All language subtitles for Malpractice s02e05.eng

Rosie, please stop. Don't move!

Why is he trying to blame
Rosie's death on the birth?

There was nothing normal about
the brutality Rosie experienced.

Sophia cancelled that referral.

She's is responsible
for Rosie's death.

The only doctors referred from QM
to the MIU in the last three years

were two anaesthetists
and two junior doctors.

You think the Trust pushed those
patients to make a complaint?

There is nothing the Trust won't do

to protect the hospital's
reputation.

I had to rescue Sophia Hernandez
last night.

Forceps. We're compromising
the baby. We need to do a caesarean.

So, why on earth did you persist
with an assisted vaginal delivery

instead of an emergency caesarean
like Mr Mansoor told you to?

It's the parents of the boy
that died. They wanna meet me.

I thought you had a tribunal.
You're cleared?

Maybe they feel I owe them
a better explanation.

It's got nothing to do with Ben.

Ruby, he's your tutor.
It's not a big deal.

It's a total
and utter abuse of power!

If you don't resign,
I'll make sure you're struck off

and never work again.

If we merge with Oakwell,

we'll be looking for
a new director of psychiatry.

You'd make a good candidate.

There's just one thing
that needs clearing up.

You visited a nightclub
with Felicity Templeton.

You were in possession of ecstasy.

New admission?
Yep.

Drug-induced exacerbation
of bipolar disorder.

You're suspended with immediate
effect. You know about the referral?

You know what they've done
to Maria Carter?

KNOCKS ON WINDOW
Maria!

PHONE VIBRATES

KNOCK AT DOOR

What time did you arrive here?

30, 40 minutes ago?

And when did you last speak
to Ms Carter?

Yesterday.

You said you were...
concerned for her welfare.

What made you concerned today?

S-Sorry, what was the question?

You were explaining what made you
concerned enough to come over.

Maria was an old colleague.

I knew she'd been struggling with
the pressure of the investigation,

so when I saw her name
on the news, I...

..I was worried.

DOORBELL BUZZES

DOORBELL BUZZES
CONTINUOUSLY

ENGINE STARTS

TYRES SCREECH

What are you doing?
All right, mate?

I just wanna borrow this.

Get the fuck out of my fucking room.

NEWS: 'A former midwife from
Queen Mothers University Hospital

'was found dead in her home
yesterday morning.

'Her body was discovered...'

Kids, shush a minute.

'..by a colleague
concerned for her welfare.

'The woman has being identified
as Maria Carter,

'who had recently been suspended

'following allegations
made against her

'whilst she was working
on the elderly-care ward.'

Can't believe it.

It's just awful.

Once her name hit the press...

I can see why she felt like
she had no other option.

Did you ever...?

Investigations...
that go on for so long,

it takes a toll on you.

So, I'm meeting Dr Armitage
tomorrow afternoon.

Dr Hussain wants time to consider
whether or not to get involved.

If she agrees, would you meet her?

Of course. Right.

I'm gonna do a deep dive
into the Maternity Unit's history.

And I'll let you know
if anything comes up. OK.

Hi. I need to speak to Dr Hernandez.
She's not in today. Can I help you?

Her consultant, Mr Mansoor?

Oh, he's just started his ward round
so he won't be available till...

Excuse me? Hang on a minute!

Hey!

You shouldn't be on this ward.

You know Maria Carter?
She was found dead yesterday.

If you don't leave my ward
immediately, I'm calling security.

She killed herself because of you
and your department.

I've had enough of this.
Hey, listen, I'm not done with you.

Who's Victoria Hall? Who is she?

Another midwife
that you hounded out?

What the hell are you talking about?

What's going on?
Call security, Chrissy.

I want this lunatic off my ward.

Don't worry, mate. I'm leaving.

# I got on my knees

# And I begged my mother

# With a bottle in one hand
It's one or the other

# And so it turns, again and again

# She woke from her slumber
With a crippled stance

# She said she miss my brother
And wanted one more chance

# And so it turns... #

KNOCK ON DOOR
WOMAN: James?

# The wheel. #

PAUSES MUSIC
What?

Have you put a lock on the door?

I'm working.
Well, it's 2am. Are you all right?

Why do you keep asking me that?

Because I'm worried about you.

I'm fine.

Need to finish my work.

MUSIC RESUMES

AUTOMATED: 'Please leave
your message after the tone.'

Rubi, where are you?
Please call me back.

Hey.
Hey.

Dr Hussain's agreed to meet us
as long as it stays off the record.

Well, I suppose we can agree
to that for now.

If she says anything worthwhile,
we'll just...

..have to persuade her
to let us use it.

Everything OK with Rubi?
No.

She's upset because the uni
have suspended that lecturer,

and she thinks it's my fault.

Is it?

Nobody forced him to have
inappropriate relations

with his students, George.

OK. But did you report him?

OK, look, I saw you looked him up
on our database the other day,

and... you know that's
a breach of data protection.

Don't lecture me, George.

I did what any
decent parent would do.

Thanks for agreeing to meet me.

Maria and I worked together
for a number of years

on the Maternity Unit.

She was one of the good ones.

Being supervised was humiliating.

The only reason
I'm still a doctor now is...

because my parents would be
devastated if I quit.

There were rumours
of whistle-blowers silenced

by disciplinary action.

I didn't believe them...
till it happened to me.

The incident reports went nowhere.
What happened to them?

They just made it really difficult
for us to submit serious incidents.

Lots of forms to fill in,
additional sign offs.

So everyone just did the simpler
high-risk form instead.

Meaning the Trust reported
much lower serious incident figures

to the government.

Why didn't any
of the families involved

pursue claims against the Trust?

Some did.

But they'd convince them
the trauma sustained during birth,

the death of a baby or mother,
was unavoidable

or the patient's fault.

When that wasn't possible,
they paid families off quickly

but with much lower amounts
than they'd have got

if they'd gone to court.

I assumed the people responsible
for staff and patient wellbeing

would value protecting us
over a hospital's reputation.

I was so naive.

That maternity unit is toxic.

The arrogance and incompetence
of some of the consultants...

Can you name any of them?

I know it feels difficult, but...

would you be willing
to put that on record?

I'd rather not.

I can't.

No peeking.

When's the submission deadline?

Our client wants everything ready
to go by the end of the month.

Come here. Go on.

You've got this. Yeah?

Come on, get dressed.

I'll drop you off on my way
into work, yeah.

Oh, yes, sir.

Can turn this around in seconds.
HE CHUCKLES

What're you doing?

How long have you been
sitting on this?

You're probably too young
to remember,

but about ten years ago,
QM had a major overhaul.

The Trust was on
the brink of bankruptcy,

primarily because they were
constantly compensating families

for avoidable incidents
within Maternity.

The CQC rated the unit
as inadequate

and said something drastic
had to change,

otherwise they'd be shut down.

So award-winning
obstetrician Eric Sawers

was appointed as the new
chief medical director.

The Trust felt he'd be well-placed
to bring about a new era of change

alongside Arun Mansoor,
QM's lead obstetrician.

Well, within years,
they were winning regional

and national awards

and had one of the country's
best "normal" birth rates.

Their caesarean rates
were as low as 14% in 2020?

Yep, when most other trusts were
still hovering around 22 to 26%.

But how did they turn things
around so quickly?

It must have cost a fortune.

Exactly.

So, I put in an urgent
Freedom of Information request

for the Trust's finances.

They immediately blocked it.

But... I'm trying to see
if I can get around that.

Did you manage to get hold
of their serious-incident data?

Yes.

The data QM submitted
to the Department of Health is...

significantly better than
nearby trusts of equivalent size.

That tallies with what Dr Armitage
and Dr Hussain said.

Even if they refuse to go on record,
we've got something to go on.

That's not concrete evidence.

We still need a witness
on the inside

who's prepared to go on record.

George, are you all right?

It's Gina.

Has something happened?

I found something out
that's almost certainly relevant

to our investigation.

About Gina?

If I share this, I'll be breaching
Gina's client confidentiality,

which will definitely mean
the end of our relationship.

Go on.

Gina's architecture firm
is creating plans

for a redesign
of the psychiatry unit at QM.

But... Gina's firm does
luxury residential property,

not commercial sites.

Yes.

Her client's putting together a bid
to purchase the psychiatry unit.

But how? The psych unit
isn't for sale.

There's been no public consultation.

Something like that
would take months,

years to set in motion.

Who's the client?
Asquith Archer Residential.

KEYBOARD CLICKS

There's nothing on this anywhere.

So why are Asquith Archer
putting together a bid

for a sale that doesn't exist?

I don't know, but...

it seems like they've been
preparing this for years.

Gina has details
of the whole proposal,

the value of the land,

how much that will increase
once the building's being repurposed

and the "less appealing"
psychiatric patients are moved out.

We don't have enough
mental health beds as it is,

and they wanna close down
the county's biggest psych unit

for a bit of profit?
I, er... I know.

How long has Gina known
about your connection to this?

Er, she realised a few weeks ago
but decided not to tell me.

But, ethically,
I mean, morally, it's wrong.

Can't she see that?

She said for weeks, I've been going
on about how risky the place is,

the patients aren't safe, staff
don't know what they're doing...

..the building isn't
fit for purpose.

Right. I wanna know everything
about Asquith Archer Residential.

Gina's gonna kill me.

I'm sorry, George,
but this is too important to ignore.

OK. With this information,
I can expedite the request

for the Trust's finance info.

Oh, and, George...

..thank you.

I do understand how hard
this must have been.

KNOCKING

DOOR HANDLE JIGGLES,
KNOCKING CONTINUES

FROM OUTSIDE:
Will's parents own the house.

James moved in a year ago.

We've never had locks
on the doors.

If he doesn't open it, we can
break it down or get a locksmith.

No, wait.
KNOCKING

James, it's Michelle Dornaway
from the Adult Care Team.

Can you open the door?

JAMES: Coming.

Why aren't you at work?

We took the day off to be here.

We're here to assess
your mental health, James,

to see if there's anything
we can do to help you.

There's nothing wrong
with my mental health.

These were found
in the bedside cabinet.

You know you shouldn't be
mixing these tablets together.

Your family and colleagues have
expressed some concerns about you.

Like what?

Putting a lock on your door.

I'm allowed to have
a little privacy.

Lying to your friends about
what's been happening at work.

He's not my friend.
He's my sister's boyfriend.

Why didn't you say
you'd been suspended?

James, do you know what day it is?

Yeah, it's Thursday.

It's Friday, James.

You've been asleep
since Wednesday night.

Well, I've not been sleeping
very well.

I took a sleeping tablet.
It must have knocked me out.

I spoke to your GP.

You've asked for a number
of different sedatives

this last few weeks.

OK, I really don't... genuinely
don't understand why you're here.

Martha said you struggled with
your mood before, in your last job.

Right.

You got depressed when a nurse
was nearly killed on your ward. OK.

She's... She's worried
it's happening again.

A patient jumped to their death
in front of you

and according to the police,

you recently found the body
of a close colleague.

I mean, that must have been
incredibly stressful for you.

Maria wasn't a close colleague.

We were working on something
together about the Trust.

Well, what were you working on?

OK.

Erm...
JAMES CLEARS THROAT

Things have been
a little stressful recently, yeah,

but that's got nothing
to do with my mental health.

It's about the Trust.

I don't know why,

but they're trying to pin the blame
for Rosie Newman's death on me.

Now, Maria was Rosie's midwife,

so she knew the Trust were
trying to cover something up,

and she's being piecing it together,

working with a woman
called Victoria Hall.

She's another midwife, I think.
They were gonna whistle-blow.

But whatever they've got
on the Trust was serious enough

for Maria to be silenced.

Silenced?
Yes.

By the Trust?
Yes.

OK, er, where does
Victoria Hall work?

I don't know.

And what else did Maria say
about Victoria?

Er, she didn't.

She just... She just mentioned her
once, maybe twice.

Are you sure Victoria Hall's
a real person?

Yes.

But you've never met her,

and Maria didn't tell you
anything else about her?

You can see my problem here, James.

Sometimes, when people are
struggling with their mental health,

they hear or see things that
aren't there - you know that.

Yeah, OK.

Look, the key issue here is that
the closer that I get to the truth,

then the more the Trust
try to stop me.

Look, they...
they ruined Maria's life,

and then when that wasn't enough,
they killed her.

If I'm not careful,
they'll do the same to me.

Let me get this straight -

you believe the Hospital Trust
murdered a former member of staff

and they're gonna do
the same to you?

When you put it like that,
it sounds mad - I get that -

but, yes, I do.

Look, they've even taken pictures
of me, right.

They've used them
to turn a college against me.

If you don't believe... If...

If you don't believe me,
then ask Kate.

She knows.
Kate?

McAllister. Dr McAllister.

James, she requested
this Mental Health Act assessment

in the first place.

She organised the whole thing.

She's a fucking liar!

Look, James...
we think you need respite

in a therapeutic environment

where you can focus
on getting better.

Are you willing to come voluntarily?

Or do we need to consider
bringing you in on a section?

It's, er... It's fine.

I'll come voluntarily.

It's great we found you
a private bed at such short notice.

This hospital's like a luxury spa.
You won't wanna leave.

I know it doesn't feel like it now,
but it's for your own good, James.

I've only sectioned
a handful of doctors

in 14 years doing this job,
and none of them have regretted it.

It's a nice place, I've heard.
Food's not too bad either.

SHE CHUCKLES

SPEECH MUFFLES:
I think there's a gym.

Take your work out gear with you.

You'll be fine. It won't be long.

I promise.

You can go for walks every day.

And I'm sure you'll enjoy that.
JAMES EXHALES DEEPLY

NORMAL SPEECH: Are you OK?

I gonna have a panic attack.
I have them sometimes.

JAMES EXHALES DEEPLY
Hold on, James. Can you pull over?

Yeah, just here, thank you.

All right.

All right, just focus
on your breathing,

HE COUGHS
Stay calm.

I've got some water in the car.

Hey! Hey!

Hi, yes. Police, please.

Yeah, I need to report a patient
who's just absconded.

Thanks to Arun,
we've managed to smooth things over

with the Patel family.

So, I can return to work?

Yes.
We're keen to have you back.

What about the investigation?

Freya Patel had a medical condition
which she didn't disclose to us.

That's what complicated
the delivery.

What was the condition?

Some endocrine disorder.

We've offered her genetic testing
for any future pregnancies.

She was happy with that.

Hmm.
Leave it alone, Sophia.

You know as well as I do
that you're complicit

in some of the worst incidents
that have happened on that unit.

If it were up to me, you'd be gone.

But I'm giving you a second chance.
You can thank Mr Mansoor.

Now, we've drawn up an NDA
for you covering Baby Patel.

There, take it home,
read it carefully.

Once you've signed it, you can
return to work straight away.

These are the Trust's
financial records.

It's one way
to slow us down, I guess.

That bunch
of motherfucking jobsworths.

Where do we start?

When I was looking for news reports
on the maternity unit,

there was an article from years ago

about the cost of critical repairs
to the psychiatry unit.

Here.

It was gonna cost the Trust
at least seven million

to carry out
the essential building repairs,

so they tried to raise funds
through various charity events.

It says here they won
a government grant of two million

to help modernise the psych unit
in 2015.

Yes, and in a later article, they
mention that charity fundraising

had already reached
nearly four million.

So, they spent all that money,
and the unit's still falling apart?

But what if the repairs
were never carried out?

There's no way that they invested
over six million in that building.

Well, don't just
stand there, help me.

What are you doing?

Martha. Look, I...
I don't have time to explain.

The police are looking for you.

James, I'm really worried about you.
I don't know what to do.

Just... trust me.

Please.

SOFTLY: Please.

Where are you going?

To fix this.

SOFTLY: Thank you.

You're sure it's today?
Yeah, yeah.

And a fortnight ago
at the same time.

It's under the name Maria Carter.

I can't find anything.
Can I have a look?

See, there's no bookings
for Maria Carter.

Wait, you're here to meet Maria too?

Yeah. But... But, erm...

..Maria won't be coming.

Have you... Have you got a minute?

Maria contacted us out of the blue
about a month ago.

She wanted to talk to us
about what went wrong

during Aaron's birth.
Yeah.

We were confused. We thought
there were problems at the time,

but... the hospital reassured us
Kirsty's experience was normal.

We asked for the medical notes,

but they didn't mention any
of the awful things that happened,

so we dropped it
and tried to get on with our lives.

Did Maria ever explain to you
what her intentions were?

Well, she'd met with
another couple like us,

and... if we were willing,

she wanted to support us in taking
legal action against the hospital.

We... really weren't sure.

And now, with Maria gone,
I mean, what chance have we got?

BARMAID: Hiya, love.

Can I get you something?
I'm fine.

So, who told you about the referral?

Maria.

So... Maria's concerned
about Rosie's mental health.

Cos she told you
that Rosie's anxiety

about an infection was pathological,
but you just shut down her concerns.

When did you stop seeing
your patients as people?

Maria didn't clearly articulate
what was wrong with Rosie,

I couldn't just keep her on the ward

when I couldn't see
anything wrong with her.

You missed the early signs
of Rosie's psychosis

because you don't see
the psychological impact

of birth on your patients,

also because you don't give
a fuck about psychiatry.

That's not true.
No?

So, Rosie comes to your clinic

complaining about
an infection again,

and you still don't put
two and two together.

Instead, you just want me to confirm
that your assessment of Rosie

on the postnatal ward was right
and Maria's was wrong.

"They just need reassurance,"
you said.

But that was you... wasn't it?

I'm an obstetrician,
I'm not a psychiatrist.

A good obstetrician, they'd be able
to see psychiatric illness

during and after pregnancy,
but you didn't...

..and you need to make that right.

SHE SCOFFS

How?

Tomorrow, we're going to the MIU,
and you're gonna tell 'em the truth.

Why would I do that?

Because they're coming after me,
just like they did to Maria.

And because you're a victim too.

Cos this whole culture
will never change

unless someone puts a stop to it,

and we can do that -
YOU can do that.

And if you don't, then...

If you don't...

then other people
are gonna get hurt.

See you tomorrow.

I'll let you know what time.

So, public and private
donations flood in

to cover the psych unit renovations,
but from this financial data...

..there's no evidence any
of the money was ever spent on it.

Obstetrics spent large amounts
on improvements

during the same period,

but we don't have
a concrete money trail.

You said the owner
of Asquith Archer Residential

was Tamsin...
..Warwick.

Warwick. What...
What do we know about her?

Well, she founded
the company in 2009

after she was working
at a successful property lawyer

for several years.

Asquith Archer specialises
in large-scale redevelopment

of, you know, industrial sites,
warehouses, mills.

Not NHS property?

No. This is their first.

So, who tipped them off
about the psych unit?

I'm still trying
to make a connection.

CALLAHAN SIGHS,
PHONE CHIMES

I've got an email from Dr Ford.

He wants to come in
first thing in the morning.

Well, should we let the police know?

We'll make them aware.

We'll speak to him first,

then they can escort him back
to the hospital once we're done.

CALLAHAN SIGHS

JAMES EXHALES

RINGING TONE

WOMAN SOBS

WOMAN EXHALES SHARPLY

SOBS SOFTLY

Eric. I just, erm...

I just wanted to check
that you got my email. What?

I wondered if I could
take a sabbatical

before I started the new job.

There is no job for you, Kate.

Wait a minute. What do you mean?

I did everything you asked, I...
I did more than that.

I even agreed to James' assessment
for sectioning

against my better judgement.

Yeah, but did you really think
we'd keep employing you

after you'd slept with your trainee?

I had hoped that being
a consultant here for over a decade

might counted for something.

It doesn't.

And you can expect to hear
from the MIU.

CALLAHAN: Are you sure Dr Hernandez
has agreed to this?

She'll be here. She will.

Erm... yesterday, I met a couple

that Maria was trying to persuade to
take legal action against the Trust.

And, erm, Maria said that there
are dozens just like them,

that were mistreated in Maternity

that were then made to believe
that it was their own fault.

None of the incident reports
have names.

We can't do anything with them.

Yeah, but look at the dates.
There's dates.

So if we can just get access
to the Maternity database,

we can match dates to the patients
and we can show the discrepancy.

There's no way the Trust
is gonna give us access.

Even if they do, they'll... they'll
just say they were done by Maria,

a midwife they've
already discredited.

George is right.

We need someone on the inside
who's willing to speak out

about what's been happening,

confirm the notes
have been falsified.

Look, if Sophia's not gonna help us,
what about the couple you met?

No, no, they're too scared
of getting involved

in expensive legal action

without there being
a guarantee of success.

I should have done this sooner.

I'll help you.
I'll tell the truth...

about Rosie and Toni...

..and all the other cases I've seen

where negligence
has been covered up.

You'd be implicating yourself.

And you could get struck off.

The Trust needs to be
held to account.

I'll be your whistle-blower.

I'd like to extend
a special welcome

to this month's board of directors
meeting to Dr Callahan and Dr Adjei,

who'll take us through the findings
of their recent investigation

into Dr Ford's management
of Rosie Newman.

We're very grateful
for you accepting the invitation

to attend today,

and we hope it gives you
an idea of the ways

we're striving to create
a transparent, no-blame culture

with patient safety very much
at the centre. Over to you.

Oh, we only agreed to come because
of the legendary four-course lunch

you put on after, so don't worry,
we'll keep it brief.

We were asked by you
to review the actions

of one of your junior doctors
following the death of Rosie Newman.

Our investigation highlighted
several issues,

not just with Dr Ford's
management of Mrs Newman,

but also the Psychiatry department.

However...

over the course
of our investigation,

we have built a picture of a trust

masquerading as
an award-winning provider

of quality health care
to the local population.

We've interviewed your staff
and your patients,

and you've presided over
a dangerous maternity unit

whilst allowing the Psychiatry
department to crumble.

You can stop there.
We're nearly done.

Within Maternity, you created
a toxic, bullying culture of fear,

employing intimidation tactics

and the threat of referral
to regulatory bodies

to silence anyone
who raised concerns.

Patients like Rosie Newman
and Toni Campbell-Brown

experienced traumatic births,
and you covered them up.

You offered no protection for
whistle-blowers like Glyn Armitage,

Lina Hussain,

Maria Carter.

Three years ago, you commissioned
a valuation for the Psychiatry Unit.

That estimated its value
at 32 million.

Every single one of you signed off
on this proposal to sell the unit.

You lied to staff,
claiming you were working hard

to keep the Psych Unit open,

when, all along, you were
manipulating our investigation

so that our conclusions
would support what you wanted -

the Psych Unit's closure.

That is a gross misrepresentation
of what this Trust has been doing.

We made an executive decision
to channel funds

into the departments
that needed it most.

Precisely.

Money that should have been used
to restore the Psychiatry building

and ensure its safety
was funnelled to Maternity.

You knew a run-down,
poorly performing Psych Unit

would be easier to close.

When you realised the building's
value, the decision was easy.

But how many of you knew that
your that you Medical Director

intended to personally
profit from the sale?

That his brother's wife,
Tamsin Warwick,

owned the property company
set up to win the contract

once the tender became public?

You valued the Psych building
at 32 million,

but Tamsin Warwick's company

estimates they'll make upwards
of �60 million

from turning the building
into luxury flats,

the majority of which will go
straight into a parent company

that's jointly owned
by Tamsin's husband, Rupert,

and his brother, Eric Sawers.

You have got to be kidding me.

You have brought this profession
into disrepute,

and you have caused
unquantifiable damage

to public faith
in the health service.

But you will pay
for the damage that you've caused.

By the time we're done,

this Trust will be tied up
in legal action

for years to come.

FRANTIC CHATTER

DOOR CLOSES

How could you?

I've been fired, George.

I'm really sorry,
but I had no choice.

That's what your job really does.

It destroys people.

KNOCKING

I know I'm the last person
that you wanna see,

but I just, erm...

I wanted to apologise.

I should have found a way
to say it sooner, but, erm...

..I really am so sorry.

BABY CRIES

I'd better go.

I strongly believe that
if Dr Hernandez had disclosed

Maria Carter's prior concerns
about Rosie's mental health...

..I would have made
different clinical decisions

during that first review.

The fact that this crucial
patient history was withheld from me

speaks to wider cultural issues
within QM's Obstetric department...

..that were beyond my control...

..but negatively affected
the quality of care Rosie received.

'Throughout my career,

'I've always strived to put
the interests of my patients first.'

It's what I tried to do
with Rosie...

..especially during
her second review,

when I saw how
she'd been restrained.

Yet I accept that
my clinical judgement may,

in recent times,
have been less sound.

But this is a direct consequence
of the pressure,

the stress, the occasional paranoia
and the resulting lack of trust

in my colleagues that the MIU's
investigation has created.

I would be grateful if the panel
could take that into account.

Thank you.

Dr Ford? We're ready.

Dr Ford's initial review
of Mrs Newman was acceptable,

given the extenuating circumstances.

The same cannot be said
of his later assessment.

A simple conversation
with Mrs Newman's husband

would have provided Dr Ford
with the information needed

to ensure she received
adequate sedation prior to transfer.

While the coroner
is yet to determine

whether Mrs Newman's fall

was a premeditated
or impulsive act...

..it was Dr Ford's duty
to keep Mrs Newman safe.

He failed to do that.

Regarding Ms Templeton,

the panel accepts Dr Ford
did not supply

the drugs she overdosed on.

However, in taking Ms Templeton
to a distant A&E

and arranging her transfer
off his ward,

Dr Ford put his career
above her best interests,

which is far from the accepted
professional standard.

We have therefore concluded
Dr Ford's fitness to practise

is impaired by reason of misconduct
and incompetence.

A serious breach of good medical
practice has taken place.

However...

..Dr Ford's complete erasure
from the medical register

would not be in the public interest.

Dr Ford has demonstrated insight...

..and the risk of him repeating
the aforementioned actions is low.

As such, we feel
a 12-month suspension

sufficiently reflects
the seriousness of the incidents.

Dr Ford's case will be reviewed

prior to the end
of the suspension period

and a decision made
as to whether or not

he can return to clinical practice.

WOMAN: Well done, James.

Do you guys mind if we, er,
talk about this outside?

Of course.

INDISTINCT
CONVERSATION

How do you take it?

Oh, milk, no sugar. Thanks.

We built that swing for Liam,
what was it, six, seven years ago?

Er, just before his fourth birthday.

I am...

I am so sorry.

Oh, that's... that's not
why we asked you here.

No, but I feel I need to explain.

I was told
all the checks had been done.

Everything seemed OK.

As soon as I injected the drug, I...
I knew something was wrong.

We tried. We tried and tried
to resuscitate him...

..but he was already so weak
from the cancer.

We were advised
not to have any contact with you

during the inquest and the trial.

But the way that the hospital
and your colleagues

pushed... all the blame onto you

instead of acknowledging
the problems,

that allowed a mistake like this
to happen in the first place,

it was hard to hear.

We really felt for you.

So when we read that
you'd left clinical practice,

well, I mean, deep down we knew,

but we hoped that it wasn't
because of Liam's death.

But we don't blame you...

..and we need you to know that.

Thank you.

SOFTLY: Thank you.

MUSIC: 'Medicine'
by Daughter

# Pick it up, pick it all up

# And start again... #

Nice to see you all.

Hey. Look at him.
Hey, man.

MAN LAUGHS

Hey, man.
Nice to see you too.

# You've got a second chance
You could go home

# Escape it all

# It's just irrelevant... #

I'm sorry.

# It's just medicine... #

See you.
# It's just medicine

# You could still be
What you want to

# What you said you were
When I met you

# You've got a warm heart
You've got a beautiful brain

# But it's disintegrating

# From all the medicine

# Ooh-ooh

# From all the medicine. #

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