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6 Episodes 2017 - 2017
Episode 1
Surgeons at St Mary's in Paddington face a familiar dilemma. They have two patients requiring life-saving surgery who will both need a bed in ICU after surgery - but there is only one bed available.
Episode 2
Nearly all 297 beds at St Mary's in London are occupied, staff need to discharge patients to make way for new arrivals. A homeless Polish man and a 90-year-old woman are just two of those with nowhere to go.
Episode 3
Kevin O'Neill is one of the country's leading brain surgeons but also has some of the longest waiting lists. A pioneering new form of non-invasive brain surgery using MRI-focused ultrasound could reduce recovery time and waiting lists.
Episode 4
59 mins
This edition looks at the treatment of non-UK residents who need urgent life-saving treatment within the NHS. It is then the responsibility of overseas officer Terry Facey to prepare them for the bill.
Episode 5
59 mins
98-year-old John is about to become the oldest person heart surgeons have performed a TAVI heart valve insertion on. 18-year-old Debbie will have a new type of bone marrow transplant.
Episode 6
59 mins
Surgeons are forced to use unconventional methods to save lives. Jennifer will becomes a live kidney donor to try and save her husband. Surgeons have to deal with the shortage of beds for recovering patients.