force was rolling out a psychological support programme for staff at high risk.

    Police van

  5. Cornwall patients died waiting for cardiac treatment

    BBC Radio Cornwall

    Patients waiting for heart treatment at Cornwall's main hospital and those waiting for ophthalmology care have lost their sight, according to a report.

    NHS Improvement has placed Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust in special measures after an inspection from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

    Inspectors said patients suffered harm as a result of waiting too long for care.

    The trust's chief executive has apologised.

    The Royal Cornwall Hospital

  6. News, sport, weather and travel for Friday

    Victoria Gould
    BBC News Online

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