Episode 1

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0:00:02 > 0:00:05This programme contains some strong language

0:00:07 > 0:00:09SLOW HEAVY BREATHS

0:00:11 > 0:00:13HEART BEAT POUNDS

0:00:15 > 0:00:18MACHINES BEEP

0:00:44 > 0:00:47- Doctor Sutton. - One, two, three.

0:01:21 > 0:01:22- Hello, sister.- Hi.

0:01:44 > 0:01:46Oh, streaking again, Maggie?

0:01:46 > 0:01:48You're giving my poor men heart attacks.

0:01:48 > 0:01:50Let's get a blanket on you, sweetheart.

0:01:50 > 0:01:52Hey, you're freezing.

0:01:52 > 0:01:54Sit down there.

0:01:56 > 0:01:59- Sorry.- It's all right, it's them awful water tablets

0:01:59 > 0:02:01they insist on putting you on.

0:02:01 > 0:02:04I blame the doctors.

0:02:04 > 0:02:06Right.

0:02:10 > 0:02:12HEART MONITOR ALARM

0:02:12 > 0:02:14Oh, shit! We need access.

0:02:14 > 0:02:17Lilly, can you get a pink cannula? No, blue, blue!

0:02:17 > 0:02:18Back in a second.

0:02:21 > 0:02:25Shit! I can't get it! I need another one!

0:02:25 > 0:02:28- PANICKED:- I can't get the vein. Where is it? Where is it?

0:02:28 > 0:02:30HEART MONITOR FLATLINES

0:02:30 > 0:02:32Right, step away.

0:02:32 > 0:02:35I don't know what you think you're playing at but we need to start CPR.

0:02:35 > 0:02:38Sue, make sure the crash call's gone out.

0:02:41 > 0:02:43Alex, come and help Lilly with ventilation

0:02:43 > 0:02:46and get the nose ready as well.

0:02:50 > 0:02:51What do you want me to do?

0:02:51 > 0:02:54Go call a doctor.

0:03:13 > 0:03:15There you go.

0:03:17 > 0:03:20Listen, from what you've already told me, this could be a big story.

0:03:20 > 0:03:22What hard evidence do you have?

0:03:26 > 0:03:29I kept a record. Names and dates.

0:03:36 > 0:03:39All these people?

0:03:39 > 0:03:40All these people.

0:03:40 > 0:03:42Christ!

0:03:42 > 0:03:44- If this is true, then...- It is true.

0:03:44 > 0:03:47..then, yeah, the paper would definitely want to use it.

0:03:47 > 0:03:49And you're prepared to go public?

0:03:49 > 0:03:51- It's all there, I promise. - I can see that,

0:03:51 > 0:03:55but a story like this lives or dies on a personal angle.

0:03:55 > 0:03:57What I mean is, this isn't enough.

0:03:57 > 0:04:00The Express will need you too. Pictures, a feature.

0:04:00 > 0:04:02Cath Hardacre, witness to the truth.

0:04:02 > 0:04:05The shocking neglect of patients at the Sheffield Alderman Hospital.

0:04:05 > 0:04:06If I blow the whistle like this,

0:04:06 > 0:04:09the Trust will do everything to try and discredit you.

0:04:09 > 0:04:11But if it's the truth?

0:04:11 > 0:04:14Then the only option they have is to play trash the witness.

0:04:14 > 0:04:16I just want you to know what you're getting into.

0:04:16 > 0:04:18- What if I stay anonymous?- No-go.

0:04:18 > 0:04:23There's no credibility and the story will die on its arse. I need you.

0:04:23 > 0:04:25I've got a kid. I can't risk losing my job.

0:04:25 > 0:04:27You clearly believe in what you're doing.

0:04:27 > 0:04:30Don't you think these people deserve the truth?

0:04:34 > 0:04:38This was a mistake. I'm sorry to waste your time.

0:04:38 > 0:04:39You're right, I...

0:04:39 > 0:04:42I need to be heard, but I should have given this to the Trust.

0:04:42 > 0:04:45- I need to do it the right way. - Well, if you change your mind...

0:04:47 > 0:04:50Take it and good luck.

0:05:08 > 0:05:10- RADIO:- ..staffing crisis in A&E.

0:05:10 > 0:05:13The latest figures reveal a fresh exodus...

0:05:18 > 0:05:20- Here you go, sweetheart.- Thank you.

0:05:20 > 0:05:22KNOCK ON WINDOW

0:05:22 > 0:05:24Daddy!

0:05:28 > 0:05:29Thought you weren't coming.

0:05:29 > 0:05:31Don't it start at six?

0:05:31 > 0:05:33She's really looking forward to it.

0:05:33 > 0:05:35You can come in.

0:05:37 > 0:05:40Yeah, about that...

0:05:40 > 0:05:42New clutch is 90 minimum.

0:05:42 > 0:05:46- Then there's labour... - It's a crappy film, that's all.

0:05:46 > 0:05:48And, bless her, she's happy with that.

0:05:48 > 0:05:51Can you tell her?

0:05:51 > 0:05:53You know I hate letting her down.

0:06:07 > 0:06:09How was your day? Good?

0:06:09 > 0:06:12Had some fun? Colouring?

0:06:25 > 0:06:28Obviously this places the Trust in a very difficult position.

0:06:28 > 0:06:30These allegations of negligence...

0:06:30 > 0:06:31There are others I can get details for.

0:06:31 > 0:06:34..have all been fully investigated by the Trust.

0:06:37 > 0:06:40This board sees no reason to look into these claims any further.

0:06:42 > 0:06:46However, concerns have been raised about you by other members of staff.

0:06:48 > 0:06:49- I'm sorry? - In the last six months,

0:06:49 > 0:06:53I have received three separate reports of bullying...

0:06:54 > 0:06:58- That's ridiculous.- ..including use of disrespectful language,

0:06:58 > 0:07:00refusing to let your staff leave on time...

0:07:00 > 0:07:03I expect my nurses to complete the tasks that I set them.

0:07:03 > 0:07:06..and humiliating junior doctors.

0:07:09 > 0:07:11I'm sorry, WHO'S complained?

0:07:11 > 0:07:13They have a right to confidentiality.

0:07:13 > 0:07:16- So I can't know who's accusing me? - That is Trust policy.

0:07:16 > 0:07:18Is it also Trust policy to allow

0:07:18 > 0:07:20patients to lie for hours in soiled sheets?

0:07:20 > 0:07:22Or leave them without food or water?

0:07:22 > 0:07:24Or send them home to die?

0:07:24 > 0:07:27I'm sorry you feel that way, Sister Hardacre,

0:07:27 > 0:07:29but it doesn't change the decision of this panel.

0:07:29 > 0:07:33You're suspended pending formal investigation.

0:07:34 > 0:07:38And if the allegations I listed are upheld,

0:07:38 > 0:07:41there is likely to be further action.

0:07:55 > 0:07:58ERRATIC BREATHING

0:08:47 > 0:08:50- ANSWERPHONE:- Hi, you've reached Sam Kelly, Sheffield Express.

0:08:50 > 0:08:52Leave a message.

0:08:52 > 0:08:55BANG ON DOOR

0:09:00 > 0:09:02I knew it!

0:09:05 > 0:09:08So, let's see this so-called tonsillitis.

0:09:08 > 0:09:10Open up, say "aah" for the doctor.

0:09:10 > 0:09:12It's not been the greatest of months.

0:09:12 > 0:09:14I know you'd try and bail on me, Hardy.

0:09:14 > 0:09:15It's your best friend's leaving party

0:09:15 > 0:09:18and you're seriously spending Friday night on the couch?

0:09:18 > 0:09:22- Dead or alive, you're coming with me.- Oh, God!

0:09:23 > 0:09:26PARTY MUSIC PLAYS

0:09:34 > 0:09:36GLASSES CHINK

0:09:36 > 0:09:38I want to thank you all for coming.

0:09:38 > 0:09:42Clearly, Doctor Alison Sutton finally leaving the country

0:09:42 > 0:09:43is something worth celebrating.

0:09:43 > 0:09:46- CHEERS - I'm going to miss you all.

0:09:46 > 0:09:49However, when a sheep farmer as gorgeous as this one asks you

0:09:49 > 0:09:54to marry him, you don't say no.

0:09:54 > 0:09:57But one thing I'm not going to miss is my terrible bloody job.

0:09:57 > 0:10:01Believe me, don't let your worst enemy become an ED doctor.

0:10:01 > 0:10:03So I'd like to say goodbye to all the pissheads,

0:10:03 > 0:10:07drug casualties, weak-ankled whingers and all the people who

0:10:07 > 0:10:11thought they'd "just get it checked out" at 11.30 on a Friday night!

0:10:11 > 0:10:13LAUGHTER

0:10:13 > 0:10:18After 20 years at the sodding coal face, I finally got out,

0:10:18 > 0:10:20so I'd like to propose a toast.

0:10:20 > 0:10:22Fuck the NHS!

0:10:22 > 0:10:24ALL: Fuck the NHS!

0:10:31 > 0:10:33- I can't take all this.- You have to.

0:10:33 > 0:10:35Lovely Grant won't even let me pack it.

0:10:35 > 0:10:38Says Zara isn't remotely practical on the boat.

0:10:38 > 0:10:40You have no idea how long I had to fight for bloody Boden!

0:10:40 > 0:10:42I don't need charity.

0:10:42 > 0:10:44It's yours or I dump it in Cancer Research.

0:10:44 > 0:10:47eBay it all. Splurge on another lesbian skirt if you want.

0:10:47 > 0:10:49I don't care.

0:10:50 > 0:10:52Ah, I've had enough.

0:10:52 > 0:10:55Oh, can you stop it with the teetotal guilt trip?

0:10:59 > 0:11:02Can't believe they did that to you.

0:11:02 > 0:11:04This bloody job. Best years of our lives.

0:11:04 > 0:11:07You give it your youth and then it betrays you.

0:11:07 > 0:11:08Worse than any man.

0:11:08 > 0:11:11Worse than Patrick. You should have warned me.

0:11:11 > 0:11:14- I did. You ignored me! - You're my best friend.

0:11:14 > 0:11:17Of course I would have listened to you. I warned you about bloody Carl.

0:11:17 > 0:11:22- He does try.- You're still giving him money, aren't you?

0:11:22 > 0:11:24- I'm not.- You never could lie.

0:11:24 > 0:11:25I can always tell.

0:11:25 > 0:11:29Please, for once, just look after number one.

0:11:31 > 0:11:34Cath, I can't just leave you here like this.

0:11:34 > 0:11:36- What you going to do?- Dunno.

0:11:38 > 0:11:41- Care assistant? - But you're a great nurse.

0:11:41 > 0:11:43God knows, you've got more common sense

0:11:43 > 0:11:46than half the bloody doctors I work with. More sense than me.

0:11:46 > 0:11:49KNOCK ON DOOR

0:11:50 > 0:11:53Anything you ever need from me,

0:11:53 > 0:11:56and I mean ANYTHING, and it's yours.

0:13:24 > 0:13:26Breath in.

0:14:02 > 0:14:04Dad...

0:14:06 > 0:14:08..I think I'm going to be a doctor.

0:14:12 > 0:14:14'It's taken me long enough.'

0:14:18 > 0:14:21- ANNOUNCER:- This is Edinburgh Waverley.

0:14:21 > 0:14:23This train terminates here.

0:14:24 > 0:14:26'So I wouldn't be that far away.

0:14:29 > 0:14:32'Nothing's going to change for you.'

0:14:40 > 0:14:43Be a new start for me and Molly too.

0:14:45 > 0:14:48'It's a chance for a much better life.'

0:14:57 > 0:14:59I've something to prove.

0:15:07 > 0:15:09'I know I'm good enough.'

0:15:27 > 0:15:30SHE EXHALES

0:15:33 > 0:15:36So why the hell are you here?

0:15:36 > 0:15:38- I'm sorry? - This is a bloody great CV.

0:15:38 > 0:15:41You're a highly-qualified doctor.

0:15:41 > 0:15:42Established.

0:15:42 > 0:15:45And yet you just emigrate and arrive on my doorstep begging for work?

0:15:45 > 0:15:47I was looking for a new challenge professionally.

0:15:47 > 0:15:50Yeah, but why here? This is a backward step, surely?

0:15:50 > 0:15:51Let's be honest.

0:15:51 > 0:15:54We both know this isn't exactly the centre of excellence, which means

0:15:54 > 0:15:58you've either killed a patient or, worse, you've pissed someone off.

0:16:01 > 0:16:05Oh, sorry. Sorry, three nights in a row will do that to you.

0:16:05 > 0:16:07OK, rewind, start again.

0:16:07 > 0:16:10You are clearly good at this. Why here?

0:16:21 > 0:16:24You're right. There was something.

0:16:26 > 0:16:29I needed a change.

0:16:29 > 0:16:31I was married.

0:16:31 > 0:16:33There were problems.

0:16:33 > 0:16:35We separated but I have a daughter

0:16:35 > 0:16:38and I didn't want her growing up in the middle of all that.

0:16:40 > 0:16:44I felt like we needed a fresh start, so...

0:16:44 > 0:16:46here I am.

0:16:48 > 0:16:50Shit, um...

0:16:50 > 0:16:52OK, sorry, um...

0:16:54 > 0:16:57Was he violent?

0:16:58 > 0:17:00We're putting the past behind us.

0:17:00 > 0:17:04OK, foot in mouth disease, chronic case. Someone should shoot me!

0:17:07 > 0:17:11OK, look, um, you are by far the best candidate we've had.

0:17:11 > 0:17:12In fact, to be honest,

0:17:12 > 0:17:15you are the only decent middle-grade candidate we've had.

0:17:15 > 0:17:18Are you SURE you want to work here?

0:17:18 > 0:17:20Very much.

0:17:26 > 0:17:29I'll be working as a cardiology nurse.

0:17:29 > 0:17:31So where does that leave me?

0:17:31 > 0:17:33Train fare up there's what, 70 quid?

0:17:33 > 0:17:36- It's more like 100.- Shit!

0:17:38 > 0:17:40You know I can't afford that.

0:17:40 > 0:17:43This job, it's more money straight away.

0:17:43 > 0:17:46No, I want to see her. I've got a right to see her.

0:17:46 > 0:17:48You do and I could have just upped and left with her

0:17:48 > 0:17:51and there's not one person who knows us that would have blamed me,

0:17:51 > 0:17:54but here I am, talking to you.

0:17:56 > 0:17:58It's yearly increments.

0:17:58 > 0:18:01Decent overtime as well, which is why it makes sense for us to travel.

0:18:01 > 0:18:05We'll come down to you and if you're short, maybe I can help.

0:18:05 > 0:18:08I don't need charity. I've never asked.

0:18:10 > 0:18:12Sure.

0:18:16 > 0:18:19I'm doing this for Molly.

0:18:26 > 0:18:28INAUDIBLE

0:18:34 > 0:18:37- So what is this job?- I'm a doctor.

0:18:37 > 0:18:39Accident and Emergency.

0:18:39 > 0:18:43Is that right, aye? I was in there last month, myself.

0:18:43 > 0:18:45Haemorrhoids.

0:18:45 > 0:18:48It's a bit of an occupational hazard.

0:18:54 > 0:18:56Come on, sweetheart.

0:19:01 > 0:19:04Look at this. It's our new home.

0:19:08 > 0:19:10This is us.

0:19:14 > 0:19:16In you go, babe.

0:19:19 > 0:19:21Yeah, go in there, darlin'.

0:19:28 > 0:19:31Oh, Molly, look at this.

0:19:35 > 0:19:37Massive.

0:20:05 > 0:20:08Molly...

0:20:12 > 0:20:13Molly?

0:20:15 > 0:20:18Molly? Molly?

0:20:18 > 0:20:19Molly?

0:20:19 > 0:20:21- WOMAN:- We're up here, love.

0:20:25 > 0:20:28Always try and look after you young doctors when you move in,

0:20:28 > 0:20:29right enough.

0:20:29 > 0:20:33Last year I had a lovely Asian couple, Doctor Singh and his wife.

0:20:35 > 0:20:37So where is it you're working?

0:20:37 > 0:20:39Emergency medicine. A&E.

0:20:39 > 0:20:42- I start tomorrow at South Lothian. - Good for you.

0:20:44 > 0:20:47So where's the other half working?

0:20:47 > 0:20:49It's just me and my daughter. We're not together.

0:20:51 > 0:20:54Happens, I suppose. You modern types.

0:21:08 > 0:21:10E-MAIL ALERT

0:21:54 > 0:21:56SIRENS BLARE

0:22:07 > 0:22:10Data leaks, theft of property, drug fraud.

0:22:10 > 0:22:15In all, we lose over 17 million a year throughout the NHS.

0:22:15 > 0:22:20If you see anything suspicious, report it.

0:22:20 > 0:22:24If you're thinking of stealing anything, I'm watching you.

0:22:41 > 0:22:43INDISTINCT

0:22:43 > 0:22:45You can't show her in theatre yourself?

0:22:45 > 0:22:47Fine, I'll swap you for a directorate meeting.

0:22:47 > 0:22:49- Er, no, you're OK.- Be nice.

0:22:49 > 0:22:52She's gorgeous, ridiculously over-qualified and,

0:22:52 > 0:22:54for some reason, wants to work in St Elsewhere.

0:22:54 > 0:22:55There's got to be a catch here.

0:22:55 > 0:22:59Or maybe, for once, our poor benighted department is not being

0:22:59 > 0:23:01shat on from a great height.

0:23:01 > 0:23:03- Look after her, please.- Will do.

0:23:07 > 0:23:10Doctor Sutton?

0:23:11 > 0:23:14Doctor Sutton?

0:23:14 > 0:23:17- Doctor Sutton?- Ah, hi.

0:23:17 > 0:23:19Hi. Andrew Brenner. Andy.

0:23:19 > 0:23:22Brigitte's in a directorate meeting. She asked me to give you the tour.

0:23:22 > 0:23:25- OK, great. Ally. - Yeah, Bridge filled me in.

0:23:25 > 0:23:28Are you sure about this? It's not too late to turn and run.

0:23:28 > 0:23:30- Won't say a word. - It can't be that bad.

0:23:30 > 0:23:33Well, it's like Braveheart with bad-tempered pensioners

0:23:33 > 0:23:35and that's just Friday night. Watch your back.

0:23:35 > 0:23:38COPD. More short of breath this morning.

0:23:38 > 0:23:41- Just pop him in three. I'll be there in a minute.- OK.

0:23:41 > 0:23:45- OK, shall we make it quick?- Yeah.

0:23:45 > 0:23:47Resus, um...

0:23:47 > 0:23:50Well, it's a pretty standard lay-out.

0:23:50 > 0:23:53It's got a new IO kit, which is kept in this cupboard,

0:23:53 > 0:23:55confusingly marked "IO Kit".

0:23:56 > 0:23:59Jason sponsored-cycled his way to Land's End and back

0:23:59 > 0:24:01just so he could buy a new toy.

0:24:01 > 0:24:05- Jason?- Golding. He's one of the other consultants.

0:24:05 > 0:24:08Part-time ITU, full-time triathlete.

0:24:08 > 0:24:10Don't mention carb-loading. You'll be there all day

0:24:10 > 0:24:13Ah, Karen. This is Doctor Sutton, one of the new staff grades.

0:24:13 > 0:24:16- Karen is one of our senior nurses. - Ally.

0:24:16 > 0:24:19Try and be nice to her. You know we need all the help we can get.

0:24:19 > 0:24:22- I'm nice to everyone. - I heard that rumour!

0:24:23 > 0:24:25Major bays here obviously.

0:24:28 > 0:24:31You know what, I'm actually starting to bore myself here.

0:24:31 > 0:24:34OK, what do you actually WANT to know?

0:24:34 > 0:24:36Oh, where do I get my coffee?

0:24:36 > 0:24:38Oh, thank Christ for that.

0:24:38 > 0:24:41For a second, I thought you were going to be one of the serious ones.

0:24:41 > 0:24:43I'll show you. If you're very lucky...

0:24:43 > 0:24:45PHONE RINGS

0:24:45 > 0:24:47Shit. Sorry, just a sec. Hello.

0:24:49 > 0:24:51Yeah.

0:24:51 > 0:24:54Yes, I told him that before I left this morning.

0:24:55 > 0:24:57Mm-hm.

0:24:57 > 0:24:58OK, does she have a temperature?

0:24:58 > 0:25:00Sorry. Childminder.

0:25:00 > 0:25:01Yeah.

0:25:03 > 0:25:06Listen, I'm a bit tied-up here. Have you tried her mum?

0:25:07 > 0:25:09Hm.

0:25:09 > 0:25:12Right, hold on. Hold on a sec.

0:25:12 > 0:25:14Listen, this is clearly going to take a while

0:25:14 > 0:25:17so I need you to start on minors, yeah? Charlie?

0:25:17 > 0:25:20- Dr McKee?- Sorry?

0:25:20 > 0:25:23- Take Ally to minors, show her the system?- Sure.

0:25:23 > 0:25:24Hello?

0:25:30 > 0:25:32Voila! The system.

0:25:33 > 0:25:36Right, from left to right, we've got triage in here,

0:25:36 > 0:25:40then they go into waiting for doctor - that's where you pick 'em up from.

0:25:40 > 0:25:43- OK!- Anything for X-ray in here, treatment there.

0:25:43 > 0:25:49- I warn you - Charlie here can be a little OCD.- I prefer methodical.

0:25:49 > 0:25:52And believe me, all the best people are on the spectrum these days.

0:25:52 > 0:25:55All you really need to know is round here, there's only one rule -

0:25:55 > 0:25:59consultant or F1, no-one gets to pick from the box of delights.

0:25:59 > 0:26:02Everyone just takes the next card...

0:26:02 > 0:26:04which means this one must be yours.

0:26:04 > 0:26:06RINGING

0:26:06 > 0:26:07Yeah?

0:26:07 > 0:26:09Going to be eight minutes.

0:26:09 > 0:26:10Go.

0:26:20 > 0:26:23TV PLAYS IN BACKGROUND

0:26:23 > 0:26:25Alan Turner?

0:26:27 > 0:26:29Alan Turner?

0:26:33 > 0:26:36Sorry, Doctor. My fault. Bloody TV's too loud, eh?

0:26:36 > 0:26:38This way.

0:26:40 > 0:26:42My name's Dr Sutton.

0:26:42 > 0:26:46So...what happened?

0:26:46 > 0:26:50Whacked it against something. Last night. Bloody stupid, I know.

0:26:50 > 0:26:53Look, I know I'm wasting your time here, but the wife insisted.

0:26:53 > 0:26:56- Well, I'm going to need to order an X-ray.- I've already had one.

0:26:56 > 0:26:59- The nurse sent me - Karen, is it? - OK, great.

0:26:59 > 0:27:02Well, I'll go take a look.

0:27:10 > 0:27:11Eh.

0:27:11 > 0:27:13Fractured fifth metacarpal.

0:27:15 > 0:27:17Hm, I concur. Classic boxer's fracture.

0:27:17 > 0:27:19- You should see the other guy, right?- Yeah.

0:27:34 > 0:27:37So this needs to stay on till they see you in fracture clinic

0:27:37 > 0:27:40next week, regular painkillers, and don't punch anyone else!

0:27:42 > 0:27:44Thanks, Doctor.

0:27:52 > 0:27:56Course, it was last Christmas when I lost my Bobby.

0:27:56 > 0:27:59- 50 years, we were married. - Oh, I'm sorry.

0:27:59 > 0:28:01God, he used to irritate me.

0:28:01 > 0:28:05Always had a bloody opinion about everything. Always right.

0:28:05 > 0:28:09I used to say to him, "One of these days,

0:28:09 > 0:28:12"I'll put arsenic in your tea and finally get some peace!"

0:28:12 > 0:28:14Do you know what he used to say?

0:28:14 > 0:28:16"I'd drink it!"

0:28:17 > 0:28:22Oh, well, now he's gone, and I've got my precious peace and quiet.

0:28:22 > 0:28:25SHE SOBS

0:28:26 > 0:28:28- Ah!- I'm sorry, darling.

0:28:28 > 0:28:30- It's OK!- I didn't mean to.

0:28:30 > 0:28:32Come here. It's all right, really.

0:28:32 > 0:28:34SHE SOBS

0:28:34 > 0:28:36WHISPERS: Just give me two minutes.

0:28:36 > 0:28:38Sh.

0:28:38 > 0:28:40It's OK, it's OK.

0:28:43 > 0:28:47- All done.- Someone's obviously trained her well.

0:28:47 > 0:28:51None of the other doctors do their own dressings, and...neat!

0:28:51 > 0:28:54Almost nurse standard! Well, almost.

0:28:54 > 0:28:56- Thank you so much.- No worries.

0:28:56 > 0:28:59Take care.

0:28:59 > 0:29:01- Is she OK?- Yeah, she was just a bit emotional.

0:29:01 > 0:29:03Yeah, I noticed.

0:29:03 > 0:29:07Dressings and a bleeding heart?! You'll be after my job!

0:29:29 > 0:29:30I like it here.

0:29:30 > 0:29:32Me too.

0:29:32 > 0:29:33It's different.

0:29:35 > 0:29:38Sometimes fun to have a fresh start. It's like dressing up.

0:29:38 > 0:29:44- So who am I?- You're Ally, but I can still call you Mummy.

0:29:44 > 0:29:45Well done.

0:29:45 > 0:29:46You're good at this.

0:29:46 > 0:29:48Have a chip.

0:29:52 > 0:29:54When's Daddy coming?

0:29:58 > 0:30:00Daddy just has to work for a little bit longer,

0:30:00 > 0:30:03- but we can go down and see him whenever you want.- OK.

0:30:08 > 0:30:12SIRENS

0:30:23 > 0:30:26ARGUING

0:30:28 > 0:30:31Hey, hey, hey!

0:30:31 > 0:30:35CHATTER

0:30:35 > 0:30:38PHONES RING

0:30:39 > 0:30:44Welcome to hell! Er, there's an ankle needs tweaking in resus.

0:30:44 > 0:30:46- A pull, ASAP, OK?- OK.- Thanks.

0:30:50 > 0:30:52He's had 10 of morphine.

0:30:52 > 0:30:53Are you giving it a pull?

0:30:58 > 0:30:59Er, don't we need to get an X-ray first?

0:30:59 > 0:31:01Skin's already looking a bit stretched

0:31:01 > 0:31:03and Andy wanted it tweaked first.

0:31:03 > 0:31:05We don't want it falling off in X-ray, do we, Jamie?

0:31:05 > 0:31:06Indeed we do not.

0:31:06 > 0:31:09We'll get the plaster trolley and we'll get cracking.

0:31:09 > 0:31:10Literally.

0:31:12 > 0:31:14SHE EXHALES LOUDLY

0:31:22 > 0:31:24It's Jamie, right?

0:31:24 > 0:31:26I'm Dr Sutton.

0:31:27 > 0:31:28What are you going to do?

0:31:28 > 0:31:31Well, we need to straighten this ankle out quickly

0:31:31 > 0:31:33to preserve the blood supply to the foot,

0:31:33 > 0:31:35- so I'm just going to gently take the weight...- Oh, shit!

0:31:35 > 0:31:39- I know, I'm sorry.- Oh, no, no!- It's going to hurt - I'm sorry.- Oh, shit!

0:31:39 > 0:31:41Don't! Please don't touch it! Don't... Oh!

0:31:41 > 0:31:43Just going to manipulate it round.

0:31:43 > 0:31:44HE SHOUTS OUT IN PAIN

0:31:44 > 0:31:48- I promise I'll be one minute, Jamie. I'm just going to do...- Argh!

0:31:48 > 0:31:50There. LOUD CLICK

0:31:50 > 0:31:52- Ah!- There you go.

0:31:52 > 0:31:54BOTH EXHALE

0:31:56 > 0:32:00Now doesn't that look better? Very nice job.

0:32:05 > 0:32:07Most people give a little analgesia.

0:32:11 > 0:32:13- I just thought we needed to get a move on.- It's fine.

0:32:13 > 0:32:14Your call, totally.

0:32:14 > 0:32:18Although you're clearly one hard ED bitch. We're going to get on.

0:32:18 > 0:32:21Let's get this plastered for you, shall we?

0:32:33 > 0:32:35DOOR OPENS

0:32:35 > 0:32:38Very good. You going to fix it?

0:32:38 > 0:32:41Might do for our close contact cast trial.

0:32:41 > 0:32:43What did they do in your last place?

0:32:45 > 0:32:47Fix it.

0:32:47 > 0:32:49- Every time.- Personally, I think you're right.

0:32:51 > 0:32:53Results with the cast have been terrible.

0:32:53 > 0:32:55But it's Pradeep's pet project.

0:32:57 > 0:33:02Look, um, I'm supposed to be looking after your pastoral needs or whatever they call it,

0:33:02 > 0:33:06so if you want to talk about the job or, you know, life or anything...

0:33:06 > 0:33:09- Then I know where you are, right? - Yeah!- Did Brigitte say something?

0:33:09 > 0:33:11She filled me in, told me to look after you.

0:33:11 > 0:33:14- Apparently, you're far too good for us.- She's right.

0:33:14 > 0:33:17I could even do it one evening over a pint, if you like.

0:33:17 > 0:33:20- You drink pints, right?- Exclusively.

0:33:20 > 0:33:22Tennent's, right? With a chaser.

0:33:22 > 0:33:23How did you know?

0:33:23 > 0:33:26RINGING

0:33:26 > 0:33:28Hello?

0:33:31 > 0:33:32Mm-hm.

0:33:35 > 0:33:37OK, fine.

0:33:38 > 0:33:39ETA?

0:33:42 > 0:33:46Big accident on the M8, multiple casualties, we're getting two,

0:33:46 > 0:33:49ETA six minutes. Let's put out a trauma call, bleep haematology.

0:33:49 > 0:33:51Ally, you're with me. Let's go.

0:34:07 > 0:34:09SHE BREATHES HEAVILY

0:34:09 > 0:34:11BEEPING

0:34:16 > 0:34:17SHE EXHALES LOUDLY

0:34:35 > 0:34:37PATIENT GROANS

0:34:37 > 0:34:43First one, don't have a name. Ejected from a people carrier,

0:34:43 > 0:34:46no seat belts in the back. Husband died at the scene.

0:34:46 > 0:34:49- It's not pretty out there. - One, two, three.

0:34:49 > 0:34:52- How long till the other? - Right behind us.

0:34:52 > 0:34:54- Six-year-old. - OK, someone call paeds.

0:35:01 > 0:35:03PATIENT GROANS

0:35:09 > 0:35:13She's going to need pan CT. Stable for now.

0:35:13 > 0:35:17- Pick up in the system, make sure she has a group and save.- OK.- Wait.

0:35:17 > 0:35:19Hear that?

0:35:20 > 0:35:24- I can't...- Exactly. She was moaning for Britain, now she's stopped.

0:35:24 > 0:35:26Worry about the quiet ones.

0:35:47 > 0:35:50There's nothing on the right. It's probably blood in there.

0:35:50 > 0:35:51Can you get a portable stat?

0:35:51 > 0:35:56She's going to need a chest tube before she goes anywhere. Karen?

0:35:56 > 0:35:58Kid's here.

0:35:58 > 0:36:00OK. This one's all yours.

0:36:00 > 0:36:05Six-year-old girl, ejected from vehicle, no response.

0:36:05 > 0:36:09- Where are paeds? - Couldn't get through to them.

0:36:11 > 0:36:13I'm not getting a pulse. Starting CPR.

0:36:13 > 0:36:16SHE BREATHES HEAVILY

0:36:25 > 0:36:26VOICES ECHO

0:36:29 > 0:36:31SHE BREATHES LOUDLY

0:36:32 > 0:36:36- That was CT. Ready as soon as we're done here.- OK, thanks.

0:36:38 > 0:36:40- You OK?- Yeah.

0:36:40 > 0:36:43Sorry, it's, er... It's been a while.

0:36:44 > 0:36:46Fifth intercostal space, mid-axillary line

0:36:46 > 0:36:49Andy likes to blunt dissect first.

0:36:49 > 0:36:52Basically make a bloody great hole with the forceps.

0:36:54 > 0:36:57- You want me to call him? - No. I'm fine.

0:37:17 > 0:37:19SQUELCHING

0:37:24 > 0:37:25SQUELCH

0:37:25 > 0:37:27Whoops! There we go.

0:37:35 > 0:37:38Better get this in there, unless you fancy yourself as a little Dutch girl.

0:38:22 > 0:38:26WHISPERING

0:38:32 > 0:38:34INAUDIBLE

0:38:59 > 0:39:00HE SIGHS

0:39:05 > 0:39:07HE SIGHS

0:39:07 > 0:39:08Fuck's sake!

0:39:08 > 0:39:10Fuck's sake!

0:39:14 > 0:39:15CLEARS HIS THROAT

0:39:18 > 0:39:21HE EXHALES LOUDLY

0:39:22 > 0:39:24CLEARS HIS THROAT

0:39:27 > 0:39:29So when was the last time you ran a trauma?

0:39:31 > 0:39:33Honestly? Erm...

0:39:35 > 0:39:36Not for a while.

0:39:40 > 0:39:42Did Karen say something?

0:39:45 > 0:39:46No. Karen...

0:39:46 > 0:39:49Karen loves you.

0:39:49 > 0:39:51And she hates all the women docs.

0:39:51 > 0:39:56- Apparently, and I quote, you're "not a bitch."- Hm!

0:39:56 > 0:39:58High praise indeed.

0:39:58 > 0:40:00Listen.

0:40:00 > 0:40:02Don't worry. It happens.

0:40:02 > 0:40:05The good middle grades always get stuck with the minors shit

0:40:05 > 0:40:08all day and then you look up and realise it's been six months

0:40:08 > 0:40:11since you even stepped foot in resus.

0:40:11 > 0:40:14Eh! You saved that woman.

0:40:16 > 0:40:20You did OK. Don't worry. It all comes back.

0:40:20 > 0:40:22You can't do any worse than Brigitte.

0:40:22 > 0:40:25I mean, she flaps so hard she practically takes off.

0:40:26 > 0:40:29Sorry - unprofessional.

0:40:33 > 0:40:38Three kids, and no seat belts. Wh...

0:40:42 > 0:40:46- The others went to City. Let's hope they did better than us.- Mm.

0:40:46 > 0:40:47DOOR OPENS

0:40:47 > 0:40:49Sorry - that drunk guy's back again,

0:40:49 > 0:40:51insists he was promised admission for a detox.

0:40:51 > 0:40:56- AMERICAN ACCENT:- Drunk guy. Sounds like a job for a bad man.

0:41:01 > 0:41:03OK!

0:41:04 > 0:41:07Right. Lead me to drunk guy.

0:41:11 > 0:41:13DOOR CLOSES

0:41:13 > 0:41:15SHE SIGHS

0:41:25 > 0:41:27There you go.

0:41:29 > 0:41:32INDISTINCT

0:41:45 > 0:41:48At last, a doctor who admits she doesn't know everything!

0:41:48 > 0:41:53Your secret's safe with me! The arrogant ones are the worst.

0:41:53 > 0:41:56One day out of medical school and they think they're God's gift.

0:41:56 > 0:41:59Yeah. Well, I've never had that problem.

0:41:59 > 0:42:02Don't worry - the nurses like you.

0:42:02 > 0:42:05You're one of us, even if you are a doctor.

0:42:05 > 0:42:10Just promise me you won't turn into a "see you next Tuesday."

0:42:11 > 0:42:13I'll do my best.

0:42:43 > 0:42:47Never enough, is it? We should strike, again.

0:42:47 > 0:42:49Oh, listen, we've got the new F2s starting today.

0:42:49 > 0:42:52- Are you OK to give them the grand tour, about 11?- Yeah, no problem.

0:42:52 > 0:42:54- Try to stop them killing too many people.- I'll try.

0:43:01 > 0:43:04So the first thing you do is check the board on the right...

0:43:09 > 0:43:13- So what are they like? - Young. Arrogant.

0:43:13 > 0:43:17Inexperienced and potentially lethal. That's just the good ones.

0:43:23 > 0:43:27Ally? Sorry, I know you're leaving. Pharmacy sent this back.

0:43:27 > 0:43:30- Mrs Kiernan was one of yours, right?- Yeah.

0:43:30 > 0:43:32Well, there's something wrong with the signature.

0:43:32 > 0:43:35The name doesn't match the GMC number.

0:43:35 > 0:43:37Sorry, I can't quite get used...

0:43:37 > 0:43:40I... I, erm...

0:43:40 > 0:43:42I went back to my maiden name after the divorce

0:43:42 > 0:43:44and sometimes it slips out.

0:43:44 > 0:43:46Oh, of course.

0:43:58 > 0:44:01- How are things?- Yeah, fine.

0:44:01 > 0:44:03You know if you ever want to talk,

0:44:03 > 0:44:07or bitch or even just scream a bit, I'm available?

0:44:07 > 0:44:09How about a drink, after work?

0:44:09 > 0:44:12Thanks, I'd better get Molly, but definitely. I'd like that.

0:44:12 > 0:44:13Brigitte.

0:44:13 > 0:44:16- Medic's on the phone. - Oh! At last! See you!

0:44:27 > 0:44:30This Mackay woman has claimed her mother

0:44:30 > 0:44:35was so dehydrated she was drinking water from the bloody flower vase.

0:44:35 > 0:44:36Have you heard anything?

0:44:36 > 0:44:39There was a nurse, sister on one of the wards got in touch with me

0:44:39 > 0:44:43a few months ago, similar claims. I met her once, gave her my number.

0:44:43 > 0:44:46- And?- Well, she changed her mind about coming forward.

0:44:46 > 0:44:49Well, give a her call, make her change it back.

0:45:07 > 0:45:10RINGING

0:45:20 > 0:45:22- Hello? - 'Ally, it's Brigitte.

0:45:22 > 0:45:25'I'm sorry it's so early - I hope I didn't wake you.'

0:45:25 > 0:45:27No. Is everything OK?

0:45:27 > 0:45:31'Look, I know it's short notice, but I'm having a kitchen supper

0:45:31 > 0:45:33'tonight and I really want you to come.'

0:45:33 > 0:45:36Oh, Brigitte, I'd love to, but I can't really ask Mona to sit again.

0:45:36 > 0:45:41'Oh, Molly's invited. It is Molly, isn't it? My girls will look after her.

0:45:41 > 0:45:43'It's seven for eight.'

0:45:43 > 0:45:45OK, great.

0:45:45 > 0:45:47'Great! See you then.'

0:45:47 > 0:45:48- I'll see you there. - 'Bye.'

0:45:48 > 0:45:50Bye.

0:45:52 > 0:45:55SHE SIGHS

0:46:08 > 0:46:11CHATTER FROM INSIDE

0:46:11 > 0:46:12LAUGHTER

0:46:14 > 0:46:15Come on - let's go.

0:46:18 > 0:46:23Ah, Prosecco - good idea! I've just gone for a bog-standard plonk.

0:46:23 > 0:46:25- Want to swap?- It's only Lidl!

0:46:25 > 0:46:29Thrifty and stylish - you are killing me! Hiya! I'm Charlie.

0:46:29 > 0:46:31I'm Molly.

0:46:31 > 0:46:34See, if you press that button, then a horrible monster

0:46:34 > 0:46:37called Brigitte will come out that door and steal all our drinks!

0:46:37 > 0:46:41- You press it!- Only if I can stand behind you when the monster comes.

0:46:41 > 0:46:42Yeah?

0:46:48 > 0:46:49DOORBELL RINGS

0:46:52 > 0:46:54Hey!

0:46:54 > 0:46:56- Come in!- There you go.

0:46:56 > 0:47:00Oh! Fizz. I love a bottle of fizz.

0:47:00 > 0:47:01Monster!

0:47:01 > 0:47:05I like it when people bring fizz. I'm going to open this right now.

0:47:06 > 0:47:08MUSIC PLAYS

0:47:15 > 0:47:19- Ah, so this is Molly! - Are you going to say hi?

0:47:19 > 0:47:22Hey. Lexi! Isla!

0:47:22 > 0:47:23POP

0:47:23 > 0:47:24Oh! Ooh!

0:47:26 > 0:47:29- Hey. I'm sure Molly would like to see the hamsters.- Hi, I'm Lexi.

0:47:29 > 0:47:32- Hi, Molly.- But don't let them out of the cage, OK?

0:47:32 > 0:47:34They smell terrible, but we love them.

0:47:34 > 0:47:36The hamsters, that is, not the children.

0:47:37 > 0:47:43- OK, so we have only one rule in my get-togethers. No shop talk, OK?- OK.

0:47:43 > 0:47:47OK. So, here's to you.

0:47:47 > 0:47:49- Thank God you're here.- Cheers.

0:47:49 > 0:47:52OK, well, let's go and meet everyone.

0:47:52 > 0:47:53Hiya.

0:47:59 > 0:48:03- Hiya.- Hello! What can I get you?

0:48:03 > 0:48:06- We appear to have...everything. - Erm...

0:48:06 > 0:48:09- I'll have a white wine, please. - White wine, right.

0:48:16 > 0:48:21Jesus. I hope you're OK with a stupidly large...

0:48:21 > 0:48:23THEY LAUGH

0:48:23 > 0:48:27- So you just walked out? - I didn't really have a choice.

0:48:27 > 0:48:30I can't believe I left it so long.

0:48:30 > 0:48:33That takes guts, under the circumstances.

0:48:33 > 0:48:35So what about you?

0:48:36 > 0:48:41- I heard some people talking. Gossiping.- Ah, no, no.

0:48:41 > 0:48:44I can't compete with that. Erm...

0:48:44 > 0:48:48We just looked at each other one day over another takeaway

0:48:48 > 0:48:51and realised it was over. Called the solicitor the following week.

0:48:51 > 0:48:57- It can't have been that easy. - You know, we... We tried.

0:48:57 > 0:49:02For the kids, you know? Same old story. We wanted it to work.

0:49:02 > 0:49:07- I suppose this is where I'm supposed to blame the job.- But?- I blame her.

0:49:07 > 0:49:11Obviously. I'm kidding. It's, erm...

0:49:11 > 0:49:15She's... We're fine. It's, erm...

0:49:16 > 0:49:18She was a civilian.

0:49:18 > 0:49:22You know, different worlds, different references,

0:49:22 > 0:49:26different backgrounds. Bottom line, they don't know what you go through.

0:49:27 > 0:49:29And no man is a hero when you wash his boxers.

0:49:29 > 0:49:34- You could always wash your own! - Hey! I took the bins out!

0:49:34 > 0:49:38So, that's no civilians...which just leaves doctors, right?

0:49:38 > 0:49:43- Maybe, but no anaesthetists, or ENT. - You really are fussy, aren't you?

0:49:43 > 0:49:48Possibly a nice psychiatrist. Someone who needs a project.

0:49:48 > 0:49:51- You actually think you're fixable? - Of course.

0:49:51 > 0:49:53In the right hands.

0:50:04 > 0:50:06KNOCK AT DOOR

0:50:09 > 0:50:11KNOCKING

0:50:25 > 0:50:27Hiya. Nice top.

0:50:27 > 0:50:29- Zara?- All Saints.

0:50:29 > 0:50:31Get you!

0:50:42 > 0:50:43You should ask her.

0:50:45 > 0:50:47How long has it been now?

0:50:47 > 0:50:50Er, six months.

0:50:50 > 0:50:51Seven, actually.

0:50:51 > 0:50:53You should definitely ask her.

0:50:53 > 0:50:56Nah. Too complicated.

0:50:58 > 0:51:00I'm being as quiet as I can!

0:51:07 > 0:51:08- What shift are you on?- Middle.

0:51:08 > 0:51:10- See you.- I'll see you later.

0:51:15 > 0:51:20- See. Told you I was fixable. - It's a work in progress.

0:51:30 > 0:51:32Thank you.

0:51:32 > 0:51:35Right. You can have anything you want.

0:51:35 > 0:51:39- Pizza!- Pizza? OK, cool.

0:51:39 > 0:51:45- The number I have for her doesn't work any more. Do you know where she is?- It's been a few months now.

0:51:45 > 0:51:48- Have you tried her at the hospital? - No longer employed there.

0:51:48 > 0:51:50They won't tell me any more.

0:51:50 > 0:51:53She weren't stupid, our Cath, except when it came to men, maybe.

0:51:53 > 0:51:58Waste of space, that Carl. Maybe she just wanted shot of him for good.

0:51:58 > 0:52:00Thanks.

0:52:02 > 0:52:05Going to need a highly-skilled doctor in resus.

0:52:07 > 0:52:09All right, I'm coming.

0:52:11 > 0:52:14This is a little bit of anaesthetic to make you feel sleepy

0:52:14 > 0:52:17- before we pull your ankle. - Did I hear you say propofol?

0:52:17 > 0:52:20That's right.

0:52:20 > 0:52:24Isn't that what Michael Jackson took, you know, before he died?

0:52:26 > 0:52:28- Cos I'd quite... - STARTS TO SLUR

0:52:30 > 0:52:31Hm. Pretty quick.

0:52:33 > 0:52:36- Ready?- I was born ready, Doctor.

0:52:36 > 0:52:38Right. OK.

0:52:51 > 0:52:53INDISTINCT

0:53:01 > 0:53:04- It's sort of a family get-together. - Ah, it sounds lovely.

0:53:04 > 0:53:06Yeah, it was my mum's idea for her 70th,

0:53:06 > 0:53:08get the whole family together for the weekend.

0:53:08 > 0:53:10Didn't realise it'd be such a mission to get hold of them all!

0:53:10 > 0:53:14- So you're her family?- Adopted. Makes you value it more, somehow.

0:53:14 > 0:53:16Of course, sorry.

0:53:16 > 0:53:18Right.

0:53:18 > 0:53:22Oh, here it is. She must have got a new mobile or something.

0:53:22 > 0:53:26That'll be it. Slave to the upgrade. You are a life-saver.

0:53:28 > 0:53:31And did she give an address?

0:53:31 > 0:53:35- I've got an invitation, too - Mum doesn't trust e-mail.- I think so.

0:53:35 > 0:53:36Oh, yeah, here it is.

0:53:39 > 0:53:41RINGING

0:54:08 > 0:54:09'New message.'

0:54:09 > 0:54:13'Hi, Cath, it's Sam Kelly from the Sheffield Express.

0:54:13 > 0:54:17'I hope this is the right number. I need to speak to you urgently.'

0:54:31 > 0:54:34- Do you know Alison Sutton? - I went to uni with her.

0:54:34 > 0:54:37Heard she went to New Zealand, married some farmer type.

0:54:37 > 0:54:38Still waiting for your passport.

0:54:38 > 0:54:40If you can't dig it out, you're going to need a new one,

0:54:40 > 0:54:42otherwise they'll stop your wages.

0:54:42 > 0:54:44SHE SIGHS

0:54:48 > 0:54:50I don't know what to do.

0:54:50 > 0:54:52She lost it a bit, actually, Ally.

0:54:52 > 0:54:54It doesnae pay to bottle things up.

0:54:54 > 0:54:57You can talk to me, you know, whatever it is.

0:54:57 > 0:54:59Can you keep a secret?