Inside Birmingham's Heartlands hospital
A special series of reports looking at how NHS cuts affect three areas of one busy hospital – its obesity clinic, elderly care and A&E
Elderly care in the NHS: 'There is nowhere for people to go'
The NHS is desperate to cut beds and the time people stay in them. But many frail old patients must remain on the wards because there is no suitable care for them at home. In the second of three reports from Birmingham's busy Heartlands hospital, Amelia Gentleman spends a day in the packed elderly care unit
Obesity and the NHS: 'People here are in big trouble'
Obesity rates have quadrupled in the past 25 years – one in four adults are now overweight. But as demand for treatment grows, hospital budgets are shrinking. In the first of three reports on the pressures facing the NHS, Amelia Gentleman talks to doctors and patients at one of the UK's busiest diabetes clinics
