Alastair Fee (@alastairfeebbc) 's Twitter Profile
Alastair Fee

@alastairfeebbc

BBC Health Correspondent

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calendar_today01-03-2012 11:50:29

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NHS in England to create the equivalent of 7,000 more hospital beds to help tackle anticipated intense pressure this winter. Will include temporary units at hospital sites and more monitoring of patients at home in so called "virtual wards".

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The proportion of patients in England treated/assessed within 4 hours in A & E units has fallen below 70% for the first time. 69.3% in Oct. A record number of patients had to wait more than 12 hours for a hospital bed to be found after a decision to admit – nearly 43,800.

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UNISON announces two more strike dates for ambulance staff in January - 11th and 23rd - in London, Yorkshire, NW, NE and SW England. 24 hours rather than the 12 this week.

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We're here in London battling the weather to raise awareness five years on from medical cannabis being available to prescribe. Children and their families are forgotten. Please ⁦UK Prime Minister⁩ it's time you sort this failed policy! #westandwithyou ⁦MedCan Family Foundation

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For File on 4 Investigates, Alastair Fee and I have discovered parents going to extreme lengths to obtain cannabis medicine to treat their children with severe epilepsy. It's available on BBC Sounds now and BBC Radio 4 at 8pm tonight. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

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Thank you to the courageous families and suppliers in being so brave, coming forward. A huge thankyou to my colleagues Matt Hughes Alice Salisbury Dr Callie Seaman for all the hard work put into this. We won't give up on families and our own children's futures. MedCan Family Foundation