Bodies (2004) s02e05 Episode Script
Season 2, Episode 5
NARRATOR: Previously on Bodies.
Pull.
Yeah.
-Have you seen Roger? -Not lately.
Oh, it's funny, that.
Seeing as how you two are rapidly becoming this hospital's answer to Rod Hull and Emu.
And is he the only man whose wife you've ever slept with? Fuck you.
Though we've decided not to institute a formal review of your work, we will, however, be closely monitoring your performance and your conduct.
What's the big secret in the O&G department? There isn't another Shipman at large, is there? Not that I know of.
You know with the management all over me like they are, you're the only woman in the hospital that I can go out with.
I mean, as a friend, of course.
That's a relief.
The point is, Polly it's not.
And I worry that it will affect my operating ability.
I mean, you wouldn't be doing it for me, you'd be doing it for the patient.
Doing what? A man's natural impulses, they can distract him from his work if they're not drained away.
-Tony.
-Hmm? You'll just have to drain them away yourself.
-Better start without him.
-Yeah.
Good morning, I'm Mr Lake, the Registrar.
Paediatricians have asked me to take a look at Charlotte.
-Thanks for coming.
-Okay.
Hey, Charlotte, how you doing? I'm Rob.
Okay if I ask you a couple of questions? You've been having tummy aches? Can you point to where the pain is? Can I have a feel of your tummy? ROB: I'll be gentle.
You just tell me when it's sore.
Any pain? Okay.
Now, your Your mummy tells me that you've had a little bit of blood come out.
When the grown-up ladies that we look after bleed like you, then we need to take a look inside them to see what's causing it.
It won't hurt.
You'll be fast asleep.
You won't feel a thing, all right? I'm Roger Hurley, the Consultant.
Hello.
I think this is something we should carry out without delay.
Thank you.
I'm sure we'll be able to help you, Charlotte.
My boss would've been here but she's in clinic.
I'll write up our findings in the notes and maybe give her a call later.
Sorry, boss, I just thought it would be best to get on.
My HRPU meeting ran over a few minutes.
You could have waited.
I'm sorry.
Friday? No, I think I've got a thing on Friday.
Has Katie Chan's HCG been phoned in yet? Yeah.
Christ, Maya.
-Lighten up.
-What the hell's the matter with you? (MOBILE BEEPING) I can't see a pregnancy in the womb, but the lining's slightly thickened.
Boss, this is Katie Chan.
She has a two-day history of increasing Left Iliac Fossa pain.
Her Beta HCG confirms pregnancy.
-Was pregnancy suspected? -No, she suffers from irregular periods.
What's the HCG? Katie, there's a little cyst on your ovary and a little bit of free fluid as well.
I strongly suspect that this is a luteal cyst.
The corpus luteum develops on the ovary in anticipation of pregnancy.
Sometimes it fills with blood and then ruptures.
Now, we can't see an established pregnancy in the womb, but that might be because it's too early yet.
However, I'm afraid if the corpus luteum has ruptured, then the chances of the pregnancy continuing are not good.
I'm sorry it's all a bit up in the air.
I think we should keep her under observation for the time being and repeat her HCG in 40 hours.
-That's it? -Call me if there's any change.
-Hello, there.
-Hiya.
Hello, Joan.
Joan? Joan? Oh, my.
How's she doing? Oh.
Right.
Are you scared of dead people? No.
They're harmless.
It's the live ones you want to worry about.
(DOOR BUZZING) What did I say about letting her die? -You said not to.
-That's right.
Not to.
Tony, she had terminal cancer.
If it was that easy to keep these people alive, it wouldn't be called ''terminal''.
She fell over, she banged her head.
The nurses were eating chocolates, she fell over, she banged her head.
You're not serious.
For Christ's sake, Polly, management have got their beady, bloody eyes on me.
-It's not my fault.
-All I'm asking for is a fib or two.
Tony, I am not going to lie and say that she fell over and hit her head.
Where does the truth get us, Pollyanna, hmm? Do you think the truth saves us? Well, it doesn't.
It's the lies that save us.
The truth, Polly, that's the fucker that kills us.
(SCREAMING) Maya, bleep Mr Lake, and bring me a litre of It's all right, Katie, I've called for help.
Everything's going to be all right.
It's all right, Katie.
It's all right.
(SCREAMS) Sorry.
I'm sorry.
She's shocked.
-I'll put another line into her.
-Okay.
Bring me a Venflon please, orange or brown.
DONNA: It's all right.
It's all right now.
The drip's running, Katie.
It'll help you.
(PAGER BEEPING) BP is 90 over 60.
Once you put that second line in, start colloid.
O negative if there isn't any crossmatch.
You need an operation straightaway.
I'm gonna do everything that I can to stop the bleeding.
Consent her for a laparotomy and get her to theatre.
This isn't a cyst.
It's an ectopic, right? Call the next of kin.
ROB: Shit.
There's so much bleeding, I can't feel the end of the tube.
(ALARM BEEPING ON MONITOR) Suction.
Got it.
Spencer Wells.
Spencer Wells.
Okay, that's got it.
Scissors.
Good.
Boss, it wasn't a cyst.
She's a ruptured ectopic, left tube's blown.
-But I managed to control the haemorrhage.
-I'll scrub in.
Sure, boss.
Give me a dish.
-She could have bled to death.
-Well, she didn't.
How many women has Hurley harmed? The history and examination weren't diagnostic.
The ultrasound was inconclusive.
She was under observation when the ectopic ruptured.
-(STAMMERS) These things happen.
-I've had enough, okay? I am fed up of the near misses, the plausible excuses.
Are you all right? Yeah.
It's me.
And you know it's me.
Are you getting any of these messages? (STAMMERS) I just want an answer.
I want to know if you're coming home again or if it's over, that's all.
Think I've got a right to an answer.
Well, you give him one treatment or something and it wipes the nits out.
Well, you're the GP.
No, as soon as I read the text, I decided it must be psychological.
I'm doing it now.
I've got to go.
I'll speak to you later.
Okay, bye.
Hello, Charlotte.
-Tom.
-Hey.
Okay, can you make a fist for me, Charlotte? Just gonna squeeze your hand.
Now, you're gonna feel a slight scratch, okay? (WHIMPERS) It's all right.
-There we are.
All done.
Brave girl.
-Brave girl.
ROGER: Well done, Charlotte, well done.
You'll have a nice sleep now.
All right, Charlotte? -I'll talk to you straight afterwards.
-Thank you.
HELEN: You were very, very brave.
You were so brave.
Well done, Charlotte.
(GAGGING) Hold on, Charlotte.
Good girl.
Good.
Any more? Well done.
-ROB: How's she doing? -She's settled now.
Charlotte's examination under anaesthetic excluded any serious problems, so I'm inclined to do nothing more at this stage.
Do nothing? Can you imagine what it's like for a 10-year-old girl to have these pains? What it's like when she bleeds? How terrifying that is.
I'll do my best for her.
Thanks, guys.
She's all yours.
(PHONE RINGING) As I'm sure you're all aware, this hospital is now a three star hospital, so we thought it would be a good idea if you could promote this more clearly.
-You said, ''We thought it would be a good idea.
'' -Hmm.
We'd appreciate it if all staff would comply.
Thank you.
Sorry, I'll just be a minute.
(GROANS) Donna, how are you? Oh, good.
Thanks, Roger.
What can I do for you? The management are rightly very proud of the hospital's achievements and I suppose it's taken as a sign of our collective solidarity to wear the symbol of those achievements.
Donna, I hope you can tell this isn't the part about being Clinical Director that appeals to me most.
What part of being Clinical Director does? If Paul Tennant was here, I could call him now and ask him if these bloody things were his project or hers but he's not.
Donna, please let's not fall out.
Just do this little thing for me.
(EXHALING) All Roger's interested in is sucking up to management so they'll turn a blind eye to his cockups.
He didn't cock up Katie Chan's ectopic.
It's not as clear cut as that.
Why are you defending him? It's not about defending.
It's about understanding.
The diagnosis was elusive, haemorrhaging wasn't predictable.
You sound like you're defending him.
I work side-by-side with him.
That is what I have chosen to do.
When he fucks up, I know about it.
I saved a woman's life, case closed.
What else am I meant to do? What do you wanna do? I don't know.
There's no hurry.
I can stay.
-All night? -If you want me to.
Yeah, course I do.
(MONITOR BEEPING) Nice and gently.
On my count, please.
One, two, three.
Mobilise a little more.
-There.
-Thank you.
Maya, you'll notice the pre-pubescent ovaries are considerably smaller than in the normal adult female.
The uterus is small, as one would expect.
Fallopian tubes appear normal.
No abnormalities are apparent.
-Donna.
-Hi, Roger.
The nurses on the Paediatric Ward thought it would be a good idea if someone from Gynae went back with her.
I'll check with the nurse in charge.
Make sure they're all right for a post-op care.
Okay.
(KEYBOARD CLICKING) Sorry, Mr Hurley.
I'm just following up on the HRPU.
It doesn't appear that we have a full risk assessment ahead of the planned opening.
Well, one hasn't been requested.
Well, I've looked into it and I think our solicitors need to know if the trust should increase their medical insurance cover.
Oh, I spoke to Paul.
He's really keen that all staff are seen wearing the new badges.
I expect he wears a super-size one himself, does he? Well, it was on the phone so I wouldn't know.
Can you call the Operations Manager, let her know I'll be sitting in for Paul at the budget meeting.
And there's a meeting with the trust solicitors at 3:00.
Can you try and get that put back to 4:00, and again Sorry to have kept you.
Think these are bit nicer than the ones Paul normally has.
-You can't use this office.
-Sorry, but we've got meetings, and Mr Tennant's away at the Department of Health this week.
I'm acting up to cover for him.
I've got days of meetings.
There's no exceptions.
We'll do this later.
The High Risk Pregnancy Unit will be the only unit of its kind in the region.
Why is this important? You'll be dealing with more complicated cases, which, although they're more of a challenge, they're also more rewarding.
They also will give you experience in dealing with conditions that you may previously have encountered quite rarely, allowing you to consolidate your knowledge base.
Our bid has now gone off to the Strategic Health Authority and they've promised us an answer in due course.
I know how hard some of you have worked on this bid.
Not least Mr Hurley, who has been the driving force behind it.
But this is also an opportunity to air any misgivings that any of you might have.
Perhaps some of us are conscious of the challenge posed by extremely vulnerable mothers and infants.
But it is my aim to create, through study and experience, a staff that can manage these cases.
That's what they said in Bristol.
Sorry, Mr Whitman? TONY: As you well know.
Who'd send this? -I don't know.
-And why? Apart from so I'd make a tit of myself at that meeting.
Well, maybe that was the reason.
What the fuck have you done? You tell me.
You sent that letter to Chrissy Farrell, didn't you? I made a choice to work with Roger.
Not because I think he's a great guy, but because it is the only way I can carry on doing a job that I wanna do.
I'm his safety net here, do you not understand that? I'm the one who has to come in to work every day wondering what he's gonna do, wondering what I'm gonna have to do if he screws up.
And who lives with the consequences of his screw-ups? Just you? Charlotte's wounds are healing nicely.
They've asked me to come check on her again first thing tomorrow.
-But she should be fine.
-Thank you.
Charlotte's laparoscopy went well.
We found no abnormalities.
That's good.
Such a relief.
So what are you gonna do next? Well, at this point, I'd really prefer to hold back from further investigations.
You can't give up on her.
She's sick.
I won't let you give up on her.
I'm gonna talk to somebody about this.
Has anyone asked Charlotte's General Practitioner if there's been a suspicious pattern of medical attendance? Has your boss ever used the expression either in the notes or verbally? Which expression, Roger? The one describes when nobody but the mother's witnessed the events.
Tests are all negative, yet she still wants to put her daughter through more.
What does your boss think? One of her best friends has a child protection case that's been going on for two years.
It's destroying her career.
Sorry.
Well, thank you, everyone.
You were trying to trap him.
-It just came out that way.
-Why? So what if there's a complaint against him? That's a good thing, isn't it? If he accuses the mother of Munchausen by proxy and there's a complaint, and there's an enquiry, what if everything comes out? Everything else Roger has ever done.
So that is a good thing, isn't it? Yeah.
(GASPING) Mr Whitman? We'll use this office.
Mr Hurley? Well, it's standard practice for the Clinical Director to attend these things.
Of course.
Mr Whitman, Hospital Registry have received a death certificate of a patient of yours, a Joan Smith, who you operated on 29 days prior to her death.
With last month's maternal death, you now have the highest death rate of any of the O&G consultants.
Well, at this rate, by the year 5 million I will have killed the whole of the country.
I don't regard this as a laughing matter.
Tony's point is that it's a statistical cluster effect, so extrapolations are invalid.
Thank you, Roger.
But it's rather like getting 12 points on your licence.
It doesn't matter if you get them all in one week or over three years.
-You're still banned.
-Banned? Banned from what? Operating? Well, surely two dead patients is still only six points? Clearly, as Clinical Director, I have to balance my duty to protect patients against instituting an action against a consultant colleague that would harm his and this department's reputation.
Roger are you accusing me of being a threat to patients? If I thought that, Tony, there'd be no balance to weigh.
Chrissy, I think everyone's best interests would be served if we make this a formal warning, with a full clinical review to take place if there are any further adverse events.
Okay.
Thanks.
I'll just be a minute.
Mr Lake? Do you have a few minutes, please? I'm being scary hospital management person.
Right.
CHRISSY: Thirteen Gynae nurses, three other nurses, seven HCE's and five doctors were involved in the care of Katie Chan, and none of them act like they even remember who she was.
Do you have any concerns you'd like to pass on? No.
Do you know of anyone who might have any such concerns? No.
Sorry.
Thanks, Rob.
CHRISSY: Um Did Roger Hurley do anything to mismanage her case? There's a difference between error and negligence.
Was he negligent? No.
But he made a mistake.
Who doesn't? Mr Whitman.
Ben, great to see you.
How are you? All right.
Polly, Ben Hill.
Bing, Stornoway & Carroll.
I saw your presentation on the bisphenafil pilot study data.
So how's the big trial going? -Well -Great.
Really, very good.
Look, why don't we go somewhere more comfortable? Have a nice coffee and a chat.
-How's it going, Polly? -It's too early to say.
Of course.
TONY: Of course.
Thanks.
Let me get this.
Good on you.
(CLEARS THROAT) -I'm a bit concerned, Tony.
-Why, Ben? One or two people have started to say that maybe there was something fishy about the pilot study.
Some people.
The doubts have arisen because you seem reluctant to give us an interim report on the larger trial.
I don't want to have to recommend to the board that we pull your funding.
(CLEARS THROAT) Can I rely on your discretion? It's Polly.
She's got the data stored in about a dozen different files.
I mean, her hard drive is like my daughter's bedroom.
I think she's having some massive personal problem, and she's fallen behind with the data collection.
That's all it is, Ben.
She would kill me if she found out that I told you this, but you're on the team.
So everything's okay now? What, with Polly's massive personal problem? Seems to be, though I don't like to pry.
Good.
So, we'll sort out the computer problem, I'll ask her again about the interim report and I think this time we'll be able to get you the data that you're looking for.
It's interesting that you should bring up Polly, because I was meaning to ask you, man to man, has she got a boyfriend? She's a lezzer.
Let's drain out.
Put obs down to four hourly.
She can mobilise freely as well.
Um, what's -Can I borrow you for a moment, Sister? -Sure.
So much better under me, don't you think? The department, I mean.
-How's the urine output? -It's good.
No problem.
I've got a research project going tits-up and a patient in the morgue.
Okay, well, let's do as I said and then we'll review in the morning.
MAYA: Okay.
It's gonna put me out of business as a challenger to Roger's position.
You're doing very well, Katie.
Look, I just need something to get the fucker with before they get me.
Donna you and I are the only ones who have seen all of Roger's cockups since the day he was appointed.
(CAR HONKS) Where did you go today? Outpatients, the ward, the library.
-At lunch time? -You're not my dad, Tony.
(SCOFFS) That would be weird.
I gave my bleep to one of the registrars and stepped off for a couple of hours.
You had lunch with him, didn't you? Benny bloody Hill.
-It's none of your business.
-It is, if I think you're being indiscreet about the FSD trial.
I'm not.
Do you have any idea how much is riding on this for us? Tony, I'm not.
Did you like that place we went to the other night? It was really nice.
Thank you.
Good.
I've booked us a table there.
Tonight.
But, Tony, I'm a lesbian.
Thank you very much.
Mrs Stevens, I'm Chrissy Farrell.
Departmental Manager for Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
I came to see how Charlotte was feeling.
How are you, Charlotte? You all right? Good.
I've been informed that there have been some communication problems.
I'd like us to do our best to repair the relationships involved.
I've decided to call a case conference.
What happened to your badge? Left it on my other jacket.
Forgot to swap it before I left home.
CHRISSY: Thank you all for coming.
I'm very concerned about this case.
Charlotte Stevens deserves our finest care.
Helen Stevens has raised questions about her daughter's care.
I've asked Mr Whitman, as the department's most senior gynaecologist I'm the Clinical Director.
No, I think Chrissy means senior in terms of the most experienced.
Now, she's invited me to go through this young girl's notes and furnish the team with a second opinion.
I see.
Now, it appears to me that while it's entirely proper to have concerns about the veracity of the mother's claims, it isn't responsible to air them before all medical explanations have been excluded.
The paediatric nurses have their concerns, but on the balance of probabilities, Charlotte is genuinely ill.
Which is how I've approached her case.
She's had an EUA and a laparoscopy.
I note the blood hormone levels were taken, but that a paediatric endocrinologist hadn't been involved.
I know that she's had an MRI, and the opinion of a paediatric radiologist wasn't sought.
Well, those weren't my decisions.
The paediatricians are her principal carers and it's their responsibility to involve paediatric sub-specialties.
I note that you expressed certain concerns.
The patient has a flat affect, and issues of consent are invariably determined by the mother with little, if any, meaningful reference to Charlotte's feeling.
You suspect a child-protection issue? And what steps have you taken to address this? None.
Mr Lake? We've lost the mother's trust.
I think she's gonna try and remove her daughter.
If she does, then who knows what she'll do? But I do think it's important not to lose sight that our duty of care is to Charlotte and not to the mother.
Of course, Charlotte is still a minor and in law, not competent to give informed consent.
Hence we have to work with the mother in order to treat her.
All this is the framework of understanding within which we've been managing the case.
What I don't understand is what exactly I've done wrong.
You haven't done anything wrong, Mr Hurley.
Suppose I let the mother remove the daughter? Then I would argue that you were failing in your duty of care to Charlotte.
Then I have to refer the case to Social Services and have Charlotte taken into care.
Then I would have to have serious concerns about your unfounded allegations about the mother.
So what are you advising me to do? I wouldn't presume to advise you to do anything, Roger.
You're the Clinical Director, not any of us.
CHRISSY: Thank you very much, everyone.
-What the hell was that, Tony? -I believe the term is ''case conference''.
Ah, thank you.
Very good.
What actually happens if Roger's suspicions are correct? Is that all you've got to worry about? Christ, when the shit hits the fan, there'll be so many social workers and doctors crawling all over this case that that little girl will either be diagnosed or more protected than the heir apparent.
No, let Roger open his big mouth or vacillate himself into a state of inertia.
Either way, we've got the fucker.
Rob? Rob? -You had a case conference? -Beth, I'm sorry, I You had a case conference and no one from my team was invited? My boss is livid.
I'm pretty pissed off, too.
Well, you're right to be pissed off, but it wasn't actually our firm that called the conference.
Oh.
Okay.
Is everything all right? Yeah, it's fine.
I've just had a bit of a rough day.
I wanna get out of here.
You never told me.
What happened between you and Hurley? -Oh, it's history.
-All forgiven and forgotten? The bastard tried to charge me with incompetence actually.
It nearly screwed up my career.
How did he make out you were incompetent? -I ask because quite clearly you're not.
-Well, we all make mistakes.
Yeah, but there's a difference between making one mistake and being incompetent.
-You've heard the story of Cocksucker Jack? -No.
Okay.
This guy, he moves to the countryside.
Small village, you know, where everybody knows everybody.
And at the end of the first day, he goes into the pub and the landlord's introducing him to everyone.
He says, ''Yeah, that's Bob the builder.
''There's Bill the butcher,'' etc.
''Then over there, Cocksucker Jack.
'' The night progresses, he gets a little bit more pissed.
He goes over to this chap.
He says, ''Hey, I'm sorry, ''but why do they call you Cocksucker Jack?'' The fellow says, ''I'm the captain of the cricket team, ''an accomplished pianist, I'm a fantastic barrister, ''but you suck one cock'' So, I suppose I'm Cocksucker Jack.
It's me.
And you know it's me.
Are you getting any of these messages? I just want an answer.
I want to know if you're coming home again or if it's over, that's all.
I think I've got a right to know.
Bye.
(RATTLING) I'm still here.
You were listening.
-Hi.
-All right.
Sorry.
What's wrong? Nothing.
Just had a few pints.
-I don't wanna talk about work.
-Then let's not talk about it.
Good.
I'm sorry, I just wasn't expecting you.
-But it's a nice surprise? -Yeah.
Any special reason? No, no reason.
I'd really like her to be admitted today.
We can come straight over from here, save us going home in between.
Okay.
Thank you.
She, uh She going, then? My boss has agreed to discharge her.
Either to UH or home.
-How are you feeling this morning? -Fine, thanks.
-See you.
-See you later.
you organise interview times for the theatre staff.
That frees me up to sort the rest of them.
I'll be with you in just a minute.
So far, I've identified three nurses and two doctors who were involved in both the Katie Chan and the Charlotte Stevens cases.
The net's closing in on our anonymous whistle-blower.
That doesn't count all the people that those three nurses and two doctors spoke to about the cases.
Or the staff that had access to the medical records.
Shit.
Sorry.
Oh, Christ.
Come on.
Mr Hurley? Sorry.
Paul called me last night.
The region have promised us an answer today as to whether we're getting the High Risk Pregnancy Unit or not.
Hmm.
Would he allow me to submit the risk assessment first? No, he said we should go with the decision.
Hmm, I see.
Very good.
Who'll do the cremation form on Joan Smith? Oh, well, let's all queue up and profit from my post-op death, shall we? Thanks for your support, team.
-Oops.
-He'll survive, unlike his patient.
Doesn't Polly have to do it? All you have to do is go to the morgue, confirm it's her, and that she's flammable.
It's 50 quid for a signature.
When I was a house officer, I used to live off crem forms.
I used to tell the rellies you could never bury cancer, you have to burn it.
No, I didn't.
It was a joke.
Come on.
Mr Whitman? What? Is it you who's writing to me? What? You said something in the HRPU meeting, I didn't catch it, but it made me think if anyone's gonna be dishing the dirt, it's gonna be you.
Mmm-hmm.
If If I got chapter and verse, I think the concerns about your post-operative death might disappear.
Hmm.
I'm genuine, Tony.
Being on our side would be so much easier for you.
So much easier.
This could be the start of a beautiful friendship.
He's scared of dead bodies.
-Jesus, Tim.
She's dead.
-I don't think she is! Oh, shit.
(PAGER BEEPING) -WOMAN ON PA: Cardiac Arrest.
-Right.
Cardiac arrest.
To mortuary.
You have got to be kidding me.
TOM: Let's take a reading.
Keep going.
Been at this for quite sometime.
Mr Whitman? As you said, Tom, it's probably time.
Okay.
Thanks, everybody.
I'm calling this one off.
May tick over for a bit, but they still end up dead.
TONY: Well, what do you expect after a couple of days in the morgue? Hmm? Tony? Mr Whitman.
Mr Whitman! -Mr Whitman.
-Hold on.
-Sorry to interrupt.
-It's all right, Vicky.
-What's this? -This is Joan Smith's death certificate.
Her date of death, as you'll notice, is now today.
Which means it's more than 30 days since I operated on her.
Which means she no longer qualifies as a post-operative death.
-I'll need to look into what effect -Mmm.
-So I'd like to make a brief statement, if I may.
-Go on.
You're all twats and I hate the bloody lot of you.
Sorry.
CHRISSY: Take it up with him.
He'll be along in a little while.
But I'm sure that'll be absolutely fine.
Rob.
Charlotte Stevens' mother is taking her home later today.
All it needs is this one case and there'll be grounds to look at every other case he's ever managed.
It's really important, Rob, as the doctor working closest to Roger Hurley, that you agree it's him, and him alone, who let her go.
At the University Hospital, she'll be seen by a specialist in Paediatric Endocrinology.
-You wouldn't happen to know their name? -Why? It would be standard practice for me to write them a referral letter.
That won't be necessary, thank you.
I can tell the specialist all he needs to know.
Well, I hope you get well soon, Charlotte.
Come on.
Let's put a stop to this, boss.
Let's put a stop to it now.
I'll stand by you.
-I don't want you to leave the hospital.
-Oh, now, just wait.
I have serious concerns about Charlotte's well-being and I want her to remain here until those concerns have been investigated.
What exactly are you accusing me of? I want you both to remain until further investigations have taken place.
I'm concerned Charlotte's medical conditions result from Munchausen by proxy.
You can't accuse me of something in front of my own daughter and expect to get away with it.
Yes, he can.
I'm saying the same.
-Is that everyone? -MAYA: That's it, Roger, all done.
-Good, great.
Thank you.
Good night, Maya.
-Good night, Roger.
-Thank you for today, Rob.
-No problem, boss.
(MOBILE PHONE RINGING) Excuse me.
Roger Hurley.
Oh, that's great news.
Thank you.
I'll pass it on.
I'll pass that on.
I'd love to, Paul.
That'll be great.
I'll speak to you tomorrow.
Bye-bye.
-Was that Paul? -Has he called you? No.
Our bid for the High Risk Pregnancy Unit has been successful.
And He says these badges are crap.
Hi, it's me.
I've got them, too.
Just now.
Just a moment Okay.
Yeah, I'll speak to you later.
Bye.
When the day comes to bring him down, it's got to be for something that he's done wrong, not for something he's done right.
NARRATOR: Next time on Bodies.
Push! Big push, love! Push! -New unit, no consultant.
Brilliant.
-Welcome to High Risk Pregnancies.
On my firm, I make the decisions and my juniors carry them out.
We came within a whisker of a dead baby.
Why the hell should we cover for him? These other allegations are extremely serious.
If anything, more serious.
What do you want from me? Do you want me to be a whistle-blower?
Pull.
Yeah.
-Have you seen Roger? -Not lately.
Oh, it's funny, that.
Seeing as how you two are rapidly becoming this hospital's answer to Rod Hull and Emu.
And is he the only man whose wife you've ever slept with? Fuck you.
Though we've decided not to institute a formal review of your work, we will, however, be closely monitoring your performance and your conduct.
What's the big secret in the O&G department? There isn't another Shipman at large, is there? Not that I know of.
You know with the management all over me like they are, you're the only woman in the hospital that I can go out with.
I mean, as a friend, of course.
That's a relief.
The point is, Polly it's not.
And I worry that it will affect my operating ability.
I mean, you wouldn't be doing it for me, you'd be doing it for the patient.
Doing what? A man's natural impulses, they can distract him from his work if they're not drained away.
-Tony.
-Hmm? You'll just have to drain them away yourself.
-Better start without him.
-Yeah.
Good morning, I'm Mr Lake, the Registrar.
Paediatricians have asked me to take a look at Charlotte.
-Thanks for coming.
-Okay.
Hey, Charlotte, how you doing? I'm Rob.
Okay if I ask you a couple of questions? You've been having tummy aches? Can you point to where the pain is? Can I have a feel of your tummy? ROB: I'll be gentle.
You just tell me when it's sore.
Any pain? Okay.
Now, your Your mummy tells me that you've had a little bit of blood come out.
When the grown-up ladies that we look after bleed like you, then we need to take a look inside them to see what's causing it.
It won't hurt.
You'll be fast asleep.
You won't feel a thing, all right? I'm Roger Hurley, the Consultant.
Hello.
I think this is something we should carry out without delay.
Thank you.
I'm sure we'll be able to help you, Charlotte.
My boss would've been here but she's in clinic.
I'll write up our findings in the notes and maybe give her a call later.
Sorry, boss, I just thought it would be best to get on.
My HRPU meeting ran over a few minutes.
You could have waited.
I'm sorry.
Friday? No, I think I've got a thing on Friday.
Has Katie Chan's HCG been phoned in yet? Yeah.
Christ, Maya.
-Lighten up.
-What the hell's the matter with you? (MOBILE BEEPING) I can't see a pregnancy in the womb, but the lining's slightly thickened.
Boss, this is Katie Chan.
She has a two-day history of increasing Left Iliac Fossa pain.
Her Beta HCG confirms pregnancy.
-Was pregnancy suspected? -No, she suffers from irregular periods.
What's the HCG? Katie, there's a little cyst on your ovary and a little bit of free fluid as well.
I strongly suspect that this is a luteal cyst.
The corpus luteum develops on the ovary in anticipation of pregnancy.
Sometimes it fills with blood and then ruptures.
Now, we can't see an established pregnancy in the womb, but that might be because it's too early yet.
However, I'm afraid if the corpus luteum has ruptured, then the chances of the pregnancy continuing are not good.
I'm sorry it's all a bit up in the air.
I think we should keep her under observation for the time being and repeat her HCG in 40 hours.
-That's it? -Call me if there's any change.
-Hello, there.
-Hiya.
Hello, Joan.
Joan? Joan? Oh, my.
How's she doing? Oh.
Right.
Are you scared of dead people? No.
They're harmless.
It's the live ones you want to worry about.
(DOOR BUZZING) What did I say about letting her die? -You said not to.
-That's right.
Not to.
Tony, she had terminal cancer.
If it was that easy to keep these people alive, it wouldn't be called ''terminal''.
She fell over, she banged her head.
The nurses were eating chocolates, she fell over, she banged her head.
You're not serious.
For Christ's sake, Polly, management have got their beady, bloody eyes on me.
-It's not my fault.
-All I'm asking for is a fib or two.
Tony, I am not going to lie and say that she fell over and hit her head.
Where does the truth get us, Pollyanna, hmm? Do you think the truth saves us? Well, it doesn't.
It's the lies that save us.
The truth, Polly, that's the fucker that kills us.
(SCREAMING) Maya, bleep Mr Lake, and bring me a litre of It's all right, Katie, I've called for help.
Everything's going to be all right.
It's all right, Katie.
It's all right.
(SCREAMS) Sorry.
I'm sorry.
She's shocked.
-I'll put another line into her.
-Okay.
Bring me a Venflon please, orange or brown.
DONNA: It's all right.
It's all right now.
The drip's running, Katie.
It'll help you.
(PAGER BEEPING) BP is 90 over 60.
Once you put that second line in, start colloid.
O negative if there isn't any crossmatch.
You need an operation straightaway.
I'm gonna do everything that I can to stop the bleeding.
Consent her for a laparotomy and get her to theatre.
This isn't a cyst.
It's an ectopic, right? Call the next of kin.
ROB: Shit.
There's so much bleeding, I can't feel the end of the tube.
(ALARM BEEPING ON MONITOR) Suction.
Got it.
Spencer Wells.
Spencer Wells.
Okay, that's got it.
Scissors.
Good.
Boss, it wasn't a cyst.
She's a ruptured ectopic, left tube's blown.
-But I managed to control the haemorrhage.
-I'll scrub in.
Sure, boss.
Give me a dish.
-She could have bled to death.
-Well, she didn't.
How many women has Hurley harmed? The history and examination weren't diagnostic.
The ultrasound was inconclusive.
She was under observation when the ectopic ruptured.
-(STAMMERS) These things happen.
-I've had enough, okay? I am fed up of the near misses, the plausible excuses.
Are you all right? Yeah.
It's me.
And you know it's me.
Are you getting any of these messages? (STAMMERS) I just want an answer.
I want to know if you're coming home again or if it's over, that's all.
Think I've got a right to an answer.
Well, you give him one treatment or something and it wipes the nits out.
Well, you're the GP.
No, as soon as I read the text, I decided it must be psychological.
I'm doing it now.
I've got to go.
I'll speak to you later.
Okay, bye.
Hello, Charlotte.
-Tom.
-Hey.
Okay, can you make a fist for me, Charlotte? Just gonna squeeze your hand.
Now, you're gonna feel a slight scratch, okay? (WHIMPERS) It's all right.
-There we are.
All done.
Brave girl.
-Brave girl.
ROGER: Well done, Charlotte, well done.
You'll have a nice sleep now.
All right, Charlotte? -I'll talk to you straight afterwards.
-Thank you.
HELEN: You were very, very brave.
You were so brave.
Well done, Charlotte.
(GAGGING) Hold on, Charlotte.
Good girl.
Good.
Any more? Well done.
-ROB: How's she doing? -She's settled now.
Charlotte's examination under anaesthetic excluded any serious problems, so I'm inclined to do nothing more at this stage.
Do nothing? Can you imagine what it's like for a 10-year-old girl to have these pains? What it's like when she bleeds? How terrifying that is.
I'll do my best for her.
Thanks, guys.
She's all yours.
(PHONE RINGING) As I'm sure you're all aware, this hospital is now a three star hospital, so we thought it would be a good idea if you could promote this more clearly.
-You said, ''We thought it would be a good idea.
'' -Hmm.
We'd appreciate it if all staff would comply.
Thank you.
Sorry, I'll just be a minute.
(GROANS) Donna, how are you? Oh, good.
Thanks, Roger.
What can I do for you? The management are rightly very proud of the hospital's achievements and I suppose it's taken as a sign of our collective solidarity to wear the symbol of those achievements.
Donna, I hope you can tell this isn't the part about being Clinical Director that appeals to me most.
What part of being Clinical Director does? If Paul Tennant was here, I could call him now and ask him if these bloody things were his project or hers but he's not.
Donna, please let's not fall out.
Just do this little thing for me.
(EXHALING) All Roger's interested in is sucking up to management so they'll turn a blind eye to his cockups.
He didn't cock up Katie Chan's ectopic.
It's not as clear cut as that.
Why are you defending him? It's not about defending.
It's about understanding.
The diagnosis was elusive, haemorrhaging wasn't predictable.
You sound like you're defending him.
I work side-by-side with him.
That is what I have chosen to do.
When he fucks up, I know about it.
I saved a woman's life, case closed.
What else am I meant to do? What do you wanna do? I don't know.
There's no hurry.
I can stay.
-All night? -If you want me to.
Yeah, course I do.
(MONITOR BEEPING) Nice and gently.
On my count, please.
One, two, three.
Mobilise a little more.
-There.
-Thank you.
Maya, you'll notice the pre-pubescent ovaries are considerably smaller than in the normal adult female.
The uterus is small, as one would expect.
Fallopian tubes appear normal.
No abnormalities are apparent.
-Donna.
-Hi, Roger.
The nurses on the Paediatric Ward thought it would be a good idea if someone from Gynae went back with her.
I'll check with the nurse in charge.
Make sure they're all right for a post-op care.
Okay.
(KEYBOARD CLICKING) Sorry, Mr Hurley.
I'm just following up on the HRPU.
It doesn't appear that we have a full risk assessment ahead of the planned opening.
Well, one hasn't been requested.
Well, I've looked into it and I think our solicitors need to know if the trust should increase their medical insurance cover.
Oh, I spoke to Paul.
He's really keen that all staff are seen wearing the new badges.
I expect he wears a super-size one himself, does he? Well, it was on the phone so I wouldn't know.
Can you call the Operations Manager, let her know I'll be sitting in for Paul at the budget meeting.
And there's a meeting with the trust solicitors at 3:00.
Can you try and get that put back to 4:00, and again Sorry to have kept you.
Think these are bit nicer than the ones Paul normally has.
-You can't use this office.
-Sorry, but we've got meetings, and Mr Tennant's away at the Department of Health this week.
I'm acting up to cover for him.
I've got days of meetings.
There's no exceptions.
We'll do this later.
The High Risk Pregnancy Unit will be the only unit of its kind in the region.
Why is this important? You'll be dealing with more complicated cases, which, although they're more of a challenge, they're also more rewarding.
They also will give you experience in dealing with conditions that you may previously have encountered quite rarely, allowing you to consolidate your knowledge base.
Our bid has now gone off to the Strategic Health Authority and they've promised us an answer in due course.
I know how hard some of you have worked on this bid.
Not least Mr Hurley, who has been the driving force behind it.
But this is also an opportunity to air any misgivings that any of you might have.
Perhaps some of us are conscious of the challenge posed by extremely vulnerable mothers and infants.
But it is my aim to create, through study and experience, a staff that can manage these cases.
That's what they said in Bristol.
Sorry, Mr Whitman? TONY: As you well know.
Who'd send this? -I don't know.
-And why? Apart from so I'd make a tit of myself at that meeting.
Well, maybe that was the reason.
What the fuck have you done? You tell me.
You sent that letter to Chrissy Farrell, didn't you? I made a choice to work with Roger.
Not because I think he's a great guy, but because it is the only way I can carry on doing a job that I wanna do.
I'm his safety net here, do you not understand that? I'm the one who has to come in to work every day wondering what he's gonna do, wondering what I'm gonna have to do if he screws up.
And who lives with the consequences of his screw-ups? Just you? Charlotte's wounds are healing nicely.
They've asked me to come check on her again first thing tomorrow.
-But she should be fine.
-Thank you.
Charlotte's laparoscopy went well.
We found no abnormalities.
That's good.
Such a relief.
So what are you gonna do next? Well, at this point, I'd really prefer to hold back from further investigations.
You can't give up on her.
She's sick.
I won't let you give up on her.
I'm gonna talk to somebody about this.
Has anyone asked Charlotte's General Practitioner if there's been a suspicious pattern of medical attendance? Has your boss ever used the expression either in the notes or verbally? Which expression, Roger? The one describes when nobody but the mother's witnessed the events.
Tests are all negative, yet she still wants to put her daughter through more.
What does your boss think? One of her best friends has a child protection case that's been going on for two years.
It's destroying her career.
Sorry.
Well, thank you, everyone.
You were trying to trap him.
-It just came out that way.
-Why? So what if there's a complaint against him? That's a good thing, isn't it? If he accuses the mother of Munchausen by proxy and there's a complaint, and there's an enquiry, what if everything comes out? Everything else Roger has ever done.
So that is a good thing, isn't it? Yeah.
(GASPING) Mr Whitman? We'll use this office.
Mr Hurley? Well, it's standard practice for the Clinical Director to attend these things.
Of course.
Mr Whitman, Hospital Registry have received a death certificate of a patient of yours, a Joan Smith, who you operated on 29 days prior to her death.
With last month's maternal death, you now have the highest death rate of any of the O&G consultants.
Well, at this rate, by the year 5 million I will have killed the whole of the country.
I don't regard this as a laughing matter.
Tony's point is that it's a statistical cluster effect, so extrapolations are invalid.
Thank you, Roger.
But it's rather like getting 12 points on your licence.
It doesn't matter if you get them all in one week or over three years.
-You're still banned.
-Banned? Banned from what? Operating? Well, surely two dead patients is still only six points? Clearly, as Clinical Director, I have to balance my duty to protect patients against instituting an action against a consultant colleague that would harm his and this department's reputation.
Roger are you accusing me of being a threat to patients? If I thought that, Tony, there'd be no balance to weigh.
Chrissy, I think everyone's best interests would be served if we make this a formal warning, with a full clinical review to take place if there are any further adverse events.
Okay.
Thanks.
I'll just be a minute.
Mr Lake? Do you have a few minutes, please? I'm being scary hospital management person.
Right.
CHRISSY: Thirteen Gynae nurses, three other nurses, seven HCE's and five doctors were involved in the care of Katie Chan, and none of them act like they even remember who she was.
Do you have any concerns you'd like to pass on? No.
Do you know of anyone who might have any such concerns? No.
Sorry.
Thanks, Rob.
CHRISSY: Um Did Roger Hurley do anything to mismanage her case? There's a difference between error and negligence.
Was he negligent? No.
But he made a mistake.
Who doesn't? Mr Whitman.
Ben, great to see you.
How are you? All right.
Polly, Ben Hill.
Bing, Stornoway & Carroll.
I saw your presentation on the bisphenafil pilot study data.
So how's the big trial going? -Well -Great.
Really, very good.
Look, why don't we go somewhere more comfortable? Have a nice coffee and a chat.
-How's it going, Polly? -It's too early to say.
Of course.
TONY: Of course.
Thanks.
Let me get this.
Good on you.
(CLEARS THROAT) -I'm a bit concerned, Tony.
-Why, Ben? One or two people have started to say that maybe there was something fishy about the pilot study.
Some people.
The doubts have arisen because you seem reluctant to give us an interim report on the larger trial.
I don't want to have to recommend to the board that we pull your funding.
(CLEARS THROAT) Can I rely on your discretion? It's Polly.
She's got the data stored in about a dozen different files.
I mean, her hard drive is like my daughter's bedroom.
I think she's having some massive personal problem, and she's fallen behind with the data collection.
That's all it is, Ben.
She would kill me if she found out that I told you this, but you're on the team.
So everything's okay now? What, with Polly's massive personal problem? Seems to be, though I don't like to pry.
Good.
So, we'll sort out the computer problem, I'll ask her again about the interim report and I think this time we'll be able to get you the data that you're looking for.
It's interesting that you should bring up Polly, because I was meaning to ask you, man to man, has she got a boyfriend? She's a lezzer.
Let's drain out.
Put obs down to four hourly.
She can mobilise freely as well.
Um, what's -Can I borrow you for a moment, Sister? -Sure.
So much better under me, don't you think? The department, I mean.
-How's the urine output? -It's good.
No problem.
I've got a research project going tits-up and a patient in the morgue.
Okay, well, let's do as I said and then we'll review in the morning.
MAYA: Okay.
It's gonna put me out of business as a challenger to Roger's position.
You're doing very well, Katie.
Look, I just need something to get the fucker with before they get me.
Donna you and I are the only ones who have seen all of Roger's cockups since the day he was appointed.
(CAR HONKS) Where did you go today? Outpatients, the ward, the library.
-At lunch time? -You're not my dad, Tony.
(SCOFFS) That would be weird.
I gave my bleep to one of the registrars and stepped off for a couple of hours.
You had lunch with him, didn't you? Benny bloody Hill.
-It's none of your business.
-It is, if I think you're being indiscreet about the FSD trial.
I'm not.
Do you have any idea how much is riding on this for us? Tony, I'm not.
Did you like that place we went to the other night? It was really nice.
Thank you.
Good.
I've booked us a table there.
Tonight.
But, Tony, I'm a lesbian.
Thank you very much.
Mrs Stevens, I'm Chrissy Farrell.
Departmental Manager for Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
I came to see how Charlotte was feeling.
How are you, Charlotte? You all right? Good.
I've been informed that there have been some communication problems.
I'd like us to do our best to repair the relationships involved.
I've decided to call a case conference.
What happened to your badge? Left it on my other jacket.
Forgot to swap it before I left home.
CHRISSY: Thank you all for coming.
I'm very concerned about this case.
Charlotte Stevens deserves our finest care.
Helen Stevens has raised questions about her daughter's care.
I've asked Mr Whitman, as the department's most senior gynaecologist I'm the Clinical Director.
No, I think Chrissy means senior in terms of the most experienced.
Now, she's invited me to go through this young girl's notes and furnish the team with a second opinion.
I see.
Now, it appears to me that while it's entirely proper to have concerns about the veracity of the mother's claims, it isn't responsible to air them before all medical explanations have been excluded.
The paediatric nurses have their concerns, but on the balance of probabilities, Charlotte is genuinely ill.
Which is how I've approached her case.
She's had an EUA and a laparoscopy.
I note the blood hormone levels were taken, but that a paediatric endocrinologist hadn't been involved.
I know that she's had an MRI, and the opinion of a paediatric radiologist wasn't sought.
Well, those weren't my decisions.
The paediatricians are her principal carers and it's their responsibility to involve paediatric sub-specialties.
I note that you expressed certain concerns.
The patient has a flat affect, and issues of consent are invariably determined by the mother with little, if any, meaningful reference to Charlotte's feeling.
You suspect a child-protection issue? And what steps have you taken to address this? None.
Mr Lake? We've lost the mother's trust.
I think she's gonna try and remove her daughter.
If she does, then who knows what she'll do? But I do think it's important not to lose sight that our duty of care is to Charlotte and not to the mother.
Of course, Charlotte is still a minor and in law, not competent to give informed consent.
Hence we have to work with the mother in order to treat her.
All this is the framework of understanding within which we've been managing the case.
What I don't understand is what exactly I've done wrong.
You haven't done anything wrong, Mr Hurley.
Suppose I let the mother remove the daughter? Then I would argue that you were failing in your duty of care to Charlotte.
Then I have to refer the case to Social Services and have Charlotte taken into care.
Then I would have to have serious concerns about your unfounded allegations about the mother.
So what are you advising me to do? I wouldn't presume to advise you to do anything, Roger.
You're the Clinical Director, not any of us.
CHRISSY: Thank you very much, everyone.
-What the hell was that, Tony? -I believe the term is ''case conference''.
Ah, thank you.
Very good.
What actually happens if Roger's suspicions are correct? Is that all you've got to worry about? Christ, when the shit hits the fan, there'll be so many social workers and doctors crawling all over this case that that little girl will either be diagnosed or more protected than the heir apparent.
No, let Roger open his big mouth or vacillate himself into a state of inertia.
Either way, we've got the fucker.
Rob? Rob? -You had a case conference? -Beth, I'm sorry, I You had a case conference and no one from my team was invited? My boss is livid.
I'm pretty pissed off, too.
Well, you're right to be pissed off, but it wasn't actually our firm that called the conference.
Oh.
Okay.
Is everything all right? Yeah, it's fine.
I've just had a bit of a rough day.
I wanna get out of here.
You never told me.
What happened between you and Hurley? -Oh, it's history.
-All forgiven and forgotten? The bastard tried to charge me with incompetence actually.
It nearly screwed up my career.
How did he make out you were incompetent? -I ask because quite clearly you're not.
-Well, we all make mistakes.
Yeah, but there's a difference between making one mistake and being incompetent.
-You've heard the story of Cocksucker Jack? -No.
Okay.
This guy, he moves to the countryside.
Small village, you know, where everybody knows everybody.
And at the end of the first day, he goes into the pub and the landlord's introducing him to everyone.
He says, ''Yeah, that's Bob the builder.
''There's Bill the butcher,'' etc.
''Then over there, Cocksucker Jack.
'' The night progresses, he gets a little bit more pissed.
He goes over to this chap.
He says, ''Hey, I'm sorry, ''but why do they call you Cocksucker Jack?'' The fellow says, ''I'm the captain of the cricket team, ''an accomplished pianist, I'm a fantastic barrister, ''but you suck one cock'' So, I suppose I'm Cocksucker Jack.
It's me.
And you know it's me.
Are you getting any of these messages? I just want an answer.
I want to know if you're coming home again or if it's over, that's all.
I think I've got a right to know.
Bye.
(RATTLING) I'm still here.
You were listening.
-Hi.
-All right.
Sorry.
What's wrong? Nothing.
Just had a few pints.
-I don't wanna talk about work.
-Then let's not talk about it.
Good.
I'm sorry, I just wasn't expecting you.
-But it's a nice surprise? -Yeah.
Any special reason? No, no reason.
I'd really like her to be admitted today.
We can come straight over from here, save us going home in between.
Okay.
Thank you.
She, uh She going, then? My boss has agreed to discharge her.
Either to UH or home.
-How are you feeling this morning? -Fine, thanks.
-See you.
-See you later.
you organise interview times for the theatre staff.
That frees me up to sort the rest of them.
I'll be with you in just a minute.
So far, I've identified three nurses and two doctors who were involved in both the Katie Chan and the Charlotte Stevens cases.
The net's closing in on our anonymous whistle-blower.
That doesn't count all the people that those three nurses and two doctors spoke to about the cases.
Or the staff that had access to the medical records.
Shit.
Sorry.
Oh, Christ.
Come on.
Mr Hurley? Sorry.
Paul called me last night.
The region have promised us an answer today as to whether we're getting the High Risk Pregnancy Unit or not.
Hmm.
Would he allow me to submit the risk assessment first? No, he said we should go with the decision.
Hmm, I see.
Very good.
Who'll do the cremation form on Joan Smith? Oh, well, let's all queue up and profit from my post-op death, shall we? Thanks for your support, team.
-Oops.
-He'll survive, unlike his patient.
Doesn't Polly have to do it? All you have to do is go to the morgue, confirm it's her, and that she's flammable.
It's 50 quid for a signature.
When I was a house officer, I used to live off crem forms.
I used to tell the rellies you could never bury cancer, you have to burn it.
No, I didn't.
It was a joke.
Come on.
Mr Whitman? What? Is it you who's writing to me? What? You said something in the HRPU meeting, I didn't catch it, but it made me think if anyone's gonna be dishing the dirt, it's gonna be you.
Mmm-hmm.
If If I got chapter and verse, I think the concerns about your post-operative death might disappear.
Hmm.
I'm genuine, Tony.
Being on our side would be so much easier for you.
So much easier.
This could be the start of a beautiful friendship.
He's scared of dead bodies.
-Jesus, Tim.
She's dead.
-I don't think she is! Oh, shit.
(PAGER BEEPING) -WOMAN ON PA: Cardiac Arrest.
-Right.
Cardiac arrest.
To mortuary.
You have got to be kidding me.
TOM: Let's take a reading.
Keep going.
Been at this for quite sometime.
Mr Whitman? As you said, Tom, it's probably time.
Okay.
Thanks, everybody.
I'm calling this one off.
May tick over for a bit, but they still end up dead.
TONY: Well, what do you expect after a couple of days in the morgue? Hmm? Tony? Mr Whitman.
Mr Whitman! -Mr Whitman.
-Hold on.
-Sorry to interrupt.
-It's all right, Vicky.
-What's this? -This is Joan Smith's death certificate.
Her date of death, as you'll notice, is now today.
Which means it's more than 30 days since I operated on her.
Which means she no longer qualifies as a post-operative death.
-I'll need to look into what effect -Mmm.
-So I'd like to make a brief statement, if I may.
-Go on.
You're all twats and I hate the bloody lot of you.
Sorry.
CHRISSY: Take it up with him.
He'll be along in a little while.
But I'm sure that'll be absolutely fine.
Rob.
Charlotte Stevens' mother is taking her home later today.
All it needs is this one case and there'll be grounds to look at every other case he's ever managed.
It's really important, Rob, as the doctor working closest to Roger Hurley, that you agree it's him, and him alone, who let her go.
At the University Hospital, she'll be seen by a specialist in Paediatric Endocrinology.
-You wouldn't happen to know their name? -Why? It would be standard practice for me to write them a referral letter.
That won't be necessary, thank you.
I can tell the specialist all he needs to know.
Well, I hope you get well soon, Charlotte.
Come on.
Let's put a stop to this, boss.
Let's put a stop to it now.
I'll stand by you.
-I don't want you to leave the hospital.
-Oh, now, just wait.
I have serious concerns about Charlotte's well-being and I want her to remain here until those concerns have been investigated.
What exactly are you accusing me of? I want you both to remain until further investigations have taken place.
I'm concerned Charlotte's medical conditions result from Munchausen by proxy.
You can't accuse me of something in front of my own daughter and expect to get away with it.
Yes, he can.
I'm saying the same.
-Is that everyone? -MAYA: That's it, Roger, all done.
-Good, great.
Thank you.
Good night, Maya.
-Good night, Roger.
-Thank you for today, Rob.
-No problem, boss.
(MOBILE PHONE RINGING) Excuse me.
Roger Hurley.
Oh, that's great news.
Thank you.
I'll pass it on.
I'll pass that on.
I'd love to, Paul.
That'll be great.
I'll speak to you tomorrow.
Bye-bye.
-Was that Paul? -Has he called you? No.
Our bid for the High Risk Pregnancy Unit has been successful.
And He says these badges are crap.
Hi, it's me.
I've got them, too.
Just now.
Just a moment Okay.
Yeah, I'll speak to you later.
Bye.
When the day comes to bring him down, it's got to be for something that he's done wrong, not for something he's done right.
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Push! Big push, love! Push! -New unit, no consultant.
Brilliant.
-Welcome to High Risk Pregnancies.
On my firm, I make the decisions and my juniors carry them out.
We came within a whisker of a dead baby.
Why the hell should we cover for him? These other allegations are extremely serious.
If anything, more serious.
What do you want from me? Do you want me to be a whistle-blower?