Hospital Bed Crisis in Emergency Departments | Hospital S3 E1 | Our Stories

January 2018, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham. A huge influx of patients into the emergency department results in dozens of people lying on trolleys waiting to be admitted. With A&E departments across the country bursting at the seams, NHS bosses make an unprecedented move: they advise every hospital in England to cancel all operations that are not clinically urgent or for cancer. The hope is that this will release beds for the patients queuing to get into A&E. 12-year-old Keilan's operation has been scheduled in the middle of this winter crisis. He suffers from Scoliosis, a severe curvature of the spine. The longer he waits for his operation, the more serious his condition becomes. Although paediatrics is supposed to be protected from cancellations, Keilan has been cancelled before due to a shortage of critical care beds.

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