Synopsis

Health Emergency, made by Triple Vision Productions/Vida examines the hidden cuts facing the health services in Brent. The video is narrated by three narrators – one represents the government and their demands for ‘efficiency’ through cuts, another represents the voice of a local resident in Brent, and the final voice effectively speaks for the documentarians, voicing their direct frustration and confrontation with the country’s lawmakers. Tracing the domino effect of hidden NHS cuts, the documentary exposes how reducing the number of beds in the name of ‘efficiency’ had led to high readmission rates, or how cuts to the Middlesex Hospital has effectively placed greater strain on neighbouring hospitals. A young Jeremy Corbyn appears at one point, protesting against NHS cuts outside a derelict building, formerly a part of St George’s Hospital.