24 Hours in A&E Series 1 Episode 20 – Family Values
Family and friends play a huge part in our lives. The next episode of 24 Hours in A&E looks at family values and the importance of those around us.
The award-winning series returns from its home at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust’s (NUH) Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) on Monday 15 July at 9pm on Channel 4 - one of the busiest A&E departments in the country. A place where stories of life, love and loss unfold every single day.
30-year-old mum of three, Nichole is brought into hospital after suffering a severe asthma attack whilst walking her children home from school. While medics treat her symptoms, we hear how Nichole has faced up to the challenges of being a teen mum in her youth and how she has coped with subsequent serious health problems.
In the minors department, 94-year-old, Vera receives treatment for a head and elbow injury. She attends QMC with her niece, Liz who reveals details of Vera’s remarkable life including serving in the Land Army during the Second World War. But as Nurse Becky and the team medics treat Vera’s injuries; we hear how the march of time and Vera’s broken arm is threatening Vera’s desire to remain living independently at home.
In majors 27-year-old, Josh has come in with a potentially serious neck injury following a collision during an American football match.
During September and October 2021, NUH welcomed cameras into the Emergency Department (ED) at QMC for the first series to be filmed outside of London.
A total of 24 programmes were recorded and the first 17 episodes have already been broadcast, giving viewers a look inside one of the country’s busiest accident and emergency departments.
24 Hours in A&E, which is made by The Garden, part of ITV Studios, has become one of the most popular documentary series on Channel 4, having aired more than 300 episodes.
Cameras returned to QMC in May 2023 to film another series of the award-winning documentary.
You can catch up on previous episodes at channel4.com.
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