The documentary series A+E After Dark returns for its seventh series on Thursday night on 5 Star, offering unprecedented access to night shifts in three UK hospitals.
Filmed inside the A+E departments of Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Newham Hospital in East London, and Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, the new season captures staff pressure, violent attacks and life-or-death decisions.
The first episode features shocking racist abuse towards an A+E nurse in Newham, attempts to save both a stabbing victim and their attacker in Norwich, and two injured young men from a 70mph collision during wet weather in Belfast.
In a chilling clip from the Belfast crash, Doctor Michael examines a front passenger named David, who is in serious pain. The doctor explains that higher speeds lead to more severe injuries, and David will undergo X-rays on his face, neck, lower back and knees.
The series comes as NHS England reports a three-year high in violence against staff. Nearly 1 in 7 NHS workers (14.47%) were physically attacked last year, with a record number subjected to unwanted sexual behaviour, rising sharply to nearly 1 in 3 ambulance workers (31%).
A+E After Dark airs on 5 Star at 9pm on Thursday 2 April and is available to stream on My5.
