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#1 - Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/11/2017
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.
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#2 - Episode 1
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 3/26/2018
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.
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#3 - Episode 2
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 4/3/2018
Head and neck surgeon David Grant returns from annual leave to find his surgical list has snowballed. He's one of only two consultant surgeons at Nottingham University Hospitals' busy cancer head and neck service.
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#4 - Episode 3
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 4/10/2018
The advice from the NHS to cancel all non-urgent surgery is taking a heavy toll at Nottingham University Hospitals. Cameras follow Val, a 55-year-old mouth cancer patient, and Dilip Srinivasan, the surgeon fighting to see her operation goes ahead despite the new NHS ruling. Also featured is orthopaedic consultant surgeon Tony Westbrook, who has had most of his routine surgical list cancelled.
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#5 - Episode 4
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 4/17/2018
On most days in winter, the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at Queen's Medical Centre is full. Intensive care is often the last resort for very sick children, a place that can keep them alive while doctors work on making them better.
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#6 - Episode 5
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 4/24/2018
Cancer operations at Nottingham University Hospitals are under threat of being cancelled as the Trust has run out of beds. As people lie on trollies waiting to be admitted into A&E, hundreds of mostly elderly patients are stuck in hospital.
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#7 - Episode 6
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 5/1/2018
Fifty-one -year old Ruth will need a critical care bed to recover from major surgery to her spine. On the morning of her operation, there is only one bed available for the six patient's who are booked in for major surgery that day.
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#8 - Episode 1
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1/10/2019
It's peak time in one of the biggest emergency departments in the country, at 40 years old Royal Liverpool University Hospital in the heart of the city. The hospital is already near capacity and almost all beds are full.
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#9 - Episode 2
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 1/17/2019
Following a patient who has been in intensive care for twelve months, and another who has been ready for rehab for the past two months. Neither can leave The Walton Centre as there are no facilities outside for them.
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#10 - Episode 3
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 1/24/2019
A consultant recruitment crisis threatens care at Liverpool Women's Hospital. Doctors balance the care of a pregnant mother with cancer and a 33 hour old baby is rushed for surgery.
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#11 - Episode 4
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 1/31/2019
Alder Hay closes it's critical car unit to new admissions. A five year old girl returns three times for her cancelled heart operation and surgery at the edge of technology saves the life of a baby.
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#12 - Episode 5
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 2/7/2019
On an unusual day, three kidney transplants are due at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. Meanwhile, at the woman's hospital, a mother pregnant with twins is faced with a heart wrenching decision.
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#13 - Episode 6
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 2/14/2019
A teenager self funds cutting edge surgery to treat his cerebral palsy, and surgeons go to appeal to fund an 81 year old's heart surgery and new DNA tumour profiling to try to save a baby.
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#14 - Episode 1
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 11/9/2020
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.
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#15 - Episode 2
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 11/16/2020
This episode follows the Royal Free London NHS Hospital Foundation Trust as it faces the long-lasting effects of Covid on both patients and their services, amidst the looming threat of a second wave.
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#16 - Episode 3
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 11/23/2020
A look at the impact of Covid-19 on the Royal Free Hospital's transplant services, which treat some of the hospital's most vulnerable patients. It normally performs around 140 transplants a year in each discipline.
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#17 - Episode 4
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 11/30/2020
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.
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#18 - Episode 5
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 12/7/2020
While Covid patients are again being transferred to intensive care, the clinicians now have a wider array of treatments used to fight the virus, including experimental drugs and convalescent plasma.
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#19 - Episode 6
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 12/14/2020
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.
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#20 - Episode 1
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 5/11/2021
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.
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#21 - Episode 2
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 5/18/2021
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.
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#22 - Episode 3
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 5/25/2021
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.
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#23 - Episode 4
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 6/1/2021
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.
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#24 - Episode 5
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 6/8/2021
As lockdown beings to ease, the Emergency Department at University Hospital, Coventry is experiencing a 30% increase in patients presenting with mental health concerns.
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#25 - Episode 6
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 6/15/2021
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.
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The Worst Episodes of Hospital
Every episode of Hospital ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Hospital!
The story of the NHS in unprecedented times.
Genre:Documentary
Network:BBC Two
Worst Episodes Summary
"Episode 1" is the worst rated episode of "Hospital". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/11/2017. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Episode 1".