This edition covers the Nightshift at the Hospital.And is very much Ruth's story of the regulars.She is stuck with a Superior from a temp service she doesn't get on with.Not surprising they attempt a Night story as the dynamic is different than the Day Shift of course.John Duttine guest stars as the Doctor on duty that night.
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01:16I don't know what you're talking about.
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02:08Oh, 22, Nurse Fullman.
02:10Hello.
02:14Only the one bed.
02:17How are things with you?
02:20I'm on with Audrey Steiner from the agency.
02:23Just my luck.
02:25Dennis!
02:27I'll ask things with you, then.
02:30I'm on with Audrey Steiner from the agency.
02:33Just for my luck.
02:35Did she?
02:37Oh, that's typical.
02:41Yeah, she's a fish and do her right.
02:43Nurse!
02:44Oh, I'd better go, love. Yeah. Cheers.
02:47Nurse!
02:51Now, you should be asleep, Mr Somerson.
02:54I can't sleep. I'm hot.
02:56I'm hot.
03:01Can't you turn this thing off?
03:03Of course not. It's there to help you.
03:05It's like being wired up to a television set.
03:16Have you got a pain anywhere?
03:18Yes, as a matter of fact, I have. I've got a pain right in the arm.
03:21Tongue up, tongue down.
03:23Shh! Let me take your temperature first.
03:26Then you can rub it on as much as you like.
03:28Who's rubbishing on an operation?
03:30As long as you do it quietly.
03:32Oh, that's sick.
03:42You know, the trouble with you is you won't give yourself a chance.
03:45If you weren't so impatient, your heart wouldn't be giving you any trouble.
03:48Who says I'm impatient?
03:50You wake everybody up.
03:52I have been known for my patience.
03:55Ask anybody.
03:57Well?
03:59You're half a degree over.
04:01What does that mean?
04:03That means you can stop worrying. You're all right.
04:06Who's worried? I just want to get some sleep.
04:09Then I suggest you close your eyes and think of nothing.
04:13Oh, is that what you suggest?
04:15Good night, Mr Somerson.
04:20Good night.
04:51How are you getting on?
04:53Not too bad. Trying to get in a bit of study.
04:55Revision?
04:57For me, exams. Be glad when they're all over.
05:00Any customers?
05:02No, not yet. We will, though.
05:04Casualty came through checking our bed stay.
05:06Oh, busy, are they?
05:08Sounded like it.
05:10We must make a start with the charts soon.
05:12Yes.
05:14And do Mr Timney's fluid chart.
05:16It's all done.
05:18Oh, good.
05:20Blood pressure?
05:22Mr Scott. Yes, I checked.
05:25Oh, good.
05:37Mr Summers felt a bit flushed earlier.
05:39He's the one on the monitor?
05:41That's right.
05:43Did you take his temperature?
05:45Yeah, he was half a degree over.
05:47What about the monitor?
05:49It's all right. Pretty steady.
05:51Bit fast, though.
05:53I'd better have a look.
05:55There's no need. He's probably asleep by now.
05:57All the same.
06:05Yes, he looks fine.
06:07Still, you can never be too careful.
06:10He was all right. I told you, I checked it.
06:13Yes, I know that. I was just making sure.
06:16Yeah, well, that's up to you.
06:19Now, if you don't mind, I think it's time we turn Mr Bridges over.
06:30Oh, you'll be the ruin of my back, Mr Bridges, you really will.
06:34Come on, now.
06:36That's the idea. Over on your side.
06:38There.
06:40No trouble at all, was it?
06:49That's Mr Bridges done for a while.
06:52I think you'd better go to lunch soon.
06:54Look, there's something I want to say to you.
06:57Is there?
06:59I don't like the way you keep checking up on everything I do.
07:02You're not asked to like it.
07:04You seem to forget that you came here last week and you're leaving next week.
07:08I'm here all the time and I know the way this ward is run.
07:11And you seem to forget that I'm responsible for this ward.
07:14How can I forget? You make it blatantly obvious.
07:16And what's that supposed to mean?
07:18Shh!
07:20I asked you a question.
07:32Where are you off to?
07:34What's the time?
07:361.30.
07:38Where did I go at 1.30 last night and the night before
07:41and come to think of it, every night for the last two weeks?
07:44The nights are for sleeping, not for making tea.
07:47Listen, nurse, you're a nice girl, but try to understand this.
07:50For 23 years, I've worked for the same company
07:53on the same shift in the same place.
07:55Start at nine at night, finish at six in the morning.
07:58Dinner between 1.30 and 2.15.
08:02If the nights are for sleeping, you can do me a favour
08:05and go and tell my governor.
08:07I'm sure he'd be happy to talk to you.
08:15All right?
08:17Just the night shift off for his dinner.
08:19Regular as clockwork.
08:21Goes in his own time, though.
08:23Don't come back till 2.15.
08:28If we check that drip now, you'll be free to go to lunch.
08:31OK.
08:45422, Nurse Steiner speaking.
08:47Yes, Miss King?
08:49Oh, Mr Wallace.
08:51Yes, of course. Thank you.
08:54Customer.
08:56Oh, no. I was looking forward to a drink.
09:04Let me help you up, Mr Marshall.
09:06I can't... I can't get my... my breath.
09:09I'm sorry.
09:11I can't... I can't get my... my breath.
09:14Pull the curtains, Nurse Respiratory.
09:16I... I don't want anyone to be put about.
09:20Hold on to the table.
09:22Are you all right, Mr Marshall?
09:24Where's his oxygen?
09:28No need to worry.
09:32Just relax now.
09:36Shall I call Dr Crosie?
09:38I don't think so. Not for the minute, anyway.
09:40He likes to be informed.
09:42He will be.
09:51How do you feel now?
09:53It's a little... a little better, thank you.
09:56Do you feel tight around the chest?
09:58No, I'm all right now.
10:00I just feel... sleepy.
10:03You get some sleep, then.
10:05I'll tell the doctor in the morning.
10:10Come on, honey.
10:12Let's get you comfy.
10:19Good night, Mr Marshall.
10:21Good night.
10:29I think he'll be all right for tonight.
10:31We ought to mention it to Dr Crosie when he does his rounds.
10:34Of course we will.
10:37Aye, aye.
10:49Good evening, Miss King.
10:51Good evening, nurse. Miss Lopes.
10:53Now, Mr Wallace, we're going to put you into bed so that you can get some rest.
10:57All right?
11:00Come on, let's have him in, then.
11:02Over you go.
11:04That's it.
11:06Fine.
11:08Now, careful of his arm. It's a bit bruised.
11:13All right, Mr Wallace?
11:17Oh, no, that's it.
11:21And back.
11:28Fine. Now, keep him propped up, nurse.
11:31Yes, Miss King.
11:50There you are, Mr Wallace.
11:52Now, the nurses will look after you, so try and get some rest.
11:56How's your head? Is it still aching?
11:59A bit.
12:01Well, you'll feel better when you've had a sleep. All right?
12:09Put him on an hourly pulse and neuro-observations.
12:12Yes, Miss King.
12:14And blood pressure. Blood pressure.
12:16His name is...
12:18Roy...
12:20Wallace.
12:23A mild concussion and some bruising will just keep him in overnight for observation.
12:28Oh, and his wife has been informed, so she'll be up first thing in the morning.
12:33Right.
12:35Is it all right to go to lunch now?
12:38Yes, that's fine.
12:48What else have you got tonight?
12:50Mr Marshall was having some trouble with his breathing earlier.
12:53Oh. Has the doctor seen him?
12:55I thought it best to tell him when he did his rounds.
13:01Mm. Good.
13:06Anything else? No, I don't think so.
13:09Well, you've no more spare beds, so you should be in for a quiet night.
13:13With a bit of luck. Thank you, Miss.
13:15Good night, Miss King.
13:24I'm going to take your blood pressure, Mr Wallace.
13:28I, er...
13:30I was thinking...
13:33It's my wife.
13:35I really ought to... She's been told.
13:37She'll come in first thing in the morning.
13:40It'll be hell to pay for this.
14:03DOORBELL RINGS
14:26Oh, I hope I get off night soon.
14:28What's the matter with you? I thought you preferred night.
14:31I've changed my mind.
14:33Oh.
14:38You know who she's going out with, don't you?
14:40No. Larry the Groper.
14:42Never. It's true, Carol told me.
14:45Imagine, just looking at him gives me the creeps.
14:51You hungry? Starving.
14:53Only chance of a cooked meal, I get.
14:58What have you been up to, then?
15:00Not a lot. Just studying.
15:02Oh, yeah. It's the truth, I'm not very confident.
15:05Everybody that says that normally passes with flying colours.
15:08I won't stay on if I fail.
15:10No chance.
15:12You can't do that. You've come this far, you can't just chuck it in now.
15:16Can't I just? There's other things besides nursing.
15:19There's a world out there for a start.
15:21You're always threatening to chuck it in.
15:23Well, maybe this time I will.
15:31Working with Shirley Brent?
15:33No. Why?
15:36Haven't seen her around, that's all.
15:38Saw her in the library yesterday.
15:40Her head's stuck in her book, as usual.
15:42Never stops, that one.
15:44Can I have a call to the transfer?
15:46For board 31, Eva Cottage, please.
15:52Oh, Ruth. Well...
15:54She's not as bad as some of them.
15:56Oh, no? Who's this?
15:58Audrey Steiner.
16:00This woman here doesn't reckon much on her.
16:02She's a very good nurse.
16:04Like a ruddy robot.
16:06She's always bitching on about something.
16:08You don't have to work with her.
16:10Or someone.
16:12She breezes in here without knowing the hospital or the ward
16:15and then takes charge over people who work here full time.
16:18She has to take charge. She is qualified and we are not.
16:21Yeah, but you've got to offset her qualifications with a lack of familiarity with the ward.
16:25How are things with you, then?
16:27Yes, I should be into quiet night.
16:30Is Jo on nights as well?
16:32She hell.
16:34How does she do it?
16:36You know, she must get at least twice as much money as us.
16:39She hasn't done nights since she was on ops, has she?
16:42No. At least twice as much.
16:45Eh? Audrey.
16:47You could always ask sister for a transfer, if it's that bad.
16:51Yeah, that's an idea.
16:53But, no, why should I run away?
16:56People like us should have made a stand years ago.
16:59We do a hard enough job.
17:01We shouldn't have to economise for a month for a pair of tights and a Chinese takeaway.
17:05You don't have to convince us.
17:07Then you know I'm right.
17:09No-one's actually saying you are wrong, Ruth.
17:12But that's what I object to. Audrey's nice enough as such.
17:15Well, then!
17:17She's probably so dumb that she doesn't even realise
17:20if there weren't any agency nurses, we would get what we were asking for.
17:23Well, I think she's doing as good a job as we are.
17:26Do you? Yes.
17:28Look what she's got to put up with. She's got no friends in this hospital and she knows it.
17:32She's got two.
17:34She also knows most of the nurses are bitching on her behind her back.
17:37Quite rightly. It's not quite rightly. Would you do it?
17:41Oh, well, I've got to go.
17:43It's not time yet. I'll see you tomorrow.
17:45Hang on, I'll come with you.
17:47See you, Sita.
17:49Bye.
17:54What's the rush?
17:56Dr Crozier will be doing his rounds soon.
17:58I want to talk to him about one of the post-ops.
18:00Oh, yeah? You fancy him?
18:02No, he doesn't.
18:04Listen, what you were saying, you're right.
18:07It's just you do go on a bit, Ruth.
18:19Mr Scott.
18:22Mr Stocks.
18:24Again? It's a bit too fast.
18:26So it should be.
18:51Nothing happening?
18:53No. It's all been quiet.
18:55I think it's going to be a slow one.
18:57Well, shall I do the charts?
18:59If you like. There's only the two end beds left to do.
19:02Oh, I see.
19:04Well, it was better than twiddling my fingers.
19:07I've got to get back to work.
19:09I've got to get back to work.
19:11I've got to get back to work.
19:13I've got to get back to work.
19:15I've got to get back to work.
19:17I've got to get back to work.
19:19Well, it was better than twiddling my fingers.
19:34Did you have a nice lunch?
19:36I had a sandwich.
19:38That's all? I wasn't hungry.
19:40I can't say I blame you. The food here's not up to much, is it?
19:43It's not that bad.
19:45You only really know this hospital.
19:47At the Russell, the food was much better.
19:49Was that your last place?
19:51I was there a couple of months ago through the agency.
19:54Of course.
19:56I did a month and then had a few weeks off.
19:59Do you have a lot of time off?
20:01Not really. Every couple of months or so.
20:04I like to get out of London, travel around a bit.
20:07No, I'd like to travel.
20:09I went to Paris with a friend.
20:11Sounds nice.
20:13Oh, it was smashing. Didn't want to come back.
20:16I don't suppose you did.
20:18Well, would you? I mean, just look at it.
20:22Why did you come back?
20:24Don't you ever feel like getting away from it all?
20:34Nope.
20:36Never? Never.
20:38Not even for a few days?
20:40Why should I?
20:42After you're qualified, you'll feel differently.
20:45I doubt it.
20:48I'd better check Mr Scott again.
21:14OK? Yeah.
21:16Do you fancy sorting the drugs with me?
21:18The nurses have left them in a bit of a state.
21:20I don't mind.
21:22We ought to do pharmacy as well.
21:24Oh, I suppose so.
21:34I don't care how they leave it as long as they get off on time.
21:37It's like that in every hospital I've been in.
21:39It's even worse tonight.
21:41Let's sort these respiratory ones first.
21:43Right.
21:46Dr Crozier's taking his time.
21:48He's usually done the early morning rounds by now.
21:51I expect casualty. I've had some customers.
21:53It's a bit late, I would have thought.
21:55Pubs have been closed for hours.
21:57Maybe the rods are wet.
21:59This one's antibiotic. Better put it with the others.
22:01Right.
22:05Maybe he's got someone in a corner.
22:07How do you mean?
22:09You know what they say about him.
22:11He's probably chatting up one of the nurses.
22:14Yeah, I suppose he is.
22:23How do you think you'll do in the exams?
22:25I should scrape through with a bit of luck.
22:27You're not too worried about it?
22:29I don't see much point in worrying about it.
22:31Not like some of them do, anyway.
22:33That was my trouble. I worried about it so much I was a bag of nerves
22:36by the time I got to the exam room.
22:38Get off.
22:40My hand shook so much I could hardly write.
22:41You should have been dead confident.
22:43I've always been that way over exams.
22:46You don't really seem the type.
22:51No.
22:53No, not really.
22:55What type am I?
22:57Well...
22:59Yes.
23:01You like everything to be just so, don't you?
23:03Double-checking everything.
23:05That's the job.
23:07Or the way you see it.
23:10Why else?
23:12I thought you could have had some other motive.
23:14Like what?
23:16Looking after number one.
23:18I mean, you have to, don't you? Being freelance.
23:21So that's it? What?
23:23Come on, you know what I mean.
23:25You lot want it both ways, don't you?
23:27A fat paycheck and everybody loving you all at the same time.
23:30Is that so unreasonable?
23:32How much do you get for a night shift? It's a matter of interest.
23:35That's my business.
23:37I can guess.
23:39Have you talked to Sister about this?
23:41Sister?
23:43I'm quite sure if she knew your feelings, she'd never have put us together.
23:46Well, she does, and she did.
23:48Well, perhaps I'd better have a word with her.
23:50Oh, good evening, Doctor.
23:52Afternoon, ladies.
23:54What have we got today, then? Anything that needs my curing hand?
23:57Just a couple of patients we'd like you to have a look at.
24:00Really? Well, why not?
24:02There's Mr Marshall first.
24:04Just a moment, Miss.
24:06This ward I have a very special duty to perform.
24:09Oh, Frank, I thought you'd forgotten.
24:11Oh, Ruth, how could I ever forget?
24:14Are you, um, pressed for time?
24:17Not really, no.
24:19Do you know, I haven't eaten since six. This place is starving me.
24:22You want me to knock something up?
24:24Ruth, you can read my mind.
24:26It is all right, isn't it?
24:30I suppose so.
24:32Well, omelette, Frank.
24:34Omelette will be fine.
24:36Yeah, we don't belong.
24:38No, it won't.
24:40All right, where are we?
24:42Mr Marshall.
24:49Did he have a spasm?
24:51Yes, he couldn't catch his breath.
24:53Oh, I'm afraid of that.
24:55Well, it's not looking too bad, though.
24:57We gave him some oxygen and he seems to be all right.
25:00Good.
25:05HE SIGHS
25:15Yeah.
25:17Well, that's all right.
25:19I think we'd better let him have a good night's sleep.
25:24Oh, nurse.
25:26If you get a case like this again, I'd appreciate a bleep.
25:29Well, actually, I didn't think it was necessary this time.
25:32But all the same, I like to keep an eye on these cases.
25:35I see.
25:37If we keep a check on him tonight, I'm not too happy with him.
25:40Is he that bad?
25:42He's been getting steadily worse. We can't clear him out at all.
25:45He responded to the oxygen very quickly.
25:47Yes, it's not that I'm worried about.
25:50He has a widespread tumour and I'm just not sure about his lungs.
25:54They're under considerable strain.
25:56Shall I check him hourly?
25:58Yes, I think that's a good idea.
26:00Right, who's next?
26:02The new admission, Mr Wallis.
26:04Oh, yes, Mr Wallis.
26:06I examine him.
26:09I'll have a look at those.
26:16Oh. Oh, that seems all right.
26:18Well, his pulse was fast.
26:20He must have been shaken up a bit.
26:22What was it happened to him?
26:24Had an argument with a lamppost.
26:26Under the influence, apparently.
26:28Oh, dear.
26:30He can consider himself very lucky.
26:32I've got him on an hourly pulse and neuro-ops.
26:35Good. Anything else?
26:37No, I don't think so.
26:39Right, then, I'll be in the kitchen. Hunger is taking over.
26:43Oh.
26:59Nice of you to be there. On the table.
27:03I suppose you brought me a cup of tea?
27:05Of course.
27:08Oh, what a good wife you'd make.
27:10Don't take the mick.
27:12No, I mean it. Nurse, domesticated.
27:14I wouldn't stake your life on that.
27:16Someone to turn to in times of crisis.
27:18Makes a lovely cup of tea.
27:20Mm. Hot.
27:22Serves you right.
27:24Good breeding hips.
27:26Watch it. I am.
27:32Mm.
27:41What are you doing?
27:43Hm? Oh, it's my... my sheltered upbringing.
27:46I never had the opportunity of developing my creative talents to the full, you see.
27:50So now I sculpt her omelettes.
27:53What are you talking about?
27:55Dreaming.
27:57Dreaming?
27:59Dreaming.
28:01Dreaming.
28:03Dreaming.
28:05Dreaming.
28:07Dreaming.
28:09Dribble.
28:11As usual.
28:13It's tiredness, really.
28:15Absolutely exhausted.
28:17Yes, I know.
28:20I went to great trouble smuggling in these eggs.
28:23I hope you're grateful.
28:25Oh, I am.
28:27Never was much copper omelettes.
28:29They're either all runny or like bits of old leather.
28:32Still,
28:34aren't your stomachs as big as your eyes?
28:37No harm in looking, is there?
28:39Depends.
28:41Oh? What on?
28:43On where the look leads to, I suppose.
28:47Got any ideas, have you?
28:50Just eat.
28:52Beautiful.
28:54Fork.
28:58Here we go, then.
29:00I haven't got any salt, I don't suppose.
29:02Who is this demanding?
29:04Oh, yes, I can be, you know.
29:06Yes.
29:08Yeah, and you talk too much.
29:14Mm. Nice?
29:16Delicious.
29:19Where have you been lately?
29:21Oh, you noticed, then?
29:23Oh, since you've been on nights
29:25the parties have decidedly gone downhill.
29:27They're no fun anymore.
29:29Yeah, and you like your bit of fun, don't you?
29:31Don't you?
29:33Anyway,
29:35where am I supposed to find the time?
29:37You could always nip over for a quick tango
29:39in between taking your temperature and cleaning the sluice.
29:42You're daft, you are.
29:44Only way to be in this place.
29:48You still get to the parties, then?
29:50Me? I get everywhere.
29:52Casualty, theatre, wards.
29:55I can still fit in the odd party.
29:57Mm. And she's really nice, too.
30:00Good.
30:02Thanks.
30:04How's it out there?
30:06Not a murmur from anyone.
30:08Lucky people. Nice quiet night to look forward to.
30:10It never lasts long.
30:12It's all right, Audrey, I'll do that.
30:14It's all right.
30:16No, really.
30:18I can manage.
30:21Well, if you don't mind,
30:23I'll go and get those reports ready.
30:28What shall you do, then?
30:30Nothing.
30:32Call it a bit of a personality conflict.
30:35Could happen to anyone.
30:37Of course it could. I'm not saying a thing.
30:40It hasn't helped being on nights.
30:43It can be a bit of a strain.
30:45Yeah.
30:47What are you doing on Sunday?
30:49Why?
30:51I'm asking you what you're doing on Sunday.
30:53And I'm asking why.
30:55Where's your romance?
30:57I thought we could listen to a couple of LPs.
31:00Oh, yeah?
31:02No, thanks.
31:04Why not?
31:06Because I know what your idea of listening to a couple of LPs means.
31:09What?
31:11Forget it.
31:13Anyway, I don't want to stay cooped up inside all weekend.
31:17What do you want to go out for?
31:19Because it makes a change.
31:21Where do you want to go?
31:23Pictures.
31:25In the afternoon?
31:27Why not?
31:29Bit of a shame, I suppose.
31:31I'm capable of going on my own, you know.
31:38Um...
31:40Are you quite sure you want to go out on Sunday?
31:43Quite sure.
31:45Gone off my LPs, have you?
31:47They do tend to play the same old tune.
31:50Well, we can...
31:52We can always try a different one.
31:57Good evening.
31:59Why aren't you on the ward, nurse?
32:01Oh, I was just giving Dr Crozier some refreshment, Miss King.
32:05Oh.
32:07And what did the refreshment consist of?
32:09A cup of tea, Miss King.
32:13And an omelette.
32:16You are aware of the rules of this hospital, nurse,
32:19and you know that making a meal is a flagrant breach of them.
32:22Well, in actual fact...
32:24I'd like to talk to the nurse, if you don't mind.
32:27I couldn't see any harm in it.
32:29The ward was quiet and the doctor...
32:31You don't seem to understand me, nurse,
32:33but the rules of this hospital are there to be obeyed.
32:36If I may speak?
32:39Yes.
32:41I asked the nurse to make me a meal.
32:43I've been on duty since this morning
32:45and I haven't eaten since six this evening.
32:47Yes, I do understand your situation, doctor,
32:50but I can't have my nurses breaking hospital regulations in any circumstance.
32:54What I am trying to say is...
32:56if anyone's to blame, it's me.
32:58Not as far as I'm concerned.
33:00Look, you're perfectly reasonable.
33:02Excuse me, doctor, I would like to talk to the nurse.
33:12Now...
33:14I suggest that you change your attitude.
33:17You hold a privileged title, nurse,
33:20and I want you to recognise that.
33:22Well, the doctor was hungry, Miss King.
33:25I couldn't see any wrong in it.
33:27No, couldn't you?
33:29Well, perhaps Matron can point out the wrong in it.
33:32Yes, Miss King.
33:34Attend to your duties, nurse.
33:36Yes, Miss King.
33:38Nurse?
33:40Yes, Miss King?
33:42Well, you can read that notice, I presume.
33:56Good evening, Miss King.
33:58I have just given Nurse Fulman a severe reprimand for making a meal.
34:02Now, will you see that this kind of activity
34:04does not occur on your ward again, please, nurse?
34:07Yes, Miss King.
34:09Good.
34:14Hello?
34:16Yes, I'll get her for you.
34:20Dr Crowley?
34:22Yes.
34:24Dr Crowley's on the line for you.
34:26Is he?
34:28Hello.
34:30Yeah, it's nothing.
34:32It's not your fault.
34:34No, it's just one of those things.
34:36Sunday?
34:39I thought you didn't want to go.
34:41Yeah, of course I want to go.
34:46Yeah, OK, then.
34:48Yeah. Bye.
34:51Is it time to tell Mr Bridges yet?
34:54Yes, it's near enough, I would think.
34:58Bad luck about Joscoe.
35:00Oh, I'm not worried. I've let her for three years.
35:02I can wait another couple of months.
35:06Right, time again, Mr Bridges.
35:08On your back.
35:10There.
35:21Oh, no.
35:27I'm not worried about her.
35:29Don't relish a lecture from the matron, though.
35:32Did you say she was telling matron?
35:34Perhaps matron can point out the wrong in it, nurse.
35:37Oh, dear.
35:39I'm not worried.
35:41She has got a point, I suppose.
35:43Whose side are you on?
35:45She's only doing her job.
35:47We'd probably be the same if we were in her shoes.
35:50You might. I wouldn't.
35:52You're taking me the wrong way again, Ruth.
35:55No, actually, I don't think I am.
35:57Look, you don't know what you'd be like if you were the number seven.
36:01At the moment, you're on the receiving end.
36:03You might think nothing of it if you were the one giving the reprimands.
36:07Her way of doing the job is not the only way.
36:10And you should know that.
36:12I do.
36:14But her way is more successful.
36:16Only because the whole system responds to the way she shouts.
36:19It hasn't been given a chance to respond any other way.
36:22Shh!
36:25You don't intend to fight the health service on your own, do you?
36:28There's plenty of people like me.
36:30There's plenty of people that want to see some kind of change.
36:33But you go about it the wrong way.
36:35The only way to get anything done is to stand up for ourselves.
36:39Ruth, change comes with time.
36:41It doesn't happen overnight.
36:43We've been sitting around for years waiting for change.
36:46But striking and marching doesn't help.
36:48I don't suppose you object to the pay rises we get for you?
36:52Ah, now, wait a minute.
36:54HE GASPS
36:56HE GASPS
36:58HE MOANS
37:00I've got a bowl for you, Mr Marshall.
37:03HE COUGHS
37:05Hold on to the table.
37:07I don't want to put anything on the table.
37:10I don't want to put anybody out.
37:12That's all right, Mr Marshall. We're here to help you.
37:15Now, don't worry about a thing.
37:17You'll be fine in a moment.
37:19Just breathe in. That's the idea.
37:22HE MOANS
37:26Just relax now.
37:29Get the doctor on number seven.
37:31Right.
37:33Hold on to the table, Mr Marshall.
37:35That's the ticket.
37:37Dr Crozier and Miss King, we've got an emergency on ward 22.
37:44I'm feeling better. I'm better.
37:46All right?
37:48They'll be here shortly.
37:50The doctor's on his way, Mr Marshall.
37:52Oh, I don't want him.
37:54That's all right. Breathe in. That's it.
37:56Nice and steady.
37:58Try and hold him up a bit, will you?
38:00I am.
38:02Hold the table, Mr Marshall.
38:04The oxygen isn't having a great deal of effect.
38:06Let me take that. Set him up a little bit more, will you?
38:10Right now, Mr Marshall, let's see what we can do.
38:16Can you just bring him over a bit?
38:18What's happening?
38:20It's all right now, Mr Marshall. Everything's all right.
38:23Just hold on to that table.
38:25How is he?
38:27Well, I think he's stabilising.
38:31How long has he been on the oxygen?
38:33About two minutes.
38:35Give me 250mg of aminophilin. I'll give it intravenously.
38:38Yes, Doctor.
38:40Now, Mr Marshall, not doing too good, eh?
38:43We'll soon sort that out.
38:45We need to get some muscular action.
38:47That's it, Mr Marshall.
38:49Just relax, Mr Marshall.
38:53He's not too sure about his lungs.
38:57The oxygen doesn't seem to be doing any good.
38:59I've got the aminophilin.
39:04It's all right now, Mr Marshall.
39:06It's all right now.
39:20Can you pick him up a bit more?
39:34Just you keep hold of the table, Mr Marshall.
39:43Come on, come on.
40:04Hmm.
40:16You can take the mask off.
40:19Put him down.
40:34If someone could find his relatives.
40:38I'll go.
40:44Are you all right here?
40:46Yes, Miss King.
40:51Get it tidied up now. I'll be at the desk.
40:53Oh, there's some forms in the drawer.
40:55How are you?
40:57Oh, I'm fine.
40:59Don't think I don't know what's been going on behind them curtains.
41:02What are you talking about?
41:04You can't fool me. That's all I'm saying.
41:19I'm sorry.
41:21I'm sorry.
41:23I'm sorry.
41:25I'm sorry.
41:27I'm sorry.
41:29I'm sorry.
41:38Just the cotton wool for the aminophilin.
41:40How much do you want?
41:42Only a bit.
41:46Let's do the bed bath first, then we can get on.
41:49Right.
42:10Thanks.
42:12Ward 22, Nurse Fulman.
42:15Yes, Miss King.
42:17Yes, we will.
42:19Sorry?
42:21Me?
42:23Oh, I'm fine, thank you.
42:25Yes, honestly.
42:27Thank you, Miss King.
42:29Bye.
42:31All right?
42:33A bit deflated.
42:35There are the fine notes.
42:37Respiratory failure. I've signed them.
42:39Thanks.
42:41Come on. Cheer up.
42:43It may never happen.
42:45Day out with the devastating Crozier, you'll come back a different person.
42:49Do you mean it may never happen?
42:51It's been happening all night.
42:53I've had a good dressing-down for the day.
42:56A good dressing-down from the number seven.
42:59Been shoved around by her.
43:01And to end a lovely evening.
43:03I've lost a patient.
43:09Come on, love.
43:11I know how you feel.
43:13But if you don't keep smiling, you'll hand in your bleeper and head for the nearest pub.
43:17It's the only way to survive in this job.
43:20Yeah, I'm just tired.
43:22Yeah, I know.
43:24Sunday, all right? Sunday.
43:26Two o'clock. All right.
43:55PHONE BUZZES
44:10Mrs Marshall?
44:13Yes, this is Miss King from the hospital. I...
44:18Yes.
44:25DOOR OPENS
44:35You must try and get some sleep again, Mr Pointer.
44:38Easier said than done, innit?
44:40Let me take this pillow.
44:42All that noise.
44:44It's all right now.
44:46You just try and get some sleep.
44:55Good night, Mr Pointer.
44:57Good night.
45:24Shh.
45:43I've got somebody coming for the mattress. Trolley been and gone?
45:46Yes, and I've cleared away stuff.
45:50Will you list the valuables?
45:52Yes.
45:54DOOR OPENS
46:09DOOR CREAKS
46:15Ward 22, Nurse Dinah speaking.
46:18Yes.
46:21Casualty after a spare bed.
46:23Oh, no.
46:25You all right?
46:27I suppose so.
46:29Tired?
46:31A bit.
46:33Because of Mr Marshall?
46:35Must be.
46:39A bit depressed.
46:42And, er...
46:44Hits you harder when you're tired?
46:47Yeah.
46:50Still, I've got to stay on my feet.
46:53Going to the West End tomorrow, try and find something to wear.
46:56Can't find a thing locally.
47:00Do you fancy a cup of tea?
47:02Oh, I'd love one.
47:04I'll go and make it. And I'll put these in so you can see.
47:07Thanks.
47:12Thanks, Audrey.
47:14Thanks, Audrey.
47:21Nurse?
47:29I'm hot.
47:31I keep waking up and I'm irritable.
47:35Do you, er, want me to take your temperature?
47:38You might as well.
47:40I don't see what good it'll do, though.
47:43I shall take a pill tomorrow night.
47:45I hope so.
48:07Your temperature's normal.
48:09But I'm hot!
48:12What am I hot for if it's normal?
48:15Just try and get some sleep again, Mr Summers.
48:18Please?
48:20Oh, I'll have a go.
48:23Thanks.
48:41Oh, I'm hot!
49:11Oh, I'm hot!