SHE SIGHS
SHE PANTS
SHE EXHALES
That's for you. Thank you.
Hello, hello,
hello, hi. Hi, Lu.
OK, so we have an
ascitic tap to do.
Do you wanna watch?
Well, can I do it?
How many times do
I have to tell you?
Oh, I know, see one, do
one, teach one. Exactly.
Right, the tap is in bay seven,
if you wanna grab the equipment
and meet me there. Yeah.
You are way too
keen. Oh, piss off.
And so the pressure in
your belly will decrease,
and you'll feel a lot better.
OK, and then we're just gonna let
that drain away there. Thank you.
So you're gonna give him
enough albumin to prevent...?
Erm, hyp... hypervolemia.
Bingo. I'd say by the size of him,
he's gonna drain about 20 litres.
20 litres? That's like
carrying triplets.
You know he's got a bottle
of vodka in his bag.
I don't know why we bother
treating patients like him.
Because it's our job. And
we're not here to judge.
Well, OK, then I want first dibs on
tapping him next time he turns up.
Deal.
I know, but unless
I get the CT report,
I can't discharge him.
I need the bed, OK?
Thank you. Thank you,
I appreciate that.
PHONE VIBRATES
SHE SIGHS
What is it? I'm at work.
Jesus, how has this
happened again?
I'm not doing
it. KNOCK ON DOOR
Sorry, Mam, I can't help
you with this. Erm...
You're gonna have to find
someone else, thank you, bye.
Sorry, I didn't mean to
interrupt. It's fine.
Can I help you with anything?
Have you seen Dr Harris?
Oh, you've just missed him.
He went to go pick up his kid.
But you can get him on his phone
for the rest of his shift. OK.
PHONE VIBRATES Anything else?
Erm, no, no, that's
fine, thank you.
PHONE VIBRATES
SHE SIGHS
Oscar. What are you
still doing here?
Your shift finished
ages ago. Yeah, I know.
But it was busy and I thought
you could use the help.
Go home, Oscar, you're
on an early tomorrow.
Look, honestly, I-I can
stay, if you want me to.
We don't need you. There's only
one overdose that's coming in,
and Ramya's gonna help me with it.
Oh, but it's nearly my home time.
Can't we hand it over
to the nightshift?
Er, I'll pretend I
didn't hear that.
Oh, I was really hoping
for a quiet hour.
Er, touch wood, Ramya,
don't say the Q-word.
Oscar. Stop. Sorry, sorry.
I'm gonna go for my break. Ramya,
bleep me if that overdose comes in
and you are gonna come with me,
cos I need you to get the
heck out of here. Urgh.
Come on, you're in early
tomorrow, let's go.
Oh, what are you doing smoking,
Edwards? I thought you'd quit?
I have quit.
I just smoke when I'm at work.
How's work going?
Same-same. How about you?
Busy.
MONITOR BEEPS IN DISTANCE
DOOR SLAMS Through here.
OK, we're in here, watch your backs.
Watch your backs, watch your backs.
Right, bay five, this
way, please, thank you.
Watch yourself, watch yourself.
OK, guys, I need you on that
side. Feng, Luke, ready on three,
we're gonna lift. One,
two, three, lift. Go.
This is 23-year-old Edith Owusu.
Found unconscious at home, following
an accidental opioid overdose.
Was anyone with her?
No, but we found needles and
drug paraphernalia beside her.
We gave two doses of 400
micrograms of naloxone IM
and she's responding well.
Thank you. OK, Edith,
darling, can you hear me?
I'm Dr Lucinda Edwards, I'm
gonna be looking after you, OK?
Can you tell me what it
is that you've taken?
Can we get another dose
of naloxone ready, please?
ALARM TRILLS
I'm gonna have a listen to your
chest, OK, love? Reception?
Finish that?
Reception, reception!
Lucinda, we need to go.
What's happening? Come
on, we need to go now.
No, but I-I can't leave her.
Lucinda, we need to go now. Come on.
OK, Feng, I need you to call
Dr Harris, get Ramya, OK,
and stay with her, I'm gonna
be back as soon as I can.
What's happened? Are
the police here? Wait!
SCREAMING What's happened?
You know the protocol,
wait for the police.
I can't wait. Wait for the
police, you know we have to!
Don't go in there!
Get your hands off me!
Lucinda! What are you
doing? Sir. Sir, stop.
Stay still! Sir, I
need you to calm down.
Who are you? I'm
a doctor, I'm...
Get back! Lucinda, come
back now. Just come back.
No, don't. Look at
them, look at them,
they are gonna stay back,
they're not going to go anywhere.
They are not gonna do
anything, believe me. Sir...
Help him. I can help him, but
you've got a g*n in my face.
Sir, what's your friend's
name? No names, just help him.
OK, I want to help him,
but I can't help him,
cos you've got a g*n in
your hand, so, please,
put that down and
I will help him.
Look, my name is Dr Lucinda
Edwards, I'm in charge here.
Help him, then.
I will help him.
I will be the first to help him,
but I need you to put
the g*n down, please.
Listen. CROWD GASPS
Help him now.
I want to help you. We
all want to help you.
I'm gonna count to three.
I wanna keep your friend
safe. One... two...
I just want to help you, please.
Don't make me count three.
Put it down.
MUFFLED g*nsh*t
He's going for the car
park! Follow emergency CCTV,
get a full description to
the police, get on it now.
Hello, can you hear me?
Right, Brian, I need you down
this end, we're gonna lift him.
So, everyone, on three.
We're gonna lift, you ready?
Ready. Ready? One, two, three.
Watch your back. OK, I need as
many hands on deck here, please.
SHE PANTS
There's no beds. We
need to move someone.
Lucinda.
Lucinda. No, let me
just think for a second.
Erm, let's move the
overdose to majors.
Right, no, we can move
one of the others.
We can move the sepsis, or the
MI. They're not well enough.
What are we doing?
Lucinda, what are we doing?
Lucinda, what we
doing? Lucinda?
Fine, I'm gonna go with
the overdose to majors.
No, we need you here. OK?
Ramya can go with the overdose.
She's stable. She'll
be fine with Ramya.
This boy's bleeding out,
for God's sake, Lucinda!
What are you gonna do,
prioritise a junkie over a child?
Lucinda, what we
doing? Come on.
Ramya, you're gonna
stay with this patient
and you're gonna
go to majors. OK.
We're gonna swap her
out for the sh**ting.
I'm gonna brief
you as we go. OK.
Right, you fast bleep
the trauma team.
Where's Dr Harris? I
dunno, I'm gonna call him.
OK. Back. Now, come over
here, quick as you can.
Can you move? Can you
get out of the way?
RAMYA: Lucinda,
what are you doing?
We need to go. Now, Lucinda!
Lucinda! Yeah, I'm
checking the notes! Right.
Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Stop, stop, stop, stop.
In, in, in. OK.
Erm, Lucinda, I've never treated
an opioid overdose before.
It is very straightforward,
OK? You're gonna wait here,
you're gonna give her
800 microgram doses...
Listen to me, you're
gonna give her
800 microgram doses of naloxone
until her breathing stabilises.
OK, 800 micrograms of naloxone.
OK, do you want to repeat
the plan back to me?
Erm, no, no, it's fine, I
got it. You've got this?
Yep. Good, let me know
when she improves. Go.
OK. Go.
'Hi, this is Dr Leo Harris, please,
leave me a message after the tone."
PHONE BEEPS
Leo, for f*ck's sake, will you pick
up your phone? We need you in here.
OK, we need to give
this to her now.
Thank you.
sh*t. His abdomen's rigid.
The surgeons are on their
way. They'll assess him,
and then we can take him to
theatre. There's not enough time.
You can't feel
his carotid pulse.
Right, I'm gonna have to clamp
his aorta and stabilise him.
Prep for an emergency
thoracotomy.
Edith, Edith, can you
hear me? EDITH MOANS
OK.
Thanks, Lucinda.
Theatre's prepped.
We'll take it from here.
You two, hurry up.
He's gonna make it.
Well done, you. Good.
Well done, you.
Rammy, why aren't you
with the overdose?
Well, you said to let to let
you know when she improved.
sh*t.
What's happened? She's gone
into respiratory arrest.
Edith, darling, can you hear
me? Sweetie, can you hear me?
She's unresponsive.
How much naloxone did you give
her? 800 micrograms, like you said.
How many doses?
What do you mean?
How many doses? One!
I told you to repeat the
dose if she didn't stabilise.
We're all good, we're OK,
Edith, we're all good.
OK, here we go, here we go.
Here we go. Sats are dropping.
Right. Right, starting compressions.
Put out the arrest call.
Go, go. Starting compressions.
Three, four, five, six...
Three, four...
SHE PANTS
SHE PANTS
Oh, sh*t. How long?
Half an hour. I think
we should call it.
Hey, hey, that's it, that's
enough. That's enough.
SHE PANTS It's over.
Time of death, 10:11.
This is all your fault.
How could you be so stupid?
Stupid!
DOOR SLAMS
SHE PANTS
CHILD CHATTERS
Do you want to know
which one? What's this?
A big boy. It is a big boy.
And then that's a
foot, goes in there.
Oh, toe!
I keep telling you,
you'll be fine.
I don't need no help.
You did nothing wrong. Yeah,
but it's not that simple.
It is an official complaint, and
I was a senior doctor in charge.
So the buck stops with me. Yeah,
but you saved that boy's life.
Yeah, but Edith still
shouldn't have died.
Well, once they hear
what you did do...
they'll say you're a hero.
Your mummy's a hero, isn't she?
CHILD LAUGHS Is she?
No! No!
No? No!
SHE CHUCKLES
I'll just take
stick his hair on.
Right, I'm gonna go.
Lucinda.
George, oh, my God! Come here.
What are you doing
here? Oh, erm...
I work here now as an
investigator. No way!
So, you're not practising
medicine any more?
I'm assigned to
your case. Really?
Yeah. All right, yeah, cool.
I'm sure you'll be fine,
though. That's reassuring.
Well, anyway, yeah, we should
probably get going. We should.
Your rep's already
here. Great.
OK.
Thank you for coming in
this morning, Dr Edwards.
My name is Dr Norma Callahan,
I'm the head of the West Yorkshire
Medical Investigation Unit.
Dr George Adjei,
investigating doctor.
Kathy Miller, medical secretary.
This is a release form.
If you could just fill that
out, it'll give us permission
to access your personnel
records. It's standard procedure.
Yeah, that's fine.
Yeah? Yep.
Cheers. Thank you.
As you're aware, following
Edith Owusu's death
earlier this month, her
father, Sir Anthony Owusu,
has lodged a complaint about the
treatment she received in the RH.
As the most senior
doctor present,
the responsibility for
her care fell to you. Mm.
Which is why we're
interviewing you today.
We receive several complaints
like this every year.
And we are duty-bound to
fully assess each one.
In preparation for this interview,
we've collected written statements
from A&E staff on duty the
night of Edith's death.
Today is just about getting a
clearer picture of what happened,
your decision-making.
Yeah, that's fine by me.
Let's go over the events of
the night Edith Owusu died.
Mm-hmm. Erm...
Yes, A&E bleeped me just after
nine about Edith's arrival.
And I went to resus.
I was treating her when the alarms
went off and Beth came in to...
Matron Beth Relph?
Er, yes, and, erm...
What happened next?
So we went into reception,
and that's when I saw
the boy and the gunmen.
We've read written statements
about your conduct.
You were very
brave. SHE LAUGHS
No, any doctor would
have done the same.
How was Edith when you
left to go to reception?
Er, she was stable.
She'd responded well to the
naloxone given by the paramedics,
so it felt safe to
leave her, temporarily.
And when you returned to resus
with the g*nsh*t patient,
you had a dilemma.
Yes. Erm...
He needed a bed, and Edith
had taken the last one.
The other resus patients were...
Well, they were
critically unwell. Erm...
Edith was more stable at that point,
so I decided to move her to majors.
Sounds like a
straightforward decision.
However, a number of witnesses state
you struggled to make this decision.
That while you were
deciding what to do,
Edith's condition
deteriorated in resus.
Well, that wasn't my
assessment of the situation.
Dr Ramya Morgan states
she tried to alert you
to Edith's deterioration,
but that you were distracted,
checking Edith's paperwork.
I don't recollect Dr Morgan
saying anything like that.
I'm wondering whether
during this delay,
an opportunity to give Edith
another dose of naloxone was missed.
SHE SCOFFS
We're talking about seconds. I
mean, a minute or two at most.
Jesus.
Edith received more naloxone
as soon as she got to majors.
Surely, any delay would
potentially contribute
to the overall worsening
of her condition?
If you were struggling,
why didn't you...?
Why didn't you ask Dr Harris
to help you? I mean, he was...
Yes, he was the consultant
on duty that night.
Yes, he was, and his
shift finished at 9pm,
and Edith came in shortly after.
Pardon me, sorry, Dr Morgan said
she wanted to discuss a patient
with Dr Harris at 8:30,
but you told her that Dr
Harris had already left.
OK, so he left half an hour
early to pick up his son.
It wasn't a big deal, OK?
People with families, we...
we look out for one another,
and we cover for
each other, that's...
We're like a family
on the ward. And...
SHE SIGHS
I called him, and he came
back as soon as he could.
OK, Kathy, can we pull up the
resus record, please? Yep.
Someone changed the
presenting complaint
from accidental to
deliberate overdose.
Do you know who
would have done that?
Erm, yeah, that was me.
Why were you so sure...
it was deliberate?
Erm, she...
..had been treated for addiction
and she had a history of depression.
With a previous suicide attempt.
Edith's father
states her addiction
had been successfully
treated last year
and that she hadn't expressed
suicidal ideation for a long time.
Because suicidal ideation is
very different from intent.
Edith's actions were
consistent with intent.
And, besides, acknowledging
her mental health
history felt important.
You have to understand
that if I had coded
her overdose as accidental,
she never would have
fit the criteria
for psychiatric review prior to
her discharge, do you understand?
That's... That's true.
OK.
OK. Let's move on to
what happened in majors.
Erm, I gave Dr Morgan a
management plan for Edith,
and I stayed in resus to
look after the sh**ting.
And what were your instructions?
I told her to give her
800 micrograms of naloxone
and stay with Edith, so
she could repeat the dose
if her breathing rate dropped.
The whole point is
that she had to stay
and wait for her
breathing to stabilise.
Dr Morgan states you only told
her to give one dose of naloxone
and to let you know
when Edith improved. No.
No, no, that's not true.
Because breathing can
improve, but not be stable.
Dr Morgan clearly doesn't
understand the difference.
Why didn't you write
the plan in the notes?
There wouldn't have
been any confusion then.
Because there wasn't enough time.
There wasn't enough time. OK.
Dr Morgan's statement mentions
a drain you didn't allow to fit
earlier in the shift, because you
didn't think that she was competent.
No, I didn't.
Yet you felt she was sufficiently
competent to manage an overdose?
Draining ascites is
technically difficult.
Writing naloxone on a drug
chart and waiting is not.
Dr Morgan states she
expressly told you
that she had never before
managed an opioid overdose.
Did that not concern you? No.
Because my instructions
were clear.
That's how doctors learn in A&E.
Junior doctors,
that's how they learn.
OK, but if that's the case,
why did Dr Morgan
only give one dose?
She didn't wait with
Edith long enough.
So when her breathing rate
dropped, Dr Morgan wasn't there.
So Edith did not
receive more naloxone.
So either she didn't
understand the instructions,
or your instructions
weren't clear.
My instructions were clear.
The only thing that's clear to me,
Dr Edwards, is that Edith Owusu
did not receive enough
naloxone to prevent her death.
So whether that was due to a delay
in her receiving more doses...
a miscommunication in
her treatment plan...
..or an unavoidable
consequence of circumstance
can only now be clarified by looking
more closely at events that night.
That will do us for today.
Sorry, what does that mean?
Well, we'll go over
everything and decide
whether a full fitness-to-practice
investigation is needed.
And when can I expect
to hear from you?
We'll notify you in writing
before the end of the week.
Thank you.
Thank you.
SHE SIGHS
THEY SIGH
If the sh**ting
hadn't come in...
..Edith Owusu would
still be alive.
She'd still be alive if
she'd received more naloxone.
Well... Lucinda dithered over
her decision to move Edith.
A decision a doctor of her
experience and capability
should be comfortable making.
She shouldn't have left
Edith with Dr Morgan,
a doctor several
grades her junior,
who just wasn't competent to
manage a serious overdose.
And her instructions were
wrong, or, at best, unclear.
You know we're gonna have to look
into this further, don't you?
Are you gonna be comfortable with
that, given your... connection?
Medicine's a small world.
I knew that when I took the job.
I can be objective.
Can you? Yes.
What is a full
fitness-to-practice investigation?
Don't be alarmed.
They just have to be thorough.
It might not even get to that.
So you think that went OK?
I've seen far worse, believe me.
I think you'll be fine.
CHILD BABBLES AND CHUCKLES
CHILD BABBLES
Erm...
This one.
She's my favourite.
Yeah, look at her
long tail. Ohh!
PHONE VIBRATES
Mummy!
Mm-hm?
And this one, it missed
the table! Mm-hmm.
And this one turns into a boat.
What's there? Right there?
Hm?
No, Abbie, you've got loads of
toys in there. Look at these ones.
Play with that one.
Yeah, look, where's
your fishing rod gone?
PHONE VIBRATES
For f*ck's sake, Abbie.
Jesus Christ, what did
you do that for? Tom!
Tom! Tom! What?
She just... What is it?
Look, can you just...?
Just look after her, please.
Just do this, do this, please.
What? You frightened
the life out of me.
SHE SIGHS
Relax.
SHE BREATHES DEEPLY
SHE SIGHS
PHONE VIBRATES
Morning.
Yeah, morning.
Everything all right?
Just some boring life
admin I have to deal with.
I can't believe Dr
Harris is making me
add this f*cking
reflection to my portfolio.
You know Edith's death is
gonna be on my record forever?
Yeah, but I'd say you got
let off pretty lightly.
I mean, you could have
been referred to the MIU.
Yeah. True.
Or maybe I should reflect
on Lucinda assaulting me.
Did you...? Did you put
that in your MIU statement?
No. But I should have done.
The b*tch deserves it. Mm.
Well, if I were you, I'd
keep that to myself. Why?
Lucinda's being
investigated, not me.
Yeah, but you were the one
looking after the patient, right?
So what if they come
after you, as well?
Look, come on, you need Dr Harris
to sign you off for this rotation,
and Lucinda is his little protege.
But she was clearly in the wrong.
So what? He's not going
back you up over her, is he?
Look, you've got a
couple of months...
Hey, I need one of you to carry
out an urgent lumbar puncture.
Big four. I'd rather not.
I've just got a ton of
other jobs to do already,
and I've never done
one before, so...
I can do it, if you
need it doing now?
No, Dr Morgan should do it.
It'll look great for
your e-portfolio.
This patient's 12. Mm-hmm.
Suspected meningitis.
Yeah, I just... I don't
really feel comfortable
sticking a needle into
a 12-year-old's spine.
Are you refusing to carry out a
procedure requested by your senior?
No. No, course not.
A complaint against one of our
doctors puts us all at risk.
98% of complaints from aggrieved
family members go nowhere.
We'd have to be very unlucky.
Right, but if it spirals...
..and we need a
sacrificial lamb.
Not Lucinda. She
doesn't deserve that.
She's a good doctor.
Well, would you
rather I said you?
Because this won't
go any higher.
The buck will stop with A&E.
KNOCK ON DOOR Yeah, come in.
DOOR OPENS
Dr Callahan and Dr Adjei
from the MIU for you.
Oh, great, thank
you, Jane. Thank you.
Thanks, I'll leave you to
it. Hi, Norma Callahan.
Hello. Dr Mike Willet,
clinical director.
Leo Harris. Norma.
Hi. Leo's our lead
A&E consultant.
Are you joining us? I'm
afraid I have to leave.
Yes, I gather you're in the
habit of leaving early. Hm?
Well, you left early the
night Edith Owusu died.
Oh, yes, yes, I had to collect
my son from a rugby match.
My wife was away at a convention,
his ride fell through,
and I didn't feel
too comfortable
about putting a
seven-year-old in a minicab.
But you felt comfortable enough
leaving Dr Edwards in charge of A&E?
Well, yes, she's an
excellent doctor.
I have absolute faith in
her fitness to practice.
Well, I'm afraid we deal with facts,
not faith, which is why we're here.
Carly, you're gonna stay as still
as possible for Dr Morgan, OK?
CARLY MOANS Are you
sure this is necessary?
Yes. This is the quickest
way for us to sample
the fluid around your
daughter's brain.
OK? It's gonna help us work
out how best to treat her.
OK. As you insert the needle,
aim towards the umbilicus.
Level up, you'll feel a give
as the needle enters
the subarachnoid space.
And the fluid should
come out clear.
CARLY MOANS It's OK, it's OK.
Ow!
You're being a very brave
girl, Carly, well done.
CARLY PANTS
CARLY MOANS
Is this...? Is this
right? Keep going.
You're doing fine.
It's just a bloody tap.
OK.
You did well for
your first attempt.
You should have warned me about
the potential for a bloody tap.
Well, you should have learned
that in medical school.
You forced me to do that procedure.
I told you I didn't want to do it.
Ramya, you are a A&E doctor.
You're here to learn
these procedures.
But if you feel uncomfortable,
I can talk to Dr Harris?
That's... That's not
what I meant. I just...
A warning would have been...
Lucinda, have you got a sec?
Is this a bad time?
No, no, Dr Edwards was just giving
me some useful bedside teaching.
Right, we'll take this
in the office. Mm-hmm.
OK, so after further examination
of the events of the night
of Edith Owusu's death,
we have decided to proceed
with the formal investigation
into your fitness to practice.
And as part of that investigation,
Dr Willet has kindly
given permission for George
to observe you in A&E.
George will be observing the whole
department, so it's not just you.
Just needs to get an idea
of how the team works.
Not just me? No.
No.
And how long for?
Just a few days.
I won't be with
you all the time.
I'll spend some time looking
at your A&E case history
and, erm, just chatting
to the staff in your team.
Yeah, you just need to
show these guys you know
what you're doing under similar
presentations, that's all.
Which I know you do.
And, you know, don't
worry, I'll be discreet.
You won't even see
me. Like a ghost?
Yeah. Great.
PHONE DIALS
Yeah, I know, I need
to talk, that's why.
OK, what time?
OK, OK, I have to go.
You did say ten o'clock.
This is getting ridiculous
now, it's the third time.
How many times are we
gonna need to reschedule?
Sweet Jesus Christ!
You're literally following me,
aren't you? I'm shadowing you.
George, you said I was gonna
be fine. You might still be.
Yeah, because you shadowing
me at work is, what,
your boss' way of saying
that everything's A-OK?
If you prefer, I can talk
to Matron Beth first,
then, find you later.
You can't, she's not in.
It's her day off. OK, then,
I-I'll stick with you.
Great (!)
When we were F2s, I never would've
guessed you working in MIU.
I thought you loved
oncology. I did.
But, you know, life happened.
Why did you switch?
Like I said, the
work-life balance got me.
Is it true that you
k*lled a patient?
I-If you know, why
are you asking?
Sorry, Lucinda.
We've all been there,
but we don't quit.
We just... get on with it.
OK, and the other eye.
OK, thank you.
If you'd just like to lay
down for us now, thank you.
You just can lean back.
Are you feeling...?
How's that dizziness now?
It a bit better
now. A bit better.
So it gets worse, is it,
when you try and move around?
Yeah, it's just when I'm
mobile. When you're mobile.
Well, I'm gonna put
these sides up for you,
in case you try
and escape on me.
He-e-e had an ataxic gait
and I think nystagmus,
maybe, like, rectus palsy.
But then he was disorientated.
Excellent, so...?
Mm.
Is it Wernicke's encephalopathy?
Yes! Yeah?
Yeah, so you're gonna
give him... Mm-hmm.
..plenty of thymine.
You know your stuff, Beattie,
OK? You should be more confident.
Mm. Shouldn't it
be Pabrinex, IV,
instead of the oral thymine?
That is a good spot.
Well done, Beattie.
Mr Verity, I'm gonna leave you
here with this brainbox of mine.
OK, thank you.
See you. Take care.
OK, just try and relax.
The nurse is gonna come
and see you, all right?
Thank you, doctor. Thank you.
Oscar, does that happen often?
What? Correcting Dr
Edwards' mistakes?
No. Erm, I mean, it's
not really a mistake.
It's the same drug, I just
thought the IV would be better.
Yeah. Y-You're a big
fan of Dr Edwards?
I wouldn't say that. That's
how your statement reads.
She is a good doctor,
approachable and keeps
the team as morale up.
Like, A&E isn't really
the easiest place to be,
and Luce is one of the
best things about it. Luce?
God, Dr Edwards.
Does Ramya get on with Dr
Edwards as well as you?
Ramya? Erm...
You'd have to go
and ask her. Yeah.
Quick, while I've
got you here. Yeah.
During the pandemic, Dr Edwards
took several months off.
Don't use that against
her. Use what against her?
It's nothing.
HE CLEARS THROAT Hey,
sounds like something.
No, no, I just... I
just meant, you know,
everyone took time
off work at some point
and you can't hold
that against them.
OK, look, erm...
..you'll help her more by
telling me what you know now,
instead of us finding out later.
Yeah. So why did she
take so much time off?
Was the pandemic
particularly hard for her?
T-The pandemic was
hard for everyone, OK?
And if you did any clinical work,
you would know that. All right?
Lucinda was not the
only one, we all did it.
Look, I... Honestly, I need to get
back to work now, it's pretty busy.
If you haven't noticed.
Yeah. OK. Thanks.
Where the hell have you
been? Good to see you, too.
Great to see you, too, Rob.
How are you holding up?
I haven't slept in days.
They're following me
around in work, Rob.
OK, this isn't going away, I think
we need to tell them the truth.
No, no. Sit, sit down.
If we just sit tight
and say nothing...
this all blows over.
I changed the notes.
This is my career that's
on the line. I know.
Rob, I was thinking,
OK, you're Edith's GP.
I think you need to just tell
the MIU you prescribed her
just a little extra methadone,
cos you were afraid
that she was gonna buy
the other sh*t off the
streets. I can't do that!
Rob, If the MIU
keep investigating,
they'll find out about
the other overdoses.
OK, I could be
completely struck off.
You won't get struck off.
Great, you're not gonna help
me. Great (!) Because...
any investigation into me
will do more than end
both of our careers.
What does that mean?
If the MIU goes crawling
through my prescribing,
it won't just be Edith's record
that interests them, will it?
You gave me those pills...
so that I can work, OK? Mm.
They help me do my job.
You really think that's
how the MIU will see it?
Luce... just stick it out.
I promise you,
we'll both be fine.
OK?
You know what you've gotta do,
put yourself on those dating apps,
that's what I'm
doing. Are you?
Don't look so surprised. I'm
not gonna leave all this to rot.
You should do it, put
yourself out there.
All right, all right. Well, does
Ruby know you're on dating apps?
She's got a girlfriend now.
She's having more
fun than me. Right.
Anyway... how did today go?
Yes, yes, erm...
HE CLEARS THROAT
..HR sent Lucinda's personnel
file through the email - finally.
I did notice she had a
particularly long period
of sick leave during COVID.
The notes are heavily redacted.
Well, that's odd. Yeah.
I tried asking Oscar
Beattie about it,
but I got nothing out of him.
I mean, he thinks
Lucinda can do no wrong.
There's a bit of an odd
vibe between them, actually.
What do you mean, odd?
I caught him, erm,
checking up on her.
Changing a
prescription she made.
She prescribed oral thymine,
and Oscar corrected
it to IV Pabrinex.
Christ, that's...
That is not a mistake
to make at her level.
I mean, those
mistakes cost lives.
That's why we do the
job we do, George.
Yeah, we all make
mistakes, don't we?
You have to let that go.
George, what happened to you,
don't draw parallels with this.
I know, I know.
It's not the same.
I know, I know. You're
a good doctor, George.
I know. So stop it.
Put that behind you.
Yes, boss. Good.
Talk to Dr Morgan tomorrow
and get her side of things.
I'm gonna get another drink.
Right, well, I've
been up all night
looking through Lucinda's
past patient notes.
Scintillating (!)
Carry on.
She hasn't once given incorrect
advice on an opiate overdose.
Are you sure she didn't
ask you to stay with Edith?
Erm, yeah, sorry, why... why
are you asking me questions
that I've already answered?
Excuse me, please.
I just... I just need to be clear
about what happened at night.
Can you take me through
it again? Step-by-step?
Er, fine.
Erm... I mean, it was
a really busy shift.
It was relentless.
So busy that Oscar actually stayed
until after his shift finished.
Does he do that often? Well,
he says he likes to help out,
but I swear he only does
it when Lucinda's on.
It's embarrassing.
Er, that night, he stayed,
like, two hours after his shift,
just in case she needed
help with anything.
Erm, and Lucinda practically
forced him to go home before nine,
even though she knew there
was a big overdose coming.
And she still managed to
go out for a f*g break.
Lucinda knew about the
overdose before nine?
Yeah, and she came back
stinking of cigarettes.
It was gross.
Sorry, are you absolutely sure
Lucinda mentioned the
overdose before 9pm?
Yeah. I remember, because we had
this whole conversation about it
being in my last hour.
I said I hoped it stayed quiet,
and Oscar got all superstitious
because I said the word quiet,
and touched wood to ward
off the jinx I'd created.
And Lucinda got all snappy...
Look, I've gotta go.
But thank you. Thanks.
Yeah, happy to help.
I'm sorry, could you
hold that for me, please?
OK. Thank you.
So, I've put together a timeline
for the night Edith died.
A&E was first alerted to the
arrival of an overdose patient
when the paramedics called
it in, en route with Edith.
This was at 9:07pm.
But Ramya has stated she remembers
clearly being told by Lucinda
that an overdose was on its way
before Lucinda went on a break.
CCTV cameras outside A&E show
Lucinda leaving the department
for that break at 8:52pm.
Look.
There.
So, how did Lucinda know an overdose
was coming to A&E before nine?
Ramya must be wrong. I mean,
Lucinda can't have known
before the call was put
in, unless she's psychic.
Or someone told her.
We only asked her to detail what
happened after Edith arrived in A&E.
No-one cared about
when she got there.
So I requested Lucinda's call logs
for the evening of Edith's death.
And at 8:27, she received
a call from this number
lasting less than one minute.
At 8:29, the 999
call centre received
a call from an anonymous male
reporting Edith's overdose.
He gave Edith's location,
but hung up before any further
details could be ascertained.
This call lasted
approximately two minutes.
Then, at 8:32, Lucinda received
another call from this same number.
Lasting less than a minute.
And then, sometime
between 8:32 and 8:52,
Lucinda tells Ramya that
an overdose is on its way,
even though A&E don't
know this until 9:07.
Erm... Did that...? Did
that make sense? I was...
Yeah, yeah, yeah, makes
perfect sense. Well done.
Yeah. So the assumption is,
whoever owns that number
alerted Lucinda and 999
to Edith's overdose.
But why? What have we missed?
Do you think Lucinda and
Edith knew each other?
Well, I mean, it's possible,
but why not just say that?
I mean, it doesn't
really add up, does it?
Kathy, let's get Lucinda in
for another interview tomorrow.
I want to hear her
unedited version of events.
SHE MUTTERS
SHE SIGHS
PHONE DIALS
VOICEMAIL: 'The person
you are calling...'
Look, they want to interview
me again, so, erm...
I've decided that I'm
gonna tell them the truth.
All right, so, erm, yeah.
There's, erm, there's
some OJ there for you.
I'm actually gonna go and get
a coffee, do you want one?
Er, no thanks. Right, missus.
What do you do with this?
We can play with that after,
you eat your food first.
PHONE VIBRATES Oh, your, erm...
Your phone's ringing.
Rose? Who's Rose?
Can you...? Give me that,
give me that, give me that.
SHE COUGHS
Eat some of your
breakfast there, darling.
FOOTSTEPS THUD
AND DOOR CRASHES
Luce?
Lucinda!
Luce!
What's she doing?
Where's Mummy gone?
Come in, babe. You
come in, darling.
Good girl. DOG BARKS
Luce! Luce!
What the f*ck, Luce? I thought
we agreed to keep quiet.
I can't, OK? They're looking at
my phone records, for God's sake.
From when? From the
night Edith died.
Rob, if they go
back far enough...
No, but they don't
know what to look for.
They've got no idea. Right. So
why are they requesting them?
OK? They must know something.
Look, you're just panicking.
When's the interview?
This afternoon.
Oh, sh*t. OK, OK, you
need to stall them.
Tell them you're
sick, or something.
I can sort this out,
but I need more time.
I am so done with
doing favours for you.
Lucinda, listen to me.
Stop it. Please, stop.
Listen, don't do this.
Please, I'm begging you.
Stop, Robert, stop.
You'll ruin everything.
You have no idea
what you're doing.
I'll tell them you're an
addict! I am not an addict!
TYRES SQUEAL
SHE PANTS
PEOPLE CHATTER
SHE BREATHES RAGGEDLY
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