At Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, an engaging, funny and dedicated team of nurses reveal the realities of life on the ward. Paediatric nurse Mahbuba treats a girl with a brain tumour.
Paediatric nurse Mahbuba deals with a baby who can't breathe, while Rebecca treats a deaf cardiac patient and military nurse Scott cares for a struggling asthmatic.
Renal nurse Neil treats a 19-year-old whose kidney transplant is failing. Matron Hazera responds to two emergencies and on the surgical ward, Kat cares for a man recovering from a bowel cancer operation.
One of Advanced Nurse Practitioner Caroline's patients is deteriorating rapidly and she must make a very difficult call to his wife to explain the perilous situation.
In Paediatrics, Mahbuba investigates why a two-year-old has such a high temperature, Cardiac nurse Rebecca prepares for an emergency admission and Kat cares for a woman after breast cancer surgery.
Paediatric nurse Mahbuba is called to an emergency – a toddler gasping for breath; Rebecca [pictured] cares for a patient with chronic heart failure and Military Nurse Scott treats a man after a heart attack.
Cardiac nurse Rebecca cares for a man whose organs are failing; Midwife Amy delivers a high-risk mother's late baby, and in Critical Care, Caroline treats a patient recovering from a month-long coma.
In Critical Care, Caroline treats an unvaccinated Covid patient who's been in a coma for two weeks; Matron Hazera assesses a deep tissue injury and Kat cares for a man in pain after kidney stone surgery.
Matron Hazera is called to save a person standing on the edge of a building, nurse Kat treats a woman with suspected Ovarian cancer and senior nurse Neil's young renal patient needs gruelling dialysis.
Matron Steph trials a system to see patients quicker in ED, Renee supports a young woman with anorexia, and Rhona cares for Raymond, a patient with suspected sepsis.
Caroline treats stroke patient Maureen, Sarah helps terminally-ill cancer patient Siobhan get her pain under control, and midwives Amy and Katie deliver a perfect birth.
Matron Steph and James treat some very sick patients on the busiest shift Steph has seen in the emergency dept, while Caitlin cares for a good Samaritan in a lot of pain.
It's Halloween and Matron Hazera is having a staffing nightmare, Matron Steph meets an abusive patient in police custody, and Amy helps deliver premature identical twins via c-section.
Amy deals with a serious emergency during a birth, Caroline must rapidly help her patient breathe again, and Rhona treats Keith, who may have a life-threatening infection.
Three young newly-qualified twenty-something nurses Renee, Caitlin and Military Nurse James cope with the pressures of working for the NHS and finding a work-life balance.
Caroline treats a father of four with severe pancreatitis, Rhona restores her patient's health with a large blood transfusion, and Sarah cares for a mum with incurable stomach cancer.
James and Matron Steph have an influx of admissions in the emergency department, Matron Hazera tries to discharge patients to free up beds, and Katie stays late for a high-risk delivery.