A look behind scenes at the NHS.

THE public got a behindthe-scenes glimpse of hospital life during a celebration of the NHS.

Visitors at University Hospital Aintree went on a tour of areas that are normally out of bounds.

For the tours, theatre staff took people through the process of receiving an anaesthetic, the operating theatre and the recovery area. They also had the chance to try their hand at keyhole surgery on a training dummy.

The programme was co-ordinated by the hospital's volunteers service. Terry Owen, head of the volunteers department, said: "We had more than 50 visitors on the tour."