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New 5 part medical drama

Dr Lucinda Edwards (Niamh Algar) is a smart, battle-hardened doctor, but we meet her on a nightmare shift that ends in the death of an opioid overdose victim, Edith Owusu.

Despite the support of her medical supervisor, Dr Leo Harris (James Purefoy), Edith’s grieving father (Brian Bovell), demands an inquiry into Lucinda’s actions on the fateful night.

Leading the medical investigation are Dr Norma Callahan (Helen Behan) and Lucinda’s former colleague, Dr George Adjei (Jordan Kouamé). While George feels this was an unavoidable tragedy, Norma is suspicious of Lucinda’s behaviour and decisions in the lead up to the patient’s death.

As the pressure of the investigation intensifies, Lucinda’s relationship with husband Tom (Lorne MacFadyen) starts to fracture, and her confident professional exterior begins to crack. Is Lucinda hiding something?

Episode 1
Dr Lucinda Edwards is a smart, experienced A&E doctor, in the midst of a nightmare shift. She has a gunshot victim and an opioid overdose patient who both need a bed in resus, but there’s only room for one of them.

When one of the patients dies, Lucinda realises her troubles have only just begun.
Dr Norma Callahan and Dr George Adjei are investigators from the Medical Investigation Unit, tasked with assessing whether Lucinda is fit to practise medicine.

Feeling the pressure of their close scrutiny, Lucinda is desperate to prove that she can be a competent doctor.

all will be on ITVX - rolls eyes - so any bingers - shush !!!

I’m quite enjoying this. It’s making me very glad that I don’t work in A&E, feel sorry for the staff.

Blimey. That car came from nowhere!

Fucking hell! Ok I’m a lot less team Lucinda now

Poor ' Rose ' !
He might survive.

Indeed OTT

Realistically, security cameras would have picked that up but according to British TV, 90% of the countries security cameras are broken at any one time

Enjoyed it. I can see the line of duty similarities. Shocks, lots of suspicious characters, evidence based interviews, peering over balconies, chaotic situations, general dodgy behaviour.

It doesn't work like Line of Duty does, for me. Harassed, under-resourced A&E doctors are not corrupt cops in the pay of an OCG. I don't want someone splitting hairs over whether someone took a call at 9pm or 9.05 and whether they gave clear instructions to a junior. So what, frankly when you were almost shot dead.

He might be in a coma and then Lucinda might need to pull the plug on him…

Why didn't the MIU ring the mobile phone on her records ? ( Rose)
Are they not allowed to ?

Wow. That started with a bang. I wonder why MIU boss lady’s got it in for Lucinda.

Boss lady was horrible.

I don’t think she has got it in for her. I think she is just doing her job

Onto Eposide 2.. it’s getting good.

Oh it’s very very good
I know it’s not real but I’m sure it’s just so tough anyway
l don’t how people work in a&e

I really liked it. Didn’t warm to Lucinda much but thought she seemed a typical doctor under pressure in A and E. It did feel similar to Maternal so not v original in that way, though this story is more intense as it’s the main focus.

It was too tense for me.

Agree with pp that I feel differently about OCG than Harassed doctors.

Im curious as to what the right decision should’ve been regarding moving patients.

And I question the matron saying to prioritise the young lad (gun shot?) over the addict. Is that relevant?

Need to watch again ( lots of distractions) but seems quite unrealistic to me

(Retired senior nhs familiar with complaint investigation)

A bit complicated and confusing in places, but I'll give the second episode a try next week. Not as gripping as I hoped.

The matron is annoying and makes situations worse, she needs to pipe down.

I wonder if it's a situation where they have to have permission, but it's going to look awfully incriminating if the doctor being investigated or the caller won't give permission?

But I'm not sure I'm interested enough to stick with this. It's looking like Lucinda has got herself into some sort of stupid situation through something like addiction and it's all going to spiral depressingly downwards.

Don't worry it's nothing like that!!
20 years I've never seen paramedics run with a patient on a trolley, there's always at least a dozen doctors on shift, if not more, not just one senior & a couple of juniors. A màtron would never boss a doctor about only nurses🙄and a few jugs of water or chairs have been thrown but so far no gun weilding bad guys in the waiting room😂I'll still watch next week's episode though!

Totally unrealistic but gripping nonetheless

I really enjoyed it. Just wish it wasn't in a Sunday , I'd like something slightly less intense to wind down to in a Sunday evening before the start of the working week. But will be watching next week

What a load of shite. Where did the gunman vanish too, why didn't the nurse assisting the junior Dr tell her to give more naloxone most A&E nurses would know this, why on earth would Lucinda make the junior Dr do a lumbar puncture, a complex procedure, on a child whilst she was already being investigated for bad decisions.

How on earth did the miu have access to her phone records, surely that would be a police matter.

I mean I know we have to suspend belief a bit but they have to give us a teeny bit of credibility to go on. Running away from an accident would not have been a good decision either but I'm guessing she is just a disaster and it'll all catch up with her.