

About
The story of the NHS in unprecedented times.
Cast
Seasons

Series 1
Series one was filmed over six weeks during 2016.

Series 2
Series two was filmed over six weeks during 2017.

Series 3
Series 3 is largely focused on staff and patients at Queen's Medical Centre in Hull and Nottingham Hospital.

Series 4
Series 4 follows six trusts across Liverpool, whose hospitals have a catchment area stretching beyond the city to north Wales, Cheshire and the Isle of Man.

Series 5
The story of the NHS in unprecedented times. Series 5 charts the day-to-day life of seven NHS Trusts across the city of Liverpool.

Series 6
The story of the NHS in unprecedented Covid times.

Series 7
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to disrupt services in the NHS. Series 7 focusses on the staff and patients at University Hospital Coventry.
Episodes
Series 1

Episode 1
Two patients await life-saving surgery at St Mary's in Paddington, the biggest of five hospitals in the Trust. They both need a bed on the intensive care ward. But the hospital is full to capacity and there is only one bed left.

Episode 2
While the hospital tries to discharge patients, new ones continue to arrive. Peter Lai, a 60 year old retired software engineer arrives at the hospital for a lifesaving operation on an aortic aneurysm in his chest.

Episode 3
After collapsing at work, crane driver Phil is becoming increasingly paralysed each day.

Episode 4
The hospital's overseas officer tries to recoup money from non-UK residents on the ward.

Episode 5
This episode looks at pioneering treatments for some of the oldest and youngest patients.

Episode 6
The surgeons must use unconventional methods to get their operations completed.
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