Malpractice

Lucinda covertly digs into the circumstances which led to her patients death while under increasing scrutiny from the Medical Investigation Unit.

Lucinda fights to defend herself as the investigation intensifies and her home life crumbles, but Norma and George disagree about their new evidence.

When psychiatric registrar James Ford finds himself torn between a new mother attending a routine postnatal check-up and the sectioning of a psychotic woman during a busy on-call shift, no-one can predict the terrible consequences. The MIU are brought in to investigate, but digging deeper into the events that night leads to questions about Dr Ford and his hospital department.

The MIU turns the spotlight on Dr Hernandez and the obstetric department in the wake of Maria Carters evidence, but the team suspects wider cultural issues when the hospitals trust question the investigation. Meanwhile, a rattled Ford unravels when he discovers new information and leaves Kate concerned with his behaviour, and a shocking secret risks exposing the doctors lies

With more questions than answers, the MIU is running out of time to piece together the truth. In the wake of a shocking death, Ford and the MIU discover witnesses who are unwilling to speak on record as well as hints of a wider conspiracy that leads far beyond the failing psychiatric unit. Meanwhile, Ford desperately attempts to gain an ally to fight alongside him