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Episode 18

Reality

TV-PG

45

Jul 28, 2020

Sister Benita Wainwright is running Barnsley Hospital's Casualty Department and it's bursting at the seams.

Season 3, 20 episodes

Sister Harriet Lindley is running today’s shift, the hospital is already busy and there’s been a sharp rise in the number of ambulances being called.

At Barnsley Hospital the department is facing a big change, eight new junior doctors have joined the close-knit team.

Over 300 patients are expected over the next twenty-four hours at Barnsley Casualty and beds are already in short supply. Sister Benita Wainwright is managing the team.

Over 300 patients will come through the doors of Barnsley Casualty today, and it’s down to Sister Jane Hawksworth to make sure they’re all seen in good time .

The front line of Barnsley hospital is its Casualty department and heading the charge is Consultant Doctor Julian Humphrey.

We spend an eventful night shift with Barnsley Hospital’s Casualty team. Evenings are a peak time for road traffic collisions and the most critical cases are blue lit straight to Casualty.

Barnsley Hospital’s Casualty Department regularly hits its four-hour patient treatment target. If a patient isn’t treated, discharged, or admitted within this window it’s known as a breach.

The Barnsley Casualty Department needs staffing round the clock, but today two nurses have phoned in sick.

Consultant Doctor Julian Humphrey is leading the shift at Barnsley Hospital’s Casualty, but he’s not had the kind of start he was hoping for.

Sister Jane Hawksworth has clocked on for a night shift to find every bed in Barnsley Hospital is taken.

Sister Benita Wainwright is leading the team, a day that she describes as 'Chaos'.

At Barnsley Casualty the team clock on to a backlog of patients waiting to be transferred to wards.

After an extraordinarily busy few days, the team at Barnsley Casualty are struggling to clear the backlog of patients, and new arrivals are waiting up to 5 hours to see a doctor.

At Barnsley Hospital’s Casualty Department, it’s an unusual shift with 3 experienced Sisters working together.

It’s been a busy night at Barnsley Hospital’s Casualty Department, so the corridors are already packed full of patients when Sister Benita Wainwright arrives to head the shift.

Junior Doctor Jake Mullen oversees the treatment of 17-year-old Dan who is rushed in by ambulance.

The pediatric team battle the lack of beds, treating a range of patients from 3-year-old Ivy who’s having a prolonged epileptic fit to 15-year-old Ben with a broken toe.

Sister Benita Wainwright is running Barnsley Hospital's Casualty Department and it's bursting at the seams.

Leading the shift at Barnsley Hospital's Casualty Department is Consultant Doctor Julian Humphrey and he's got some news to share - he'll soon be starting a new job in Australia.

While people enjoy a most wonderful time of the year, Barnsley Hospital Casualty is open for business as usual, and the team are getting into the Christmas spirit.

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Casualty 24/7

Reality

TV-PG

3

45

The doors of Barnsley Casualty Department are open 24/7. In this exclusive series, we see for the first time what’s really going on in the hearts and minds of the medical emergency team.

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