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6 Episodes 2018 - 2018
Episode 1
59 mins
The usual extra demand on the NHS in winter is exasperated by winter storm after storm battering the UK amid a flu outbreak. With A&E departments across the country full, all non-urgent operations are cancelled across Britain.
Episode 2
59 mins
Head and neck surgeon David Grant returns from his annual leave to find his surgical list has snowballed. The parents of a 4-year-old must decide whether to opt for an innovative treatment.
Episode 3
59 mins
The advice from the NHS to cancel all non-urgent operations is taking a heavy toll at Nottingham Hospital. We follow the stories of three patients waiting for operations not knowing when they will take place.
Episode 4
59 mins
This edition focuses on the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at Queen's Medical Centre. A 4-year-old in septic shock is rushed the 90-miles from Hull as the two nearer ICU's at Leeds and Sheffield are full.
Episode 5
58 mins
The cases of a 93-year-old man with dementia, an 83-year-old woman and a 4-month-old baby illustrate the difficulties of getting patients who are medically well enough to return home to do so.
Episode 6
58 mins
Although the critical care unit at Nottingham has 58 beds it is full most days. Staff must balance the competing demands of patients recovering from major surgery and life-threatening cases admitted through A&E.