there s one, err, theatre on hold. err, because of anaesthetics and itu issues, but i think i m hoping that it will get solved. hello, mrs clapham, how are you? anne s come round after her surgery. everything went well. good. we did what we planned to do. 0k. there was a question mark over four operations that you had to do. how many did you get done in the end? i m pleased to say that we managed to do three. the fourth one we could have done but the consultant aneasethetist was off sick and that was the reason we started late and why we couldn t do the fourth case. did they have covid? suspected covid. that s what happening, isn t it, across the board. covid has disrupted our normal activity and it has had impact on the waiting list. this is the hospital s intensive care unit. these beds are needed