Now on bbc news, britain has one of the highest death toll from covid 19 in the world. This film follows staff at the Royal Hospital in london as they try to cope with a second way. And a warning, this programme contains content which some of may find it distressing. Shes young. Shes someone s relative. This is something precious that were holding and were trying to do. My wife lost her fight for life. Nobody wants to go through this. I wouldnt wish this on anybody. The coronavirus pandemic has hit the United Kingdom hard. I think the public want to do the right thing, but i dont feel they understand fully the scale of the problem. This is the story of one of the hospitals in the eye of the storm. So were now going to run into a problem because we havent got any beds. Weve got patients on 12 floors in total. Weve returned to the royal london, to witness for ten days the full force of the second wave of covid 19. Staff are tired, and then we have to ask them to do more and more and more
Now on bbc news, britain has one of the highest death tolls from covid 19 in the world. Clive myrie s film follows staff at the Royal London Hospital as they try to cope with a second wave. A warning this programme contains content which some viewers may find distressing. Shes young. Shes someone s relative. This is something precious that were holding and were trying to do. My wife lost her fight for life. Nobody wants to go through this. I wouldnt wish this on anybody. The coronavirus pandemic has hit the United Kingdom hard. I think the public want to do the right thing, but i dont feel they understand fully the scale of the problem. This is the story of one of the hospitals in the eye of the storm. So were now going to run into a problem because we havent got any beds. Weve got patients on 12 floors in total. Weve returned to the royal london, to witness for ten days the full force of the second wave of covid 19. Staff are tired, and then we have to ask them to do more and more and
take a long hard look at ourselves. what we want, how we pay, what we smoke, what we drink, how we live, how we die. we are more likely to from comparable conditions than in other comparable countries and then there is the elephant in the ward, social care. the nhs is ours. let s hear from you. now for the news. health experts are warning that the nhs won t celebrate its 100th birthday without significant investment in beds, buildings and technology. three think tanks have made the claims as the service marks its 75th birthday. there ll be a special service to commemorate nhs workers at westminster abbey later. schools in england are facing further disruption, as teachers from the national education union strike over pay. they re walking out today and on friday. the government insists its latest pay offer is fair and reasonable. israel has carried out air strikes in the gaza strip, after rockets were fired overnight. the israeli army is withdrawing from jenin in the occupied
Little money, very little resources, and to be honest, it is quite demoralising. I am a patient in the nhs. I had great care before my operation, but afterwards it has gone downhill. The staff are demoralised and tired and it affects us as demoralised and tired and it affects us as patients. My mum was diagnosed with cancer not long ago. I think the nhs is absolutely fantastic. The Ca Re The Nhs is absolutely fantastic. The care is amazing. I would fight to keep it. With us this morning is an audience of around 80 people who we re audience of around 80 people who were all either work for the nhs or have direct experience of it as a patient. You can share your experiences. Here is how to get in touch welcome to the programme. We are live until 11. Later, we will talk about some of the really difficult decisions the nhs may need to make in the future. Should it begin to charge for more services . Should we pay more in National Insurance fund the nhs . Your views are welcome. Nhs hospital