Summary

  • Hospital staff overtime costs in Jersey in a year reach £2m - or £5k a day

  • Jersey court trials delayed by months because of staff and space shortages

  • More opposition to electricity cable from France to Britain via Alderney

  • Sugar tax and some free schools meals considered in Jersey food strategy

  • No-one attends session for parents at school over school changes

  • Updates on Thursday 13 July

Live Reporting

  1. Mental health workplace issues highlighted

    BBC Radio Guernsey

    New figures suggest 44% of people in Guernsey struggle with mental health problems in the workplace.

    It compares with just 31% the UK.

    The findings come from joint research for the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development and Guernsey Mind.

  2. Trial delays revealed in Jersey

    Naomi Dunning
    BBC Radio Jersey, Reporter

    Jersey's Royal Court

    Delays of up to five months in hearing criminal trials in Jersey is being blamed on staff shortages and a lack of space at the island's Royal Court.

    This five-month wait applies to five-day jury trials for more serious cases. and up to a three-month wait for lesser matters heard by jurats.

    Answering a Freedom of Information request from the BBC, the Bailiff's Chambers said a number of factors could affect the time it took between a not guilty plea and a trial date, including the complexity of the case and the availability of witnesses.

    But lack of appropriate space in the Royal Court and staff shortages in the Viscount's Department also means only one trial could be heard at a time, staff said.

  3. Hospital overtime costs £5k a day

    BBC Radio Jersey

    Jersey General Hospital entrance

    Almost £2m was spent on staff overtime at Jersey's General Hospital last year.

    Figures revealed in a Freedom of Information request by the BBC show two-thirds of the 120,000 overtime hours claimed in 2016 were from staff who looked after the building and services within it.

    It works out at £5,000 a day.

    Jersey's Health Department said it was because of a lack of staff and trouble recruiting. It added it was assessing shift patterns and trying to employ more staff.

  4. BBC Local Live across the Channel Islands

    Rob Byrne
    BBC News Online

    Good morning!

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