Howard, 63, takes up resus bed 2 at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary's A&E having fallen off a ladder and suffered a serious head injury.

At the Great North Children's Hospital in Newcastle, two-year-old Mason arrives in bed 27 - staff suspect he may have cellulitis, a serious skin infection.

Bed 41 in the day surgery unit at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital hosts Bradley, who has come in to have a fourth operation on his hand.

While in bed 7 at Romford's Queen's Hospital maternity unit, Haylee is a week overdue and starting to feel impatient about the birth, bedside her partner Aaron. Show less