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Sister Harriet Lindley is running todays shift, the hospital is already busy and theres been a sharp rise in the number of ambulances being called.

At Barnsley Hospital the department is facing a big change, eight new junior doctors have joined the close-knit team.

Paramedics bring in 59-year-old Wendy with a critical heart condition and theres a complication, she has kidney failure and needs dialysis three times a week.

Advanced Nurse Practitioner Cheryl Barnes answers the red phone and heads to resus.

Battling to keep the flow of patients moving is Sister Jane Hawksworth - but shes got a problem.

Evenings are a peak time for road traffic collisions and the most critical cases are blue lit straight to Casualty.

81-year-old Roy is being blue lighted in, after falling over and landing badly on one of his artificial hips.

A 23-month-old toddler is being rushed in with suspected sepsis, a life-threatening condition that attacks the internal organs.

Registrar Doctor Rob Cornford heads straight to Resus to treat 58-year-old window-fitter Craig whos been blue-lighted in.

Sister Jane Hawksworth has clocked on for a night shift to find every bed in Barnsley Hospital is taken.

Sister Benita Wainwright is leading the team, a day that she describes as "Chaos".

At Barnsley Casualty the team clock on to a backlog of patients waiting to be transferred to wards.

After extraordinarily busy days, the team at Barnsley Casualty are struggling to clear the backlog of patients, and new arrivals are waiting up to 5 hours to see a doctor.

The corridors are already packed full of patients when Sister Benita Wainwright arrives to head the shift.

In charge today at Barnsley Hospitals Casualty Department is Consultant Doctor Julian Humphrey.

With no childrens beds available across the whole of Yorkshire and a department filling up with poorly children the hospital is under pressure.

Registrar Doctor Gemma Hartshorne prepares to treat a man who has suddenly lost all feeling in his foot.

Trainee Advanced Nurse Practitioner Chantelle Proctor assesses a 49-year-old man rushed in by ambulance.

While people enjoy a most wonderful time of the year, Barnsley Hospital Casualty is open for business as usual, and the team are getting into the Christmas spirit.