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Nottingham’s hospitals open their doors to the TV cameras as award-winning ‘Hospital’ returns to BBC Two

Documentary makers have been given unprecedented access behind the scenes at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) as series three of the award-winning series ‘Hospital’ returns to our screens on Monday 26 March.

The series was filmed over 8 weeks at the beginning of this year, a time when the NHS as a whole was facing unprecedented demand as the impact of winter illnesses and cold weather resulted in thousands of patients needing hospital care. NUH was no different, with some of the highest levels of attendances in the Emergency Department at QMC ever seen and more people needing admission as viruses and flu caused a huge increase in patients.

NUH’s Chief Operating Officer, Caroline Shaw, says letting the cameras in was all about showing a wider audience what it takes to deliver care in one of the country’s biggest and busiest teaching hospitals.

She said: “‘Hospital’ has been a good opportunity to show people our exceptional staff and the hard work and dedication of ‘Team NUH’ who are committed to providing the best quality of care. This isn’t a sugar-coated look at the NHS; it is a true picture of the challenges but also captures the moments of absolute pride in the excellent care that we give to our patients and their families.

“We hope people will get a real insight into the inner workings of NUH, and the many, many unsung heroes in the background who do such a fantastic job of keeping our hospitals running 24/7. ‘Hospital’ shows the extraordinary work our staff do every day from routine care to cutting- edge treatments and life-saving operations.” 

Episode one looks at how NUH staff support dementia patient Mavis. 87-year-old Mavis requires a care home and has been in hospital for two months. She is being cared for by the team on one of NUH’s specialist dementia wards, but Mavis is ready to leave. In this episode we see that the nursing team supports Mavis and her family in many ways, including helping them to make the arrangements for Mavis to find the care home of her choice.

It also looks at the highly-skilled surgical procedures that NUH excels in, and follows Keilan Bennett a 12-year-old boy with very severe curvature of the spine, Scoliosis. Keilan has previously had his operation cancelled on two occasions because there was not an intensive care bed available, which he needed to help him recover after his surgery. In two years, Keilan’s spinal curve has worsened from 35-80% and surgery is now urgently needed. Consultant Spinal Surgeon Mike Grevitt and his team offer Keilan the chance to transform his life.

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