Elderly and Waiting For Hospital Beds | Hospital S3 E5 | Our Stories

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Cancer operations at Nottingham University Hospitals are under threat of being cancelled as the Trust has run out of beds. As people lie on trolleys waiting to be admitted into A&E, hundreds of mostly elderly patients are stuck in hospital. They are well enough to leave, but must wait either for a place in a residential home or for the appropriate care packages to be set up to support them in their own homes. If enough of these patients cannot be discharged, the Trust will have no option but to cancel life-saving cancer surgery. 93-year-old Ray is one of the patients doctors have assessed to be well enough to leave but who is stuck in hospital. Ray has dementia and will need a complex package of care to help him once he is back at home. A shortage of carers means that Ray has been waiting for weeks to leave hospital. He and his daughter grow increasingly frustrated as he gets 'stuck' on the hospital ward. This film was first broadcast:24 Apr 2018 Check us out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OurStoriesChannel Watch More Documentaries True Lives - https://bit.ly/3A8xRMJ Our History - https://bit.ly/3rUpdhL Our World - https://bit.ly/3ftuckM Our Stories - https://bit.ly/3ynfFyk Taste - https://bit.ly/3OZoDcV Welcome to Our Stories, your home on YouTube for our exciting range of fly-on-the-wall style documentaries and special access reality programmes which will give you an inside look into the everyday lives of people; exploring what life is like for those working in education, healthcare, policing and many others! Content distributed by ITV Studios. #documentary #ourstories #ourstory #hospital #wardrobe #elderly #nhsixlanework