NHS pressure: How hard is it to get medical help when you need it?

We ask locals about their experiences with NHS services. What challenges have they faced in getting seen, and how has it affected them?

Transcript

00:00Well NHS is broken. My mum's been in hospital for a month waiting to have a

00:07heart procedure at a different hospital and every single day she's told she's

00:12going and the bed's cancelled and meanwhile she's 89 and deteriorating so

00:17that's a terrible example. Graham had a heart attack in hospital waiting for a

00:23heart procedure, nearly died. You can't see a doctor really, you've got to have a

00:28telephone call. He's broke. Personally so far in Touchwood haven't had any issues

00:34but it's the waiting times isn't it you know because we're overpopulated. I mean

00:42it's quite scary because the way things are going if it doesn't improve in the

00:47next five years we won't have an NHS it'll be all private. Just to go and see

00:52a doctor it's a struggle. Just to have a hospital appointment.