01x03 - Mitigation

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ADVISER: 'Well, what

we don't want to do

'is to have to go back

to a national lockdown.'

ADVISER 2: 'And so we really

need people to stick with us

'and stick to those social

distancing interventions

'for that period.'

Together we are

tackling this disease,

and I want to reassure you

that if we remain

united and resolute,

then we will overcome it.

MAN: I've adhered

to all the rules

that have been set

down by the government,

and this chap just

appears from London

and drives all the

way up here and

thinks that he's

beyond reproach.

Sorry I'm late.

It's time to eat

out to help out.

REPORTER: You have always

said as a government

you are led by the science,

so can you tell us how the

decisions you've come to

are still based on the science,

rather than just the economy?

REPORTER: And now what we're

seeing is a rate of increase

across the great

majority of the country.

We haven't got the right

communications messages

in place locally.

As a result, confusion

and chaos spreads,

which actually undermines

the very messages

that we're trying to get

across to the public.

Can I ask why you're

filming me, please?

REPORTER: The epidemic

is taking off again,

and so I don't think

we've hit this sweet spot

where we've been able

to control the epidemic.

REPORTER 2: The idea

of a second COVID wave

isn't some far-off concept.

It feels very real here.

I need to call security if

you don't identify yourself

or explain what you're doing.

It's a ghost town. It's empty.

Liars!

Security, please.

Bilateral creps.

LABOURED BREATHING

Very poor air entry.

Sit back for me, please.

Thanks.

Heart sounds barely audible.

What's the gas like?

CO2's 12 and he's got

a lactate of five.

On how much oxygen?

Six litres on the Hudson.

OK

let's get the fluids

in, but cautiously, please.

Have you got this? Yeah.

COUGHING

BEEPING, GENERAL CHATTER

Thanks, everyone.

So, as some of you

may have heard,

we are going back

to being a hot ward.

GROANING

When?

As of tomorrow. The

signage will go back up.

The whole of this floor is

becoming COVID wards again.

It's not just us.

We're seeing it more

and more on the take.

ED is just

Well, it's

Look

we have treatments now.

We're doing things now

that we didn't know to do

at the beginning of all this.

We have vaccines

round the corner.

We know what we're

doing. Abbey?

Can I just ask a

question? Of course.

Why is it that they're talking

about social bubbles at Christmas

when we're having to open

up new hot wards again?

Doesn't that mean

that we're gonna be

Social bubbles for

some of us, at least.

Look, even if it

doesn't feel like it

it's not going to

be how it was before.

MICHAEL GOVE: '..First

Minister of Northern Ireland,

'to have a relaxation of

the rules over Christmas.'

So for five days, from the

23rd to the 27th of December,

people will be allowed to

have a Christmas bubble.

I think this has been

done to be popular

and possibly because the governments

are worried that people are gonna do

their own thing if they don't

come up with some restrictions.

But there's no question there is

quite a lot of risk with this.

BREATHLESSLY: I just wanna

try everything.

Hit me with it.

OK Don't hold

Don't hold back.

OK?

I wanna

I wanna make sure

the children are a

part of everything.

We completely understand, Ellie.

We're gonna treat your COVID as

aggressively as we possibly can.

ON TABLET: Thank you, Ant.

It's just so

Yeah, it is.

GASPING

I'll see you later on, Simon.

Great. Bye. Yeah.

Ellie Bridges. Should

she be for resus, ITU?

Well, it's hard to say. I mean,

there's a reasonable chance,

even with her MS where it is,

that she could survive both an

ITU admission or a resuscitation.

So let's go with a trial

of CPAP on the ward

and keep her at full escalation,

ITU and resuscitation. OK?

Yeah, there's something else.

Simon, her husband.

We just talked to him on Zoom.

He's desperate to

bring the children in.

I They're only

six and eight,

so I thought

Current hospital policy

is one visitor only,

and only in the

last days of life.

Yeah, but in Ellie's case,

that could easily apply.

Can't we make an exception?

We can't, Emma, it's

It's hospital policy. We

We all have to follow the rules.

Right. OK?

BORIS JOHNSON: '..for

those at particular risk

'of loneliness or isolation.'

Across the rest of the country,

the Christmas rules allowing

up to three households to meet

will now be limited

to Christmas Day only,

rather than the five days

as previously set out.

'Three, two, one'

CHILDREN: 'Merry

Christmas, Mum!'

Happy Christmas, my sweethearts.

What's Father Christmas

brought for you?

'He got me a Nintendo

Switch!' 'Oh, wow.'

'I told you I'd get one.'

'An Apple iPad.' Oh, lovely.

'Right, let's eat

the chocolate.'

Save me some of that

chocolate, please

'Yeah.' you little horrors.

'It's so tasty.'

KNOCK ON DOOR Hi,

Abbey. Oh, sorry.

It's fine. You got a sec?

Yeah, just give me a minute.

'Can we eat the rest

of the chocolate now?'

No. 'Oh, come on.'

'Mum!' You have to

have breakfast first.

'Even on Christmas Day?'

Even on Christmas Day.

'Oh, please.'

I'm sorry. I've got

a patient on the ward

that's going to have to take my

last remaining ITU bed, so

But hold on Ellie

Bridges is young.

Young family, desperate for

everything, full intervention.

Currently receiving CPAP on

the ward. COVID positive.

We both agree her sacral agenesis

is not clinically relevant.

Yeah. Her MS

relapsing-remitting

is currently stable with

good quality of life.

I recognise sacral agenesis

isn't relevant here,

but she has advanced

MS, and that is.

She's COVID-positive, and

she's struggling with it.

I've just seen her on the wards,

and I think we're pretty

rapidly going to get

to maximal intervention in ITU,

and then we'll see her slide.

The other patient I've

been asked to take is 51.

COVID positive with, in my

view, a recoverable illness.

His only comorbidity

is type 2 diabetes.

He has decent lungs, doesn't

have a life-limiting illness,

and on balance, I think he's most

likely to cope with the vent.

And most importantly, he's

most likely to come off it.

Yeah.

Ellie's chances of being

extubated are very slim.

But we don't deny

life-saving treatment

when it's clinically indicated.

Lockdown was lifted.

We're overrun. I

It's just where we are.

Chantelle.

Oh, hi. What's up?

I need to discuss Ellie Bridges.

OK.

According to hospital policy,

she's entitled to a

relative or caregiver

visiting at the end of life.

Right.

Her husband wants to

bring both kids in

and I can't choose

between her children.

Both children should

come as her relatives.

Her husband is their caregiver.

Right.

Thank you.

Hi, girls, hi.

That's it. Come on in.

That's pretty.

So, Mummy's just up this way.

All right, darling?

Hello. Hi!

Hi, guys. Hi.

This is Tracey. Hi.

Tracey's been helping

to look after Mummy.

Hi. And you two

must be Poppy and Katie?

Poppy. Yeah.

You two look beautiful.

We're wearing our party

dresses for Mummy.

Unicorns are her favourite.

Are they? Wow.

Oh, my goodness. They're

my favourite, too.

Isn't that lucky?

Mummy is going to be so

happy to see you all.

Now, she might look a little

bit different to before

because she's wearing

a special mask,

and that's just to

help her breathing.

OK?

It might make it a little bit

more difficult for her to talk.

There's some machines

in the room with her,

and they look a bit strange, but

they're just there to help her.

Nothing to worry about.

Can you put your

hands through there?

And let's find those hands

at the end of those arms.

There you go. Brilliant.

Pull that one up there.

Make sure they're all there.

One last bit.

What do you think?

I can still see you.

What's that, darling?

Can I go see Mummy?

You can go and see

Mummy now. Yeah.

Yeah? Yeah.

You want to see her? Let's go.

Come on. You follow me, my love.

ELLIE: Oh, my babies!

Go on, girls, give

your mummy a hug.

This is weird.

I feel so helpless inside.

'We are hoping that

the CPAP will work.'

But we do need to consider

the possibility that it may not.

But what happens then?

Does she go to intensive care?

We don't think that

intensive care

or a ventilator

would really be in

Ellie's best interests.

In light of her MS

it's very unlikely that

she'd be strong enough

to ever come off the

ventilator again.

I'm so sorry.

So, erm

So, is that it? Is that

what you're saying?

You're giving up on her?

We are absolutely

not doing that

but while we

hope for the best

we do need to prepare

ourselves for the worst

because I'm afraid Ellie is

potentially sick enough to die.

Yes.

HE SOBS

Please, can I ask what is

most important to Ellie?

Staying alive for as long

as possible for the kids.

That's all she cares about.

I will do everything I

possibly can for her, Simon,

I promise you that.

I don't know how you're

all coping in here.

Thank you.

Mummy, Mummy.

Mum, Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas.

Happy Christmas.

Oh, happy Christmas.

Oh, I've missed you.

We made something for you,

we made something for you!

You OK? Yeah? Yeah.

Open them, open them, open

them! Are these for me?

Yeah! Yeah?

OK, shall I come inside,

yeah? Yeah, come in.

OK, let's go in and

open them. Hello.

Happy Christmas. It's

good to see you, babe.

MEDICAL ADVISER: 'So, you

can see, unfortunately,

'it is a pretty grim

'and depressing

picture at the moment.

'The situation in the UK is

precarious in many parts already,

'particularly the

South East and London.'

And it is almost certainly true

that the NHS has not yet seen

the impact of the infections

that will have occurred during

mixing on Christmas Day.

Hey, Emma. Hiya.

Are you OK?

Joan.

She's deteriorating.

Her husband's on one

of the COVID wards,

her daughter-in-law's in ITU.

They all got it at Christmas.

How about you?

Have you had any time off?

Did you manage to

see your family?

I was isolating.

Abbey?

Coming.

Look, I'm here if

you want to chat, OK?

SIRENS BLARE

PHONE RINGS

MOTHER:

MOTHER:

MOTHER:

MOTHER:

MOTHER SOBS

MOTHER:

MOTHER:

Hi, Joan. Hi, it's Emma.

I'm gonna do a quick little

look at you, if that's OK.

WHEEZING

Just gonna lay you

back down. There we go.

There we go, darling.

She's tiring fast now.

I think it's time.

Yeah. All good to go.

Joan, we're just gonna

move you to a side room.

OK?

All right, let's go. Here we go.

We're just going to

move you this way.

Nigel?

I'm afraid your mother

has also now deteriorated.

'OK.'

We have her on the maximum

amount of oxygen we can give,

but it's not enough.

Her lungs are failing.

'This is my fault.

'I invited them down

here for Christmas.

'Now my wife's in the ITU,

and they're both in there.

'It's my fault.'

It is not your fault.

You were told that it was OK.

Nigel, what would matter most

of all to your parents now?

'Being together.

That's the only thing.

'They've been

married for 50 years.

'It was always about being

together for Christmas.'

BEEPING

She's with her husband

because of you.

It means something. Well done.

PAGER BEEPS

Sorry.

SHE SOBS

I know Heather was asking about

that patient in bed three,

Abbey wanted to take

a look at her. Hey.

Hey. Um, did you get those

two sets of TTAs ready?

They went to the

pharmacy this morning.

Right, OK. Shall I

ring them to chase?

No, it's fine, but

can you check on

No, I'm not gonna

keep my voice down.

It's really important.

No. He can't hear, can he?

He needs to be able to see

my mouth. I understand that.

You know, what is

the point of visiting

if he can't hear

me? It's a joke.

They're f*cking face nappies

anyway, for f*cking sheep.

Mrs Smith, I understand this is

Do you want me to call security?

Er, just hold off for a moment.

Is that something you

understand I would need to do?

If you want to stay,

please put your mask on.

We're doing everything

we can here.

I understand it's an

extreme time for you.

It's all made up.

It's all made up.

Well, I can absolutely

assure you it isn't.

People are dying in here to

protect you and your family.

Please put your mask back on.

Thank you very much.

How dare you talk

to me like that!

I pay your salary.

Good. Can I get a raise?

Christ.

'It's a ghost town, a

complete and utter ghost town!

'Look at this place.

Look at this place!

'It's all completely

empty.' Everyone OK?

This is getting scary

now. 'It's a ghost town.

'You're being lied to.

We're all being lied to!

'COVID is a hoax. It's a scamdemic.'

I've had enough of this sh*t.

Can we please stop

watching these things?

'These people are aiding

and abetting genocide.'

I just want to be at

work and do my job.

Alison's right.

We should keep this material

off the ward, please.

Yeah, sure.

SHE SOBS Hey, hey.

You'll see them, you'll

see them on the call, yeah?

I'm gonna set it up, you'll see.

It's all right.

It's OK, darling.

Am I gonna die?

I know, hey.

You're gonna be fine.

You needed me?

The PRNs aren't helping.

It's OK, Tracey. She begged

me to take the mask off.

I didn't know what else to do.

Ellie, we need to get

this mask back on.

SHE SOBS

We can't give her more,

she'll lose consciousness.

Poppy. Katie.

I want my babies. I want

them. Hey. Hey, hey, hey.

Hey, my love.

Poppy, Katie! Hey. It's OK.

Shh, shh, shh

We've got you. We've got you.

We're not going anywhere.

SHE COUGHS

Shh

Erm, the surgical reg said

he's too frail for surgery,

but I just I don't

think that's right.

He walked four miles with

his wife on Boxing Day.

Yeah, I can't see

any evidence of MetS.

There's none in the report.

So then, surely, couldn't

surgery be curative?

Where is he?

Cold Zone EAU.

COUGHING

OK. I'll talk to the surgeons.

Leave it with me.

You're doing really

well, Emma. Keep going.

Sam, hi. Listen, it's about

Oh, I know. Rodgers?

The 70-something in Cold

EAU, new colorectal primary.

Well, yes, 70-something,

but no past medical history,

physically active and

a good quality of life.

I'm not convinced he's up

to an emergency laparotomy.

OK. The ITU's swamped,

even cancelling all

the elective surgeries,

so, even if he was fit enough,

he's too much of a risk, I think.

So which is it? Not fit

enough or no ITU bed?

My hands are tied.

I'm sorry.

I need to talk to

my wife. Of course.

We can arrange that

as soon as possible.

Can I see her?

I'm afraid it's complicated,

with the rules

Oh, with COVID, I know, yeah.

and the tier system

as it is at the moment.

We have a hospital policy

that only allows visitors

in the last few

days of life, so

But But

if the bowel's blocked by the

cancer and you can't treat it

it might be

I'll see what I can arrange.

Is there really nothing you

can do? You can't operate?

Has it spread?

It hasn't spread, but

But what?

Mr Rodgers, we aren't

sure that we could provide

the post-operative care

that you would need

to help you survive an

operation like this.

You would need an ITU bed

and they are all full

with COVID patients.

God.

HE SOBS

Come on, Mike, this is inhuman.

OK. Can we just step

this inside, please?

At any other time, that man

would've been considered

for a de-functioning

colostomy. Rodgers?

A de-functioning

colostomy, at least.

It was a new tumour, no MetS,

in a fit, essentially

healthy 72-year-old.

We are being forced to deny patients

potentially life-saving treatment

because we're overwhelmed

with COVID again.

We're doing everything

we can. Tell me what are

the procedures for determining

We've tripled our ITU footprint

who gets care at this point?

and it's not nearly enough

for all the COVID

pouring through the door.

I cannot magic beds

out of thin air.

Actually, I can, and that's

what I have been doing,

but there's a limit to what we

can do, and at some point, Abbey,

we have to start accepting

a reality that is in play

that is no-one's fault.

No, no. This was not inevitable.

This is where we've

ended up because

because people made decisions

they could have made differently.

We're not locked down.

The Christmas bubbles have

spread the variant far and wide,

and no-one, no-one is showing the

public what's really happening.

So people are getting

together online

and protesting outside

hospitals they say are empty.

Someone needs to be honest

about these pressures.

If no-one else will,

then we need to be.

People won't understand

what they don't see.

The public don't think

hospitals are full,

and why would they?

Some of the public.

They don't believe that this virus

kills people, and why would they?

They don't believe that we

could conceivably be rationing

emergency care services,

and why would they?

Why isn't anyone telling people

what's actually happening?

All COVID comms go

through NHS England.

They control that and not us.

Well, if the Department of

Health won't tell the truth

I will. Abbey,

take a breath.

The NHS eats

whistleblowers alive.

Don't go there.

We're already there.

The first thing they'll

do is discredit you,

spend 100 grand on lawyers to

claim you're the problem

and when they're done,

your career's ruined.

Yep.

You know I'm with you, but

I just don't know.

How much difference

will it really make?

I need an extra pair

of hands outside.

OK.

Please help him. OK, OK.

Step back for me.

Hello, sir. Sir?

He's not breathing.

He's cold. No pulse.

Get a trolley now.

How long have you

been driving him?

My God

I came as fast as I could, I

don't want to be sick. I

It's OK. It's a

20-minute journey.

I'll pronounce him here

and then let's get him

to the mortuary, please.

PHONE RINGS

Here.

Driver's gonna need to isolate.

Thanks, guys, I need

to get back to ED.

WOMAN: 'Why are you not

answering your phone?

'What's going on? Are you OK?'

Hello? This is Dr

Henderson. 'Hello?'

Who am I speaking to?

'Yeah, this is Khalid's wife,

Nina. Is he at the hospital?

'They were We waited

hours for an ambulance.

'Is he OK? He just left,

'and the driver said he was gonna

take him straight to the hospital.'

Nina.

'Yeah?'

I'm afraid I have some very

difficult news for you.

'What is going on? I

'Why are you answering

his phone?' Nina

I'm so sorry to have to

tell you this over the phone.

I'm afraid your

husband has died.

I'm so sorry.

'No!'

SOBBING

'No!

'No!'

'Hi, is that the ITU reg?'

I have a 68-year-old, Martin

Paji, desaturating on CPAP

on 70%, sats now at 82.

Please could you

'We'll try, but every

bed we've got's in use.

'We're kind of, you know,

we're in that place.'

He's only 68. Please, will

you at least review

'Look, we'll come if we can.'

When can you? 'No idea.

'I'm sorry.'

Hiya, Martin. Hiya, it's Emma.

I just need to check your pulse

quickly, if that's all right.

If you could just

relax a little bit.

Can you relax a little bit

for me? LABOURED BREATHING

Thank you, that's perfect.

Hi, yeah, I called earlier about

Martin Paji, the 68-year-old

'Is this Emma?'

on C Yeah.

Just wondering when I'm gonna

get some anyone to review?

'I'll see if ITU

outreach can come by.'

Erm OK, right, we

need to switch that over.

Martin, Martin, it's all

right, it's all right.

We'll come back to

this in a minute, OK?

I'm gonna go find someone to help me

hold your hand whilst I do that, OK?

Yeah.

I mean, I'm worried about him,

so if someone could come

up as soon as possible,

that would really help me.

Got it, yeah?

Yep. 'We're drowning

in here, sorry.'

OK, thanks.

SHAKY BREATHING

So, yeah, he's doing well. He's

transferring independently now.

OT and physio have

been to see him,

and I think they've

written in his notes.

So, yeah, I reckon

he's good to go.

Good. Thanks, Tracey.

Could you give the discharge

co-ordinator a call?

I've got to nip

down for my vaccine.

Oh, yeah, you don't

want to miss that.

Where's Emma? Wasn't

she on overnight?

Er, yeah, she was.

I haven't seen her, though.

So, Mr Connors

SHE DIALS

BEEPING

Emma?

Oh, Emma.

Emma, hey.

EMMA SOBS

It's OK.

It's OK.

It's OK, sweetheart.

We're gonna work this out. OK?

CLAMOURING

You deserve Nuremberg, you scum!

You hear me?

National death service!

Murderous b*tch.

SPITTING, SHE GASPS

f*ck!

LOW CHATTER

LINE RINGING

'Chat Room Radio,

how can I help you?'

Hello, hi, erm

I'd like to speak to a

health journalist, please.

'Who's calling, please?'

Erm No, sorry, I can't

I can't give you my

name, but I'm a doctor.

A COVID doctor.

'And where do you work?'

No, no, this needs

to be anonymous.

You can just put your

things on this chair.

You'll just be sat right here.

Would you like some water?

Oh, no, thank you.

You can take your

mask off, yeah?

Welcome back. It's

eight minutes past six,

and right now I'm

joined by a doctor

who's currently working on

COVID wards in an NHS hospital.

You've asked to

remain anonymous,

but you want to talk about your

experiences as an NHS consultant.

Talk to me about the situation

in your hospital right now.

We are overwhelmed with COVID.

Old people, young people.

We have 30-year-olds in our ITU.

There are pregnant women

with COVID on ventilators.

There aren't enough

staff or machines, and

we can't give everyone

the care they need.

Are you saying that

care is being rationed,

that you're choosing between

who lives and who dies?

Yeah. So, if if you

have, say, cancer

and you need an ITU bed

you might not necessarily get it

because they're filled with

people dying from COVID.

We are seeing three

generations of the same family

all dying, one after the other,

because they mixed at Christmas.

It is horrific.

It's like a w*r zone.

We have staff members who

work on the front line

who still haven't been

able to get a vaccine yet.

I can tell it's

emotional for you.

Yes.

So, when people say

that COVID isn't real,

when people say that hospitals

are empty, it must make you

Hospitals are definitely not

empty. It's the complete opposite.

And I just want to say to people

to please, please stay at home.

Please follow the rules.

I know it's difficult.

We are genuinely struggling

to give everyone the care

they need at the moment.

We just can't cope

with the numbers.

Why is this not coming

from NHS England?

Well, we're not allowed

to talk about this.

So you're a whistle-blower.

You shouldn't be here?

Erm Right now

cameras, press, they aren't

allowed inside hospitals,

at the exact moment it's so

important they should be.

So nobody knows how

bad conditions are,

and that's why these other

stories fill that gap.

OK, but some might say

that gap's being filled now

with people asking why you

are hiding behind anonymity.

I mean, in this current

climate, some will say,

"Are you even a doctor?

"Why are you scaremongering?"

What's your motive behind

whistle-blowing right now?

Talk to those people directly.

What have you got to say to them?

I would say to them that I have

been a doctor for 15 years,

and I am seeing

things at the bedside

that I can never un-see.

And if I don't tell the truth

I don't deserve to

be a doctor at all.

Right, but people are spreading

doubt about what doctors are saying.

They are eroding trust in

what doctors are saying.

How can we trust

what you are saying?

Well

Look, I, erm

My name is Abbey Henderson.

I'm an NHS consultant

in acute medicine,

and my GMC number is 3170981.

And I am here

representing my own views,

my own experiences,

my past year.

I believe that there have been

deaths from COVID in care homes,

in hospitals, in the

back of ambulances,

that resulted from locking

down too late and incompletely,

and those people you speak about

can and absolutely

should come forward

and talk about their views

and their experiences too.

But they cannot deny

the reality of mine.

Because if you get sick and

you need a hospital bed

then my reality is

going to become yours.

ABBEY: Was it all OK?

'Are you kidding,

it was incredible.

'I love you so

much.' PHONE BUZZES

'Whatever happens, OK, I love

you.' Someone's trying to call me.

'Graham Norton, is

it?' SHE CHUCKLES

I'd better go.

'All right, go, go, go.

I'll see you later.'

Bye. Bye-bye, bye. Love

you. Bye. 'Love you.'

Hello?

'Hi, Abbey, it's Robert.'

Robert? 'Hexfield,

NHS England.'

Oh, hi.

'Yeah, hi.

'I wonder how your CEO will

feel about that interview.

'And I'm also wondering what the

GMC will feel about it, Abbey.'

Well, I'm

not sure what you're

saying to me, Robert.

But as I stated

I have an NHS

duty of candour.

A professional duty to be

truthful about failures of care.

We all do.

So, yeah

I guess we'll see

what the GMC says.

REPORTER: 'Another, for a second

day in a row, grim record.

'1,820 deaths.'

'100,000 dead in the ten months

'since Daryl Blakely

became one of the first.'

THE QUEEN: 'We

should take comfort

'that while we may have

more still to endure,

'better days will return.'

REPORTER: 'And now, here we

are, the first vaccinations.

'There is still

a long way to go,

'but there is finally

a glimmer of hope

'that one day soon

this will be over.'

'A long-awaited public inquiry

into the COVID pandemic

'is finally set to get

underway tomorrow.'

We will be with

our friends again.

We will be with

our families again.

We will meet again.

LOW CHATTER

Thank you for organising today.

I just wish we

could do more. Yeah.

Thanks. Found it

really helpful.

I appreciate your help

and support.

Hi, come in.

You're welcome.

Hiya.

How are you doing?

Trying, I guess.

Trying not to leave medicine.

Right.

Well

I think you'd make

a wonderful doctor.

But

you need to do

what's best for you.

Thank you.

Can I ask

have you ever

thought of leaving?

Yeah.

Yeah, I've thought

about it, of course.

But I keep coming back

to the idea that

what we do has value.

It matters.

We're just here to

talk, that's it.

If it helps. Yeah?

OK. Shall we?

Right.

Thanks for coming.

You're all very welcome.

Some old faces, some new.

This is a room we can

talk, we can listen