At Coventry’s University Hospital, Critical Care is at full capacity, and two neurosurgeons must find a solution to treat both of their patients with only one bed available. Show more
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With a UK lockdown baby boom, this episode follows University Hospital Coventry’s maternity and specialist research unit as it deals with the more complex and high-risk pregnancies. Show more
University Hospital Coventry fights to restore services, but with their critical care unit at capacity, a decision is taken to ration intensive care beds for major operations. Show more
University Hospital Coventry’s gynaecological oncology department faces rising referrals, a growing backlog and complex cases as the hospital’s theatre capacity attempts to return to normal. Show more
Staff at Royal Free London battle Covid-19. With beds in the hospital rapidly filling with Covid-positive patients, doctors are redeployed and ICU doubles its capacity. Show more
Following staff and patients at Royal Free London. As the pandemic approaches its peak, ten per cent of the workforce are sick or self-isolating, and it is a challenge to provide safe staffing levels. Show more
On Merseyside, operating theatres shut but emergencies continue to arrive as patients are caught up in an extraordinary hospital move. Show more
Documentary. In Aintree Hospital’s major trauma centre, a 15-strong team are trying to save the life of a young man who has been stabbed in the chest – one of three stabbings to arrive during the day. Show more
Liverpool’s specialist heart hospital copes with huge demand and complex patients on one dramatic day. Show more
As medical advances save children who a decade ago may not have survived, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital faces the challenge of providing ongoing care for these complex patients. Show more
With NHS ‘bed blocking’ numbers at their highest level since 2017, Liverpool’s hospitals are struggling to discharge patients because of a lack of care in the community. Show more
At the UK’s only specialist neurology hospital Trust, a doctor strives to secure groundbreaking treatment for patients with a misunderstood but common neurological disorder. Show more
The story of the NHS in unprecedented times. Alder Hey Children’s Hospital treats life-threatening skull and facial abnormalities. Show more
As medical advances cure patients with cancer, who a decade ago may not have survived, doctors face the challenge of using newer therapies which are not without risk. Show more
The UK lockdown is over, but London’s Royal Free Hospital is counting the cost of having to prioritise Covid-19 above almost everything else as they battle to treat the patients left behind. Show more
The Royal Free London faces the long-lasting effects of Covid on their patients, staff and services, amidst the looming threat of a second wave. Show more
A bed shortage in Barnet hospital highlights the perpetual challenge of trying to discharge older patients, alongside the added complexities of Covid-19 infection risks. Show more
Covid-19 patients are again being transferred to intensive care, but clinicians now have a wider array of treatments used to fight the virus, including experimental drugs and convalescent plasma. Show more
As Covid-19 levels rise again, the Royal Free London prepares to roll out a mass vaccination programme, but it faces a staffing crisis that in turn threatens vital cancer operations. Show more
Two years after Hospital revealed the challenges of Covid-19 at the Royal Free London, we revisit the trust as it grapples with the longest waiting lists in its and the NHS’s history. Show more