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"A 45-year-old came in via private car (family drove him in, rather than an ambulance) after what was described as a 'head injury.' We realized how bad it was when someone noticed a plastic grocery bag lying on the patient's belly. It contained the brains that the family managed to scoop up, in the hopes that we could re-implant them."

And one of those is richards knee operation. the pain is like having a hot volcano in your knee. hes already waited ten months, and has just had it further delayed because of the strikes. he says its affecting his whole life. you have to take such powerful painkillers to deal with this pain that some days you cant function. latest figures show the number of people waiting to start routine hospital treatment increased to a record high of 7.5 million at the end of may, and the nhs in england says ...

Picket lines are now a familiar sight outside hospitals in england. but the nhs has been bracing itself for today, the start of a marathon five—day strike byjunior doctors. like at many hospitals, here at the royal berkshire, they know theyll be stretched. our focus is on patient safety. we will do everything we can to keep those patients safe. and in five days, we will find the cover and we will work however hard we need to work and we will accept that it might just be a bit tougher. theres n...

Five patients undergo the fitting of the implant, designed to preserve the patient's own knee joint.

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Retired teacher bleddwyn lives in the centre of town and is a regular customer. if this big tescos closes, how will that affect you? enormously. it will make my practical life very difficult. im waiting for a knee operation, which makes me immobile to a certain extent. and i cant walk as far as the other supermarkets. there are a lot of disabled people like myself who live nearby and we, we rely on that big tescos for all our shopping and we also rely on it for our social life to a certain exten...

Retired teacher bleddwyn lives in the centre of town and is a regular customer. if this big tescos closes, how will that affect you? enormously. it will make my practical life very difficult. im waiting for a knee operation, which makes me immobile to a certain extent. and i cant walk as far as the other supermarkets. there are a lot of disabled people like myself who live nearby and we, we rely on that big tescos for all our shopping and we also rely on it for our social life to a certain exten...

During the pandemic. a plan for england was to be published today, but it was delayed because of a reported intervention by the treasury. its depressing news for annie. shes already been waiting more than two years for a knee operation, and shes desperate for any action which might help her local hospital make inroads into the waiting list. im totally reliant on the nhs. you know, there is no other answer but to sit and wait, and its very frustrating. my quality of life has been affected quite a...

Have been delayed until later this week. six million patients are currently waiting for non—urgent operations and procedures. the health secretary sajid javid said the delay was caused by the effects of the pandemic, and denied that disagreements with the treasury had been a factor. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports. politics and health a difficult mix. the nhs has the daunting challenge of tackling the backlog of operations which built up during the pandemic. a plan for england was due to be...

To exams being the hard, will measure. long—awaited plans to tackle record nhs waiting lists in england have been delayed until later this week. six million patients are currently waiting for non—urgent operations and procedures. the health secretary sajid javid said the delay was caused by the effects of the pandemic and denied that disagreements with the treasury had been a factor. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports. politics and health are a difficult mix. the nhs has the daunting challen...