who was in at 2.59 yesterday. a combination of pre existing staff shortages, covid and lots of people who had delayed seeking help during the pandemic, and the nhs across the uk was facing unprecedented demand. this manifested itself notjust in a growing waiting list for planned operations, but in waits in a&e, gp appointments and ambulance call outs. jerry shadbolt has been trying to piece together what happened on the night his father died. he was looking for the ambulance that never came. kenneth was in good shape for a 94 year old. a retired carpenter, he lived alone in the cotswolds. on that night, the health service was under pressure. the bbc applied to see documents from the inquest into his death. they show that, at 2:53am, ken got out of bed and fell. he collapsed and called 999 twice from his mobile. he was recorded as an urgent
were facing a huge backlog in cases. injanuary, 6 million people were waiting for routine treatment. and that numberjust kept growing throughout the year. things were made tougher by the ongoing impact of the pandemic. with each successive wave of covid, staff also felt sick or have to isolate. this was coventry hospital in april. a gentleman in his 80s who was in at 2.59 yesterday. a combination of pre existing staff shortages, covid and lots of people who were delayed seeking help during the pandemic, and the nhs across the uk was facing unprecedented demand. this manifested itself notjust in a growing waiting list for planned operations, but in weights in a&e, gp appointments and ambulance call outs. jerry has been trying to piece together what happened
and that numberjust kept growing throughout the year. things were made tougher by the ongoing impact of the pandemic. with each successive wave of covid, staff also felt sick or have to isolate. this was coventry hospital in april. a gentleman in his 80s who was in at 2.59 yesterday. a combination of pre existing staff shortages, covid and lots of people who were delayed seeking help during the pandemic, and the nhs across the uk was facing unprecedented demand. this manifested itself notjust in a growing waiting list for planned operations, but in weights in a&e, gp appointments and ambulance call outs. jerry has been trying to piece together what happened on the night his father died. he was looking for the ambulance that never came. kenneth was in good shape for a 94 year old. a retired carpenter, he lived alone in the cotswolds.
this was coventry hospital in april. a gentleman in his 80s who was in at 2.59 yesterday afternoon. a combination of pre existing staff shortages, covid and lots of people who were delayed seeking help during the pandemic, meant the nhs across the uk was facing unprecedented demand. this manifested itself notjust in a growing waiting list for planned operations, but in waits in a&e, gp appointments and ambulance call outs. jerry has been trying to piece together what happened on the night his father died. he was looking for the ambulance that never came. kenneth was in good shape for a 94 year old. a retired carpenter, he lived alone in the cotswolds. on that night, the health service was under pressure. the bbc applied to see documents from the inquest into his death. they show that, at 2:53am, ken got out of bed and fell.
and be prepared to react. for most of us, restrictions were starting to ease off, but the consequences of this pandemic were still playing out. health service staff had performed heroically in the long months that covid was running rampant, but now an exhausted workforce, not to mention patients, were facing a huge backlog in cases. injanuary, six million people were waiting for routine treatment. and that numberjust kept growing throughout the year. things were made tougher by the ongoing impact of the pandemic. with each successive wave of covid, staff also felt sick or have to isolate. this was coventry hospital in april. a gentleman in his 80s who was in at 2.59 yesterday afternoon. a combination of pre existing staff