Each day Ron and Maxine Flewett wait for the phone to ring, hoping it is the news they have waited 20 months for.
Mr Flewett has a health condition that has scarred his lungs and left him relying on a constant supply of oxygen – and now he is waiting for a lung transplant.
His wife says the call could come at any time – “no pre-warning, the call will just come out of the blue,” she told Sky News.
But as his situation becomes more desperate, the nurses’ strike, which began earlier tonight, has added another complication to an already difficult set of circumstances.
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NHS services are expecting “exceptionally low” staffing numbers between now and when the strike ends just before midnight on Monday.
NHS England warned that the number of rescheduled appointments due to strike action is set to hit half a million next week.
Mr and Mrs Flewett are hoping that the long-awaited lung transplant is not among them.
