In this series celebrating the life-changing work of the health service, 70 years after its creation, Dr Aarti Jagannath meets the neurosurgeons at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford whose revolutionary surgery can offer hope to some patients battling the life-limiting tremors of Parkinson's, and help others walk again after years of constant pain. She also explores the 300-year-old ties between the University of Oxford and the hospital and reveals how pioneering research is now making mind control a reality.
Dr Oscar Duke embarks on a personal journey to look at how Moorfields Eye Hospital has transformed eye care and saved the sight of millions of patients since the start of the NHS. He also discovers how Moorfields is leading the way in discovering new cures using the latest cutting-edge surgery.
Dr Hilary Jones examines how Birmingham Children's Hospital has helped to revolutionise the treatment of sick children. He learns how the training of paediatric doctors and nurses has been transformed over the 70-year history of the NHS, and meets the doctors whose groundbreaking surgical techniques have helped to save thousands of young lives. He tracks down former patients, including the Rozycki sisters who, almost 50 years ago, became the first conjoined twins in Britain to be successfully separated. And he reveals how the hospital saved the life of his own granddaughter.
Dr Giles Yeo discovers how doctors and patients at Royal Papworth hospital achieved the seemingly impossible - the first successful heart transplant in the UK. He meets some of the longest-living heart transplant patients, celebrity patient Eddie Large and finds out what the future could hold.
As the NHS marks its 70th birthday, Kirsten O'Brien explores the genetic advances changing the face of medicine, including the extraordinary science that helped a blind man to see again.
