For 18 months it's been all hands-on deck in the NHS as it grapples with the most deadly pandemic in a century. The knock-on effect has been enormous too, with warnings that mounting delays to cancer treatment and other life-threatening illnesses could create their own shocking death toll. As a new SOS is sounded over the longest waiting lists since records began, Romilly Weeks meets doctors, patients and families and asks what can be done to clear the backlog?
Title | NHS: The Longest Wait? |
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Genres | News |
Release Date | 2021-08-26 |
Episode Runtime | 00 Hours 30 Minutes |
Season Number | 23 |
Episode Number | 28 |
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