Malpractice

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.

Lucinda covertly digs into the circumstances which led to her patient's death while under increasing scrutiny from the Medical Investigation Unit.

The inquest into the patient's death uncovers shocking new information which raises questions for both Lucinda and the Medical Investigation Unit.

Lucinda fights to defend herself as the investigation intensifies and her home life crumbles, but Norma and George disagree about their new evidence

George and Norma must decide if they can trust Lucinda as her search for the truth becomes dangerous and she turns to help from unexpected places.

When psychiatric registrar Dr James Ford finds himself torn between a new mother attending a routine postnatal check-up and the sectioning of a floridly psychotic woman during a busy on-call shift, no one could predict the terrible consequences.

Pressure mounts on Dr Ford as the investigation continues. When another traumatic incident occurs in the unit, James clashes with colleagues and the hospital Trust and leaves the future of the unit in doubt.

In the wake of Maria Carter's evidence, the MIU's investigation turns a spotlight on Dr Hernandez and the obstetric department. But when the Trust question their investigation, the MIU suspect wider cultural issues at the hospital.

The MIU refuse to concede to pressure from the Trust, looking closer into previous complaints that might shed light on the truth, but just how far will the Trust go to protect themselves?

With more questions than answers, the MIU are running out of time to piece together the truth. Dr Ford and the MIU discover witnesses unwilling to speak on record and hints of a wider conspiracy that leads far beyond the failing psychiatric unit.