内容摘要：Tarryn McCaffrey, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "Pegg's actions in becoming involved with a prisoner who had committed serious drug offences portrayed a total lack of integrity or judgment.

Tarryn McCaffrey, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "Pegg's actions in becoming involved with a prisoner who had committed serious drug offences portrayed a total lack of integrity or judgment.

He said: "It means that those members of staff have a local connection, they understand the island, they probably also understand the patients as well."We have reduced the numbers of agency staff but we still very much value and rely on them.

"I don't think we will ever get to a position where we will be able to grow all our own staff."So I think we will always have a reliance on support from other countries."Nearly 350 people waited more than 12 hours in A&E for a bed at Somerset's two biggest hospitals in December 2024.

This compares to 95 patients in the same month in 2023 - a rise of 268%.Somerset NHS Foundation Trust said it had a high number of "very unwell" patients who needed to be admitted to its hospitals in Taunton and Yeovil at the end of last year.

The trust said new measures are being introduced to reduce waiting times. It said pressure had since eased but services had been "very busy" in the past two weeks.

came from a report to the Somerset Integrated Care Board which met on Thursday.Pegg's defence barrister Andrew Alty told the court his client had been taken advantage of by a "sophisticated criminal".

He said she was a "caring, compassionate individual who tries to see the best in everyone".Phil Copple, chief executive of HM Prison and Probation Service, said: "The criminal misconduct in this case lets down the public we serve as well as the vast majority of honest and hardworking prison staff, but it also demonstrates our determination to take robust action against those who fail to achieve proper professional standards."

Two men have been found guilty of murdering a 30-year-old in a stabbing in a park last summer.A jury found Daniel Larman and Kieran Okocha-Sleight guilty of the