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Saving Lives explores the difficult decisions clinicians must make every day in deciding who is treated next and the real impact this has on the lives of patients and their families – and the staff who care for them. All set against the backdrop of the longest national waiting list for specialist clinical care or surgery in NHS history.
An operation to cure a woman's extreme facial spasm has challenging results for surgeon George. A six-week-old baby needs an urgent operation to allow him to feed again.
Cancelled operations mean surgeon Lewis must change his plans fast or risk losing precious theatre time. A father of two undergoes complex neurosurgery to save his eyesight.
A man enduring excruciating facial pain undergoes surgery to transform his life. Surgeon Tom battles to remove a large, rare tumour that's pressing on a patient's heart.
A child whose hearing has significantly reduced has a life-changing operation to insert cochlear implants. Surgeon Dheeraj uses the ‘beating heart' technique to save a father.
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