The documentary series 'A&E After Dark' returns with exclusive access to Hull Royal Infirmary, capturing the raw challenges faced by NHS staff during night shifts. The new episode also follows teams in Belfast, Newham, and Norwich as they deal with a range of emergencies.
At Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, a stabbing brings both victim and attacker to A&E. In Belfast's Royal Victoria, a drunken patient causes chaos in the waiting room, while in East London doctors race to save a young woman in suspected anaphylactic shock.
In Newham, staff struggle with an abusive man who claims to have swallowed a pack of heroin, and a 17-year-old is rushed in after vomiting blood following a tonsillectomy. Meanwhile, doctors in Norwich assess an 84-year-old woman with a head injury who is confused and vomiting.
Doctors have minutes to save a man's sight in East London after a violent attack, while in Belfast urgent tests are conducted on an elderly farmer with suspected life-threatening abdominal pain. A drunk man stabbed in the chest and hand refuses to cooperate until heavy bleeding threatens his organs.
An 81-year-old woman arrives in Belfast with a shocking open fracture, and a young woman is brought in after a serious reaction to a party drug. In Norwich, a motorcyclist shows worrying signs of brain damage. An aggressive patient is restrained in Newham as Dr Nick orders ketamine sedation for a head injury.
In Belfast, 18-year-old Jack suffers spinal shock after a catastrophic motorcycle collision. Police are called when a female patient becomes aggressive, but Dr Rachel recognises she is suffering from a mental health crisis. (S7 Ep9)
