Celebrities on the NHS Frontlines viewers in awe

From Prima

The NHS is celebrating its 70th birthday this year and to honour the milestone the BBC has been airing a series of special programmes highlighting its achievements.

Tonight saw the beginning of a new two-part series, Celebrities on the NHS Frontlines, which sees four famous faces shadow teams at King's College Hospital in London to see just what goes on in our hospitals.

TV presenter and journalist Michael Mosley joined the resuscitation team in A&E, which brought back memories of his own doctor training in the early 1980s.

Following his first shift, which saw a continuous string of critically ill patients enter the ward, Mosley admitted to being absolutely exhausted – and said he couldn't imagine the idea of having to do it again too soon.

Also taking part was journalist Stacey Dooley, who was working alongside patients with liver conditions, while former Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe took her place alongside nurses in the Urgent Care Unit – although the pair had quite different approaches, and Stacey's bedside manner proved most popular with viewers:

Meanwhile, Paralympic athlete Jonnie Peacock, who had his leg amputated below the knee at the age of five after contracting meningitis, was working as a theatre assistant in the children's wards.

He was in awe of the work done by the team, saying: ‘We're born with this right. ‘We're born and if there's a problem, the NHS will fix you.’

There were a few viewers who weren't keen on the hospital's staff being joined by celebs:

But the overwhelming feeling from viewers following the show was that the NHS truly is a national treasure, along with its dedicated staff, and that it needs to be protected:

Celebrities on the NHS Frontlines continues next Thursday (July 5) at 9pm on BBC One.

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