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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.
After a year on hold, Plastic Surgery can finally tackle its backlog. But with NHS restoration funding unclear, difficult decisions must be made over the investment in robotic surgery.
As lockdown beings to ease, the Emergency Department at University Hospital, Coventry is experiencing a 30% increase in patients presenting with mental health concerns.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Episodes 2020
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.
Series 6, Episode 5 of the TV-show Hospital was broadcast by BBC2 on Monday 7 December 2020 at 21:00.
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.
This episode explores the impact of Covid-19 on the Royal Free Hospital's transplant services, which treat some of the hospital's most vulnerable patients.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The story of the NHS in unprecedented times. Alder Hey Children’s Hospital treats life-threatening skull and facial abnormalities.
Series 5: Episode 5 of the TV-show Hospital was broadcast by BBC2 on Thursday 12 March 2020 at 21:00.