
Episode 6
A day in the life of the NHS. A mobile X-ray lab tours London to deal with the rise in TB among the homeless. A GP struggles to solve complex problems in the allotted time.
This film sets the increasing demands on the NHS against the very real costs of those demands. A mobile X-ray lab tours the streets of London to deal with the rise in TB among the homeless community. As Bristol GP Liz struggles to solve complex problems in the prescribed 10-minute time slot, a Liverpool neurosurgeon prices up her theatre equipment in the hope of reining her colleagues in, and in south London, an Overseas Manager walks the wards seeking out health tourists, those non-UK residents using the NHS for free when they should be footing the bill. And meanwhile yet another baby is born.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Executive Producer | Amy Flanagan |
Executive Producer | Amy Flanagan |
Executive Producer | Magnus Temple |
Executive Producer | Magnus Temple |
Series Editor | Zac Beattie |
Series Editor | Zac Beattie |
Broadcasts
- Tue 30 Apr 2013 21:00
- Wed 15 May 2013 23:20ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two except Northern Ireland
- Wed 15 May 2013 23:50ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two Northern Ireland
- Tue 28 May 2013 01:15
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