Jen Smith

Special Correspondent @BBCSpotlight. ✉️ [email protected]. 📸 @jenezsmith

[University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust @UHP_NHS]

Today we are sharing sad news - Ann James will be stepping down as CEO from 31 March.

Ann embodies the values that are the beating heart of this organisation.

As CEO Ann has achieved so much in 12 years and our colleagues and community will miss her. https://t.co/ZR11nlGnjF

[University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust @UHP_NHS]

We have declared a critical incident as the site is very busy following ten days of very high attendances to our Emergency Department. We have seen some very unwell patients and an increase in people presenting with flu. This has stretched our capacity.

https://t.co/kYQqNGIRPW

[Jen Smith @jensmithTV]

A man from St Austell who died after waiting more than five hours to be admitted to hospital was “let down” by the NHS. An inquest will be held this summer into the death of Bill Codd. It comes as the Royal Cornwall Hospital announced a critical incident. https://t.co/XrnKlf7sXt

[Jen Smith @jensmithTV]

“My daughter shouldn’t have died”. A mother in Devon has told @BBCSpotlight that a systematic failure in the NHS led to the death of her only child. Maeve Boothy-O’Neill was 27. A recent hearing heard there’s a gap in services. https://t.co/G5RnZwGDKR

[BBC South West @BBCSpotlight]

This evening on BBC Spotlight, our exclusive series on call with @dsairambulance continues - the team is thousands of feet in the air responding to a patient who needs a blood transfusion and help to breathe.

[BBC South West @BBCSpotlight]

Saving lives with hospital care in the skies 🚁

Our correspondent @jensmithTV has had a seat in the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance as demand for the service reaches record levels.

Our exclusive series starts this evening at 18:30 on BBC One.

[Jen Smith @jensmithTV]

As the NHS turns 75, @BBCSpotlight explores the pressure the service is under in the south west. We’re live from Torbay Hospital for a special half hour programme on this landmark anniversary - 1830 tonight.

[Jen Smith @jensmithTV]

Council funded care home placements in the SW are at risk for people with dementia. We've compared what each LA is paying and there are huge differences - the industry says it's leading to care home closures and pressure on families. @BBCSpotlight
https://t.co/8NHXY60PPd

[Jen Smith @jensmithTV]

60% of dentists in the SW have reduced their NHS commitments since the start of the pandemic, with nearly half saying they’re likely to go fully private soon. Find out why you can’t get a dentist @BBCSpotlight tonight. https://t.co/boc7ch7XVD

[Jen Smith @jensmithTV]

Devon care homes are being asked to take patients with Covid, flu and a host of infectious diseases to ease the pressure on the NHS. “It can decimate a care home and cause huge distress”. @BBCSpotlight tonight https://t.co/SGvLBbQ3Xb

[Lewis Clarke @lewis_clarke88]

Wow. Take a look at the river at Exebridges on the Devon Somerset border. Unbelievable. #flooding

[South Western Ambulance Service @swasFT]

SWASFT has declared a Critical Incident and
our Deputy Director of Operations has a message for the public:

“Please help us to help the patients who need us most by only calling 999 if a patient has a life-threatening condition or illness."

More at: https://t.co/ebE34gDbFi

[Jen Smith @jensmithTV]

Pharmacists say supplies of antibiotics to treat strep A have “gone from bad to worse”. Devon father David told us of his struggle to get hold of the drugs for his 18 month old son before he was hospitalised with #strepA and pneumonia last week 👉 https://t.co/8Y46v0Wq4b

[Jen Smith @jensmithTV]

24 hours in a trolley in a hospital corridor, 40 hours wait for an ambulance, 5 days in an emergency dept. Some of the stories from around the SW as medics say they’re facing the biggest challenge on record. Watch @BBCSpotlight on #iplayer and read 👇#NHS https://t.co/IH4lwL1gnT

[Jen Smith @jensmithTV]

Torbay still has one of the highest rates of suicide in the country, despite efforts from the local authority. The number of men taking their own lives is particularly high. Survivor Paul told me why and how he’s trying to change things. @BBCSpotlight tonight 1830 #mentalhealth

[Jen Smith @jensmithTV]

“We hear about the blockages in the NHS - if only we had the staff, we could help support that problem”. The SW has the biggest shortage of care workers in the country, in a region facing acute pressure on its hospitals. If you missed @BBCSpotlight 👉 https://t.co/6QmIRNDbie

[Jen Smith @jensmithTV]

Cornwall’s Senior Coroner Andrew Cox has written to the Health Secretary @SteveBarclay to warn of more deaths unless action is taken. #nhs #cornwall #ambulancedelays

[Shaun Lintern @ShaunLintern]

🚨 Exclusive: One dogged coroner, four needless deaths and a stark conclusion: Britain's health and care system is broken: https://t.co/YW9ATqCQ53

[Jen Smith @jensmithTV]

Following the news that Cornwall’s going to be the first place in the UK to host a space launch, here’s what you need to know… https://t.co/CkhHTYYdVX

[Jen Smith @jensmithTV]

10 out of 16 councils in the SW say they’re in a housing crisis. New research from @BBCSpotlight shows the lack of affordable housing in the region. It comes as an AirBnb owner tells us he’s been hassled and faces online abuse. @BBCSpotlight tonight 1830.

[Jen Smith @jensmithTV]

@PropertyJourn hi Graham. I’m a correspondent @BBCSpotlight and I was hoping I could chat to you about a report we’re doing next week. I’ve seen your article on AirBnbs and it would fit in perfectly. Thanks lots if you can DM, Jen https://t.co/SBi7sz80KV