nhs finances are so dire that patients could soon be forced to pay to use basic services such as gps , doctors leaders warned last night . dr mark porter , head of the british medical association , the doctors ' union , said that whoever wins the election will inevitably be tempted to bring in charges . all three major parties have denied there will be any end to the principle that the nhs should be free at the point of use . ebola has orphaned thousands of children in west africa , and relatives are terrified of taking them in for fear of infection , the united nations said . about 3,700 children in guinea , liberia and sierra leone have lost one or both parents to the disease , according to u.n. child agency , unicef . in addition to mourning the loss of caregivers in the three hardest-hit nations , the children feel abandoned and stigmatized . `` orphans are usually taken in by a member of the extended family , but in some communities , the fear surrounding ebola is becoming stronger than family ties , '' said manuel fontaine , unicef 's regional director . dr mark porter , head of the british medical association , the doctors ' union , said that whoever wins the election will inevitably be tempted to bring in charges . critics will say that if gps had not enjoyed such enormous pay rises over the past decade , there would be much more money around . in an interview with the guardian , dr porter said of the parties fighting the election : ` i think they will be tempted . they said in 1950 that a labour government would n't introduce charging and it did . ' the introduction of prescription charges prompted nhs founder nye bevan to resign from clement attlee 's government in april 1951 . dr porter said it was ` inescapable ' that the next government would consider introducing fees as a way of tackling the # 30billion budget gap that nhs england has forecast will open by 2020 unless it achieves its target of # 22billion in efficiency savings and receives # 8billion of extra annual funding . by . rob waugh . published : . 09:25 est , 27 march 2012 . he said : ` could a future government be tempted ? yes , they could , but they must resist that temptation . ' | . critics will say that if gps had not enjoyed such enormous pay rises over the past decade , there would be much more money around . with ebola infections skyrocketing in recent weeks , the agency fears the number of orphans could double this month . in the next few months , about 2,500 survivors will get lessons on providing care to children quarantined in treatment centers . ebola survivors are considered immune to the disease . `` unicef is looking at traditional and new ways to help provide children with the physical and emotional healing they need , '' the agency said in a statement this week . more mental health workers . updated : . 09:32 est , 27 march 2012 . two huge new planets spotted by a telescopes in chile are the oldest planets detected outside our solar system - and have been there since before the milky way was fully formed . dr johny setiawan , whose team found the planets orbiting the star hip 11952 said : ` if there was once intelligent civilisation there , it would have watched how the universe started expanding after the big bang and how galaxies and the first stars formed . ' the planets are thought to be three times as old as earth , and were formed 12.8 billion years ago . in liberia , the children 's aid agency said it is training additional mental health workers to ensure children affected by the deadly virus get the support they need . in neighboring guinea , plans are under way to provide psychological support to 60,000 children and families affected by ebola . comforting a child is a ` potential death sentence ' `` ebola is turning a basic human reaction like comforting a sick child into a potential death sentence , '' fontaine said . `` the vast majority of the children affected by ebola are still left without appropriate care . we can not respond to a crisis of this nature and this scale in the usual ways . we need more courage , more creativity , and far , far more resources . '' the u.n. children 's agency said it has received only 25 % of the $ 200 million it needs for emergency assistance for families affected by ebola in the region . affected nations are reporting grim numbers as the deadly virus takes its toll . ` untold numbers of children are dying ' a jupiter-like extrasolar planet : one planet is the size of jupiter , the other three times bigger . both are thought to be three times as old as earth , and were formed 12.8 billion years ago . they are just 375 light years away from our solar system . in sierra leone , about 765 new cases were reported last week , which is a rate of five every hour , according to save the children . the aid group said there are only 327 beds available for ebola patients in the country . `` untold numbers of children are dying anonymously at home or in the streets , '' save the children said . ebola has killed more than 3,000 people in guinea , liberia and sierra leone , and the united nations says those numbers are vastly under-reported . they were detected using ` radial velocity ' , where astronomers watch for ` wobbles ' in starlight , caused by the pull of orbiting worlds . one planet is thought to be as massive as jupiter in our solar system . the other is roughly three times the size of jupiter . if there is life , there , it 's liable to be very different from human beings . meanwhile , sierra leone 's president ernest koroma is missing an ebola donor conference in london because his british-chartered plane had technical problems , the british foreign office said thursday , an hour before he was due to give a news conference with british foreign secretary philip hammond . `` we are currently exploring alternative ways for the president to participate in the conference , '' the foreign office told cnn . complete coverage on ebola . planet formation was not thought to be possible in the early universe , when stars were ` metal poor ' - lacking elements heavier than hydrogen and helium . setiawan says , ` it 's iron abundance is only about one per cent that of our sun . i wonder what kind of ` blood ' they have without iron element -- at the time , there were almost no heavy elements available . ' the new planets were detected by the european southern observatory at la silla paranal , chile , south america . it had been thought that it was impossible for planets to form without these heavier elements . setiawan acknowledges that the planets could have formed later in the life cycle of the star - but says this is unlikely . usually planets form just shortly after the star formation , ' he said . ` second-generation planets might also form after a star has died , but this is still under debate . '
ebola has orphaned about 3,700 children in guinea , liberia and sierra leone . `` the fear surrounding ebola is becoming stronger than family ties , '' a u.n. official says . as ebola infections skyrocket , experts fear the number of orphans could double this month .
nhs finances are so dire that patients could soon be forced to pay to use basic services such as gps , doctors leaders warned last night . dr mark porter , head of the british medical association , the doctors ' union , said that whoever wins the election will inevitably be tempted to bring in charges . all three major parties have denied there will be any end to the principle that the nhs should be free at the point of use . ebola has orphaned thousands of children in west africa , and relatives are terrified of taking them in for fear of infection , the united nations said . about 3,700 children in guinea , liberia and sierra leone have lost one or both parents to the disease , according to u.n. child agency , unicef . in addition to mourning the loss of caregivers in the three hardest-hit nations , the children feel abandoned and stigmatized . `` orphans are usually taken in by a member of the extended family , but in some communities , the fear surrounding ebola is becoming stronger than family ties , '' said manuel fontaine , unicef 's regional director . dr mark porter , head of the british medical association , the doctors ' union , said that whoever wins the election will inevitably be tempted to bring in charges . critics will say that if gps had not enjoyed such enormous pay rises over the past decade , there would be much more money around . in an interview with the guardian , dr porter said of the parties fighting the election : ` i think they will be tempted . they said in 1950 that a labour government would n't introduce charging and it did . ' the introduction of prescription charges prompted nhs founder nye bevan to resign from clement attlee 's government in april 1951 . dr porter said it was ` inescapable ' that the next government would consider introducing fees as a way of tackling the # 30billion budget gap that nhs england has forecast will open by 2020 unless it achieves its target of # 22billion in efficiency savings and receives # 8billion of extra annual funding . by . rob waugh . published : . 09:25 est , 27 march 2012 . he said : ` could a future government be tempted ? yes , they could , but they must resist that temptation . ' | . critics will say that if gps had not enjoyed such enormous pay rises over the past decade , there would be much more money around . with ebola infections skyrocketing in recent weeks , the agency fears the number of orphans could double this month . in the next few months , about 2,500 survivors will get lessons on providing care to children quarantined in treatment centers . ebola survivors are considered immune to the disease . `` unicef is looking at traditional and new ways to help provide children with the physical and emotional healing they need , '' the agency said in a statement this week . more mental health workers . updated : . 09:32 est , 27 march 2012 . two huge new planets spotted by a telescopes in chile are the oldest planets detected outside our solar system - and have been there since before the milky way was fully formed . dr johny setiawan , whose team found the planets orbiting the star hip 11952 said : ` if there was once intelligent civilisation there , it would have watched how the universe started expanding after the big bang and how galaxies and the first stars formed . ' the planets are thought to be three times as old as earth , and were formed 12.8 billion years ago . in liberia , the children 's aid agency said it is training additional mental health workers to ensure children affected by the deadly virus get the support they need . in neighboring guinea , plans are under way to provide psychological support to 60,000 children and families affected by ebola . comforting a child is a ` potential death sentence ' `` ebola is turning a basic human reaction like comforting a sick child into a potential death sentence , '' fontaine said . `` the vast majority of the children affected by ebola are still left without appropriate care . we can not respond to a crisis of this nature and this scale in the usual ways . we need more courage , more has died , but this is still under debate . '
nhs finances are so dire that patients could soon be forced to pay to use basic services such as gps , doctors leaders warned last night . dr mark porter , head of the british medical association , the doctors ' union , said that whoever wins the election will inevitably be tempted to bring in charges . all three major parties have denied there will be any end to the principle that the nhs should be free at the point of use . ebola has orphaned thousands of children in west africa , and relatives are terrified of taking them in for fear of infection , the united nations said . about 3,700 children in guinea , liberia and sierra leone have lost one or both parents to the disease , according to u.n. child agency , unicef . in addition to mourning the loss of caregivers in the three hardest-hit nations , the children feel abandoned and stigmatized . `` orphans are usually taken in by a member of the extended family , but in some communities , the fear surrounding ebola is becoming stronger than family ties , '' said manuel fontaine , unicef 's regional director . dr mark porter , head of the british medical association , the doctors ' union , said that whoever wins the election will inevitably be tempted to bring in charges . critics will say that if gps had not enjoyed such enormous pay rises over the past decade , there would be much more money around . in an interview with the guardian , dr porter said of the parties fighting the election : ` i think they will be tempted . they said in 1950 that a labour government would n't introduce charging and it did . ' the introduction of prescription charges prompted nhs founder nye bevan to resign from clement attlee 's government in april 1951 . dr porter said it was ` inescapable ' that the next government would consider introducing fees as a way of tackling the # 30billion budget gap that nhs england has forecast will open by 2020 unless it achieves its target of # 22billion in efficiency savings and receives # 8billion of extra annual funding . by . rob waugh . published : . 09:25 est , 27 march 2012 . he said : ` could a future government be tempted ? yes , they could , but they must resist that temptation . ' | . critics will say that if gps had not enjoyed such enormous pay rises over the past decade , there would be much more money around . with ebola infections skyrocketing in recent weeks , the agency fears the number of orphans could double this month . in the next few months , about 2,500 survivors will get lessons on providing care to children quarantined in treatment centers . ebola survivors are considered immune to the disease . `` unicef is looking at traditional and new ways to help provide children with the physical and emotional healing they need , '' the agency said in a statement this week . more mental health workers . updated : . 09:32 est , 27 march 2012 . two huge new planets spotted by a telescopes in chile are the oldest planets detected outside our solar system - and have been there since before the milky way was fully formed . dr johny setiawan , whose team found the planets orbiting the star hip 11952 said : ` if there was once intelligent civilisation there , it would have watched how the universe started expanding after the big bang and how galaxies and the first stars formed . ' the planets are thought to be three times as old as earth , and were formed 12.8 billion years ago . in liberia , the children 's aid agency said it is training additional mental health workers to ensure children affected by the deadly virus get the support they need . in neighboring guinea , plans are under way to provide psychological support to 60,000 children and families affected by ebola . comforting a child is a ` potential death sentence ' `` ebola is turning a basic human reaction like comforting a sick child into a potential death sentence , '' fontaine said . `` the vast majority of the children affected by ebola are still left without appropriate care . we can not respond to a crisis of this nature and this scale in the usual ways . we need more courage , more creativity , and far , far more resources . '' the u.n. children 's agency said it has received only 25 % of the $ 200 million it needs for emergency assistance for families affected by ebola in the region . affected nations are reporting grim numbers as the deadly virus takes its toll . ` untold numbers of children are dying ' a jupiter-like extrasolar planet : one planet is the size of jupiter , the other three times bigger . both are thought to be three times as old as earth , and were formed 12.8 billion years ago . they are just 375 light years away from our solar system . in sierra leone , about 765 new cases were reported last week , which has died , but this is still under debate . '
nhs finances are so dire patients could soon to use basic services gps, doctors leaders warned. dr mark porter, head the british medical association the doctors ' union said whoever wins inevitably tempted bring charges. all three major parties denied there will any end the principle the nhs should free at use. ebola has orphaned thousands west africa, relatives terrified taking fear infection the united nations said. about 3,700 children guinea, liberia sierra leone have lost one u.n. child agency unicef in addition mourning caregivers in the three hardest-hit nations, the children feel abandoned. `` orphans usually taken a member, some communities, the fear surrounding ebola becoming stronger than family ties, '' manuel fontaine unicef 's regional director. dr mark porter, head the british medical association the doctors ' union said whoever wins inevitably tempted bring charges. critics will say if gps had not enjoyed such enormous pay rises over, there much more money around. in an interview the guardian, dr porter of the parties fighting ` i tempted. they said in 1950 a labour government n't introduce charging and it did. ' the introduction prescription charges prompted nhs founder nye bevan resign clement attlee 's government april 1951. dr porter said it ` inescapable ' the next government consider introducing fees as tackling the # 30billion budget gap that nhs england forecast open unless achieves # 22billion efficiency savings receives # 8billion extra annual funding. by. rob waugh. published :. 09:25 est, 27 march 2012. he said : ` could a future government tempted? yes, they could, must resist that temptation. ' |. critics will say if gps had not enjoyed such enormous pay rises over, there much more money around. with ebola infections skyrocketing recent weeks, the agency fears the number orphans this month. in, about 2,500 survivors get lessons providing care quarantined treatment centers. ebola survivors considered immune. `` unicef is looking traditional and new ways help provide children the physical and emotional healing, '' the agency this. more mental health workers. updated :. 09:32 est, 27 march 2012. two huge new planets spotted a telescopes chile are the oldest planets detected outside - have there the milky way fully. dr johny setiawan, whose team found the planets the star hip 11952 said : ` if there once intelligent civilisation, watched how started expanding after how galaxies and the first stars. ' the planets thought three earth, were 12.8. in liberia, the children 's aid agency said training additional mental health workers ensure affected the deadly virus get. in neighboring guinea, plans are provide psychological support 60,000 children ebola. comforting a child is a ` potential death sentence `` ebola turning a basic human reaction like comforting, '' fontaine. `` the vast majority the children affected ebola still left appropriate care. we can not respond a crisis and this scale in the usual ways. we need more courage, more creativity far, far more resources '' the u.n. children 's agency it only 25 % $ 200 needs emergency assistance families ebola. affected nations reporting grim numbers as the deadly virus takes. ` untold numbers children ' a jupiter-like extrasolar planet : one planet the size jupiter three times bigger. both are thought three times earth, were 12.8 they just 375 light. in sierra leone, about 765 new cases were last which a rate five every hour according save the children. the aid group said there only 327 beds ebola patients. `` untold numbers anonymously at or, '' save said. ebola has killed guinea, liberia sierra leone the united nations says those numbers vastly they detected using ` radial velocity where astronomers watch ` wobbles starlight, caused the pull orbiting worlds. one planet is thought as massive jupiter in. the other is roughly three times jupiter. if there life, there, it 's liable very different human beings meanwhile, sierra leone 's president ernest koroma is missing an ebola donor conference london because his british-chartered plane technical problems the british foreign office thursday an hour give with philip hammond `` we currently exploring alternative ways for the president participate the conference, '' the foreign office told cnn complete coverage on ebola. planet formation was not thought, when stars ` metal poor ' - lacking elements heavier setiawan says, ` it 's iron abundance only about one per that our sun. i wonder ` blood ' they without iron element -- at, there almost no heavy elements available. ' the new planets were detected the european southern observatory at la silla paranal, chile. it had thought it impossible planets these heavier elements. setiawan acknowledges the planets could later - this. usually planets form just shortly, ' he. ` second-generation planets might also form after a star died, but this still under. '
nhs finances are so dire that patients could soon be forced to pay to use basic services such as gps , doctors leaders warned last night . dr mark porter , head of the british medical association , the doctors ' union , said that whoever wins the election will inevitably be tempted to bring in charges . all three major parties have denied there will be any end to the principle that the nhs should be free at the point of use . ebola has orphaned thousands of children in west africa , and relatives are terrified of taking them in for fear of infection , the united nations said . about 3,700 children in guinea , liberia and sierra leone have lost one or both parents to the disease , according to u.n. child agency , unicef . in addition to mourning the loss of caregivers in the three hardest-hit nations , the children feel abandoned and stigmatized . `` orphans are usually taken in by a member of the extended family , but in some communities , the fear surrounding ebola is becoming stronger than family ties , '' said manuel fontaine , unicef 's regional director . dr mark porter , head of the british medical association , the doctors ' union , said that whoever wins the election will inevitably be tempted to bring in charges . critics will say that if gps had not enjoyed such enormous pay rises over the past decade , there would be much more money around . in an interview with the guardian , dr porter said of the parties fighting the election : ` i think they will be tempted . they said in 1950 that a labour government would n't introduce charging and it did . ' the introduction of prescription charges prompted nhs founder nye bevan to resign from clement attlee 's government in april 1951 . dr porter said it was ` inescapable ' that the next government would consider introducing fees as a way of tackling the # 30billion budget gap that nhs england has forecast will open by 2020 unless it achieves its target of # 22billion in efficiency savings and receives # 8billion of extra annual funding . by . rob waugh . published : . 09:25 est , 27 march 2012 . he said : ` could a future government be tempted ? yes , they could , but they must resist that temptation . ' | . critics will say that if gps had not enjoyed such enormous pay rises over the past decade , there would be much more money around . with ebola infections skyrocketing in recent weeks , the agency fears the number of orphans could double this month . in the next few months , about 2,500 survivors will get lessons on providing care to children quarantined in treatment centers . ebola survivors are considered immune to the disease . `` unicef is looking at traditional and new ways to help provide children with the physical and emotional healing they need , '' the agency said in a statement this week . more mental health workers . updated : . 09:32 est , 27 march 2012 . two huge new planets spotted by a telescopes in chile are the oldest planets detected outside our solar system - and have been there since before the milky way was fully formed . dr johny setiawan , whose team found the planets orbiting the star hip 11952 said : ` if there was once intelligent civilisation there , it would have watched how the universe started expanding after the big bang and how galaxies and the first stars formed . ' the planets are thought to be three times as old as earth , and were formed 12.8 billion years ago . in liberia , the children 's aid agency said it is training additional mental health workers to ensure children affected by the deadly virus get the support they need . in neighboring guinea , plans are under way to provide psychological support to 60,000 children and families affected by ebola . comforting a child is a ` potential death sentence ' `` ebola is turning a basic human reaction like comforting a sick child into a potential death sentence , '' fontaine said . `` the vast majority of the children affected by ebola are still left without appropriate care . we can not respond to a crisis of this nature and this scale in the usual ways . we need more courage , more
 The NHS is facing financial difficulties, with critics arguing that it should be free at the point of use. Doctors have warned that patients may be forced to pay for basic services such as GP appointments and hospital treatments. The British Medical Association has stated that the NHS is underfunded and that charging patients would undermine its principles. The UK government has been accused of trying to privatize the NHS by introducing charges for certain services. The NHS was founded in 1948 with the principle of providing universal healthcare free at the point of use. However, the system is facing increasing pressure due to an aging population, rising costs, and budget constraints. Critics argue that introducing charges would disproportionately affect vulnerable populations such as the elderly, children, and those with chronic illnesses. Others argue that a small fee for certain services could help reduce waste and encourage responsible use of the NHS. The debate highlights the challenges faced by the NHS in balancing its founding principles with the need to manage finite resources.