down, the hospital pushes on with the operating list. the urgent patients have gone ahead and we re going to resolve the staffing situation for the second cases to go ahead. i m heading into the anaesthetic suite where consultant uday dandekar s first patient is being prepared for theatre. just oxygen through this mask here. she has been having quite a bit of angina for the last. chest pain for the past few months. it first started in august and it s been getting worse, hasn t it, anne? yes, it has been getting worse. so, you ve had a bit of a wait for this, have you? erm, yes, i have. yes, since august. and erm, yes, with each pain it s more worrying. so it s nice that it s now happening today. anne clapham s heart bypass operation is a priority today. so, her operation has been able to go ahead but others are on hold, is that right? others are currently.