Malpractice on Channel 7 and 7plus S1E1 and S1E2 – What happens if you can’t trust the people who hold your life in their hands?
Medical thriller Malpractice combines a searing insight into the pressures and politics of hospital life with a gripping story about a damaged doctor caught up in a dangerous conspiracy.
Dr Lucinda Edwards is a smart, battle-hardened doctor, but we meet her on a nightmare shift that ends in the death of an opioid overdose victim.
When the patient’s grieving father demands an enquiry into Lucinda’s actions, she is plunged into a malpractice investigation, led by Dr Norma Callahan and Lucinda’s former colleague Dr George Adjei. While George feels this was an unavoidable tragedy, Norma is suspicious of Lucinda’s behaviour.
As the pressure of the investigation intensifies, Lucinda’s confident professional exterior begins to crack. Is she hiding something?
Episode 1
After a nightmare shift in A&E during which a patient dies, experienced Doctor Lucinda Edwards faces an investigation into her fitness to practise. Dr Lucinda Edwards is a smart, experienced A&E doctor, in the midst of a nightmare shift.
She has a gunshot victim and an opioid overdose patient who both need a bed in resus, but there’s only room for one of them. When one of the patients dies, Lucinda realises her troubles have only just begun.
Dr Norma Callahan and Dr George Adjei are investigators from the Medical Investigation Unit, tasked with assessing whether Lucinda is fit to practise medicine. Feeling the pressure of their close scrutiny, Lucinda is desperate to prove that she can be a competent doctor.
Episode 2
Under increasing continued scrutiny from the Medical Investigation Unit, Dr. Lucinda Edwards covertly digs into the circumstances which led to her patient’s death.
As the Medical Investigation Unit continues to investigate whether Lucinda is fit to practise, Lucinda tries to learn more about why her patient died. She must balance her search for answers with the everyday reality of a busy A&E, hoping to win back the trust of her colleagues.
Meanwhile, George and Norma need Lucinda’s team to help them build a clearer picture of who Lucinda is. As an important inquest approaches, Lucinda seeks clarity in unexpected places, but what she finds out only raises more questions.
Malpractice on Channel 7 and 7plus – Sunday 28 July at 9.00pm (double episode)
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Malpractice on Channel 7 and 7plus S1E1 and S1E2
