# Article

Userid: test2
Category: Other
Title: Donald Trump on UK election: 'I can work with any prime minister'
Image: Trumponuk
Date: 2019-10-05
Summary:
  US President Donald Trump has said he could 'work with anybody' in No 10 - nine days ahead of a general election.

Comment:
  Speaking on a three-day visit to the UK, Mr Trump said he would 'stay out of the election', that he was a 'fan of Brexit' and he thought PM Boris Johnson was 'very capable'.

  Mr Trump is in the UK for a Nato summit being held in Watford on Wednesday.

  He will attend a reception hosted by the Queen at Buckingham Palace later, where protests are expected.

  The US president's comments in a press conference came moments after he told reporters that he was staying out of the election on 12 December 'because I don't want to complicate it'.

  During a breakfast meeting with Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the US ambassador's residence in London, Mr Trump also said:

  The US wanted 'absolutely nothing to do with' the NHS, when asked if it would form any part of future trade talks. He said he wouldn't touch it even if it was handed to his administration 'on a silver platter', adding: 'Never even thought about it, honestly.'
  He himself was 'a very easy person to work with'
  The US was 'trying to work something out' with the family of teenager Harry Dunn - the 19-year-old motorcyclist who died in a crash which led to the suspect leaving for the US under diplomatic immunity
  French President Emmanuel Macron was 'very disrespectful' for suggesting Nato was 'brain dead'
  Who is Trump meeting?
  President Trump is visiting the UK to attend a Nato summit commemorating the 70th anniversary of the transatlantic organisation.

  He will join other world leaders later for a reception at Buckingham Palace, hosted by the Queen.

  Mr Trump has held separate talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, and he is also due to speak with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.


Userid: hash
Category: Life_And_Style
Title: Mentally ill 'spend months on hidden waiting list'
Image: Mentallyillfigures
Date: 2019-12-05
Summary:
  Patients with mental illnesses are left languishing for months on 'hidden' waiting lists by England's NHS talking therapy service, the BBC can reveal.

Comment:
  The service - called Improving Access to Psychological Therapies - provides therapy, such as counselling, to adults with conditions like depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety.

  It starts seeing nine in 10 patients within the target time of six weeks.

  But that masks the fact many then face long waits for regular treatment.

  Half of patients waited over 28 days, and one in six longer than 90 days, between their first and second sessions in the past year.

  For most, the first session is a combination of an assessment and basic advice, with the second appointment marking the start of the core treatment sessions.

  Charities said the headline target was giving a false impression of what was happening, warning that patients were facing 'hidden waits' that were putting their health at risk.

  NHS England acknowledged the pressure on the system was causing delays, but pointed out that despite the delays, half of patients given treatment still recovered.

  'I tried to kill myself while I waited'
  Paul Williams, 60, was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder following a violent incident he was involved with as a police officer in Devon.

  He had to retire on medical grounds from the service in 2013 and turned to Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) for help.

  While waiting for therapy, he tried to take his own life.

  'The treatment was really good when I got it, but the problem is you are kept in a holding pattern.

  'Waiting is really hard when you are struggling mentally.

  'I'm not saying the delays were the reason I tried to kill myself - I had lost my career and there was a lot going on - but they certainly didn't help.'


