Nursing the Nation S01E03 - Episode 3

In the third episode in the series we are on the picturesque Devon coastline, where Senior District Nurse Ellie and her team look after an eclectic group of patients in their own homes. Ellie has been working in the district for 16 years and leads a team of 14 nurses who look after over 500 patients and visit up to 18 of them per nurse, per day.

Ellie visits Don, an 83 year old with motor neuron disease, who can only talk through a computer. He is one of approximately 5000 people in the UK with the disease. Don's wife says of Ellie and her team, "We'd miss them if they didn't come in, because they are like family and we love them a lot."