Hospital

12-year-old Keilan's operation has been scheduled in the middle of the 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.

Head and neck surgeon David Grant returns from annual leave to find his surgical list snowballing. He is one of only two consultant surgeons at Nottingham University Hospital's busy cancer head and neck service.

The advice from the NHS to cancel all non-urgent surgery takes a heavy toll at Nottingham University Hospitals. Once busy theatres start to lie empty, patients are left not knowing whether their operations will take place any time soon.

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.

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 the hospital.

51-year-old Ruth needs a critical care bed to recover from major surgery on her spine. But on the morning of her operation, there is only one bed available for the six patients who are booked in for major surgery that day.