Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Episode 5

A day in the life of the NHS. Featuring two women whose brain surgery has a dramatic and immediate impact, and health secretary Jeremy Hunt given a tour of a new cancer centre.

Agnes and Rose are in hospital in London to have brain surgery to help control their tremors, which has a dramatic and immediate impact. In Blackpool, Terry, a patient in a psychiatric unit, is taken on a day trip to the zoo to help assess whether he's well enough to return to the community. We meet some of the 130 chemotherapy patients that are treated at a Manchester Cancer Unit on any one day and follow Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, just six weeks into the job, being given a tour of a new cancer centre in London.

The film shows the challenge of taking care of people with long-term conditions, a job only likely to get tougher with an ageing population.

1 hour

Clip

Explore changes in healthcare provision with the OU

Explore changes in healthcare provision with the OU
Take a look back at the game-changing events in four different areas of healthcare provision, including mental health and palliative care.

Credits

Role Contributor
Executive Producer Amy Flanagan
Executive Producer Magnus Temple
Series Editor Zac Beattie

Broadcasts

Get your free booklet from The Open University

Get a personal view of life as an NHS healthcare professional, with the OU鈥檚 free booklet