Casualty

There were tears her too Franbern. No idea how close it was to reality but certainly well acted in the main and food for thought.

Thoroughly agree, if it was a true portrayal of how things really are I’m even more in awe of NHS staff. I too was in tears at the loss of such a wonderful long serving character, the acting was wonderful well done to everyone involved.

Harrowing.

A very upsetting episode, seeing the reality of Covid brought me to tears.

I found it so painful to watch. Knowing that whilst it was a fictional drama it was painfully true for us all as we live with the curse that is COVID. A highly emotive piece of television.

I’m another one who cried at the end, one of the best episodes I’ve seen - and I reckon I’ve watched them all over the years,

Very, very well done.
I wanted to tell myself that it wasn't real life, but sadly it is.

Glad they didn’t pull any punches. It managed to avoid the cheesiness of the dialogue that so often creeps into casualty and Holly. (I still watch though....)

I too shed a tear at the end, Noel was such a big part of the Casualty team. A great, if sobering episode.

I started to watch this, but just couldn't stay with it as the acting is awful. Sorry.

It should be compulsory viewing, especially younger people who resent all the restrictions.

I, too, found it very moving. Although upsetting, I couldn't stop watching.
Didn't help my sleeping last night.
Casualty is a programme I have followed for years.

Franbern Noel was not an administrator- he was a Casualty receptionist. A vast difference in work and salary.

Perhaps I should have watched more than five minutes but I found myself getting annoyed because I assumed A&E departments were kept as Covid-free as possible to deal with other emergencies which are still happening.

If you want realism watch
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000j7wf

I watched it too. So upsetting and I thought the acting was superb. Well done BBC for this portrayl of such a devastating situation. I'm trying not to moan about anything now after watching that.

Charleygirl*, think you are nitpicking about receptionists not being adminstrators. Many, many administrators are on very low salary scales (2 & 3). If you are not a 'clinical' worker, then you are likely to be an administrator.

Franbern you are so wrong but I do not intend having an argument.

All those protesters shouting "Covid is a hoax" outside a London hospital that is battling and being over run with Covid patients ought to be forced to watch it. I would also force Piers Corbyn who is inciting a lot of trouble.

I had hoped to watch it but was put off by the shaky camera style and gave up. It looked as if it was going to be very depressing though. I'm not sure I'm ready for it.

rockgran it was. It is also not realistic seeing Connie a consultant either weeping in a corner or tears streaming down her face when supposedly working.

I found it depressing and if it continues like that each week I will not be watching.

This is a recent message from a niece who works in South Africa ''We are so short staffed because doctors are either scared to come help or they feel insulted by the salaries government pays. It’s reached the point where we have to decide who gets the oxygen or not. It’s become a regular occurrence where the nurse comes to tell us another one stopped breathing... please come certify. We are having to palliative a lot of the elderly as we do not have the resources to escalate their treatment. It’s a case of numbing oneself to the horror unfolding so that we can welcome the next patient with a smile and a good dose of kindness. ''

It was an amazing episode. Bravo to everyone involved. Tears here too.
(I am low salary scale nhs and not an administrator. In my area ‘vaccinators’ are being recruited on a low salary scale which is outrageous considering how many ‘vaccination managers’ are also being recruited on much higher scales)

A hospital manager did die in Cardiff in the first phase, they may have taken that sad event as a storyline. Many administrative and managerial staff of all grades have been affected as well unfortunately, they are an integral part of all clinical teams.

Well, if something has happened to Noel I don't want to watch it. I remember seeing him shopping in Bristol years ago, he was smiley and friendly.